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Roman Catholics line up to receive a letter from the Pope which was delivered by Cardinal Sean Brady, at St Patrick's Cathedral Armagh, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Peter Morrison / AP)

Strike forces flight cancellations

British Airways was scrambling to deal with a three-day strike launched by cabin crews, throwing the plans of tens of thousands of travellers into chaos.

Toronto Star

Travel misery as BA cabin crews strike

YouTube

US calls for 'YouTube' of government data

The U.S. technology chief has called on developers to build the "YouTube" of government data.

BBC

Special section:

Computers and the Internet

New York Times

Pope prepares letter on Irish abuse

Pope Benedict XVI was preparing to issue a pastoral letter on the child abuse scandal in the Church in Ireland, amid growing anger about similar affairs in other countries.

Vancouver Sun

Speech:

Pope Benedict's letter in full

Telegraph.co.uk

Victims react to papal letter

BBC

Obama sends Iran Internet message

President Barack Obama has reiterated his administration's offer of dialogue with Tehran in an Internet video offering a new beginning for relations.

Al Jazeera

Obama's Nowruz message

Whitehouse.gov

UN pushes for peace talks to restart

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel and the Palestinians to restart negotiations as world powers try to push the peace process forward.

Reuters

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Ban Ki-moon

ABC News

NATION

4 cities that best weathered the recession

A government report shows that Minneapolis, Minn., Buffalo, N.Y., Oklahoma City, Okla., and Rochester, N.Y., had the smallest increases in joblessness among cities with at least one million people.

ABC News

Special section:

Unemployment by the numbers

Associated Press

Federal judge orders more talks on 9/11 compensation deal

The federal judge overseeing litigation between the city and workers at ground zero rejected a settlement reached by the two sides, telling lawyers that it did not provide enough compensation.

New York Times

Photographers and police clash

Photographers have been arrested, had camera equipment seized, and have seen memory cards deleted by police officers. Is it harassment or protecting public safety?

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Obama calls health care vote 'historic'

President Barack Obama, framing the expected House vote on health care as "historic,'' called on Congress to rise above politics and do something for the good of millions of Americans.

Los Angeles Times

Obama fiery on health care

Politico

Immigration rally scheduled in DC

Thousands of people are expected to pour into Washington for a rally demanding immigration reform, launching the first public battle over the issue since the announcement of a new bipartisan plan.

CNN

Special section:

Immigration and naturalization

CBS News

FDIC chief: Financial reform bill must completely end 'too big to fail'

The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said loopholes need to be filled in new Senate legislation to ensure an end to the disastrous policy of "too-big-to-fail."

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

LandAmerica touted its safety, but clients lost millions

Some 450 individuals and businesses that had entrusted a total of about $265 million to a group of related companies that operated under the LandAmerica name found their savings ensnared in a mess.

Kansas City Star

Fla.'s pain is now Ontario's gain

Ontario consumers won't have to chop tomatoes from their burgers or BLTs, despite a big chill that destroyed most of Florida's winter crop.

Toronto Star

ENVIRONMENT

Protection for polar bears denied

A U.S.-led plan to stop international trophy hunting of the polar bear was defeated at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Doha, Qatar.

Christian Science Monitor

Window filters could cut building's energy use by 40 percent

A Denver company has developed, tested and patented a filter for windows that is expected to reduce energy consumption in buildings by 40 percent.

Denver Post

HEALTH

TB rate down in US, but drug-resistant cases rise elsewhere

Even with tuberculosis cases falling sharply in the United States to historic lows, strains of drug-resistant disease are gaining ground elsewhere in the world.

Baltimore Sun

Loneliness could break your heart

Absence might make the heart grow fonder, but loneliness could do it serious damage, according to a new study.

Globeandmail.com

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Bollywood, Hollywood unite against piracy

Filmmakers in the U.S. and India have formed a coalition aimed at fighting piracy in the South Asian nation — one of the world's biggest film markets.

BBC

DeGeneres gives gay Miss. teen $30,000 scholarship

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres called Constance McMillen part of a new generation of leaders for her stand for gay rights and gave her a $30,000 scholarship.

USA TODAY

Hearing set in lesbian teen's suit to force prom

YouTube

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GOOD NEWS

Philanthropy in the form of a cash prize

Not long ago, a wealthy philanthropist would be content with having a building named after him or her, or simply donating to medical research. But in the last decade, more have been creating prizes.

New York Times

Sport Relief charity event raises millions

Many millions of dollars have been raised for global causes by the public during the BBC's Sport Relief charity event.

BBC

WORLD

Sandstorm blows into Beijing, sparks health warning

Beijing was blanketed in yellow dust as a sandstorm that has been buffeting much of the country’s northwest hit the capital, prompting government health warnings.

BusinessWeek

Web produces new activists in China