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Schumacher return dominates start of F1 season
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:09:41 EST Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher makes his eagerly-awaited return to Formula One as practice for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix begins. |
At least 39 killed in Pakistan bombing
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:20:14 EST Twin suicide blasts killed at least 39 people and injure 95 others in . |
Israel 'locks down' West Bank
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:21:42 EST Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak orders the army to seal off the West Bank for 48 hours amid tensions over plans to build apartments on disputed land. |
Thailand braces for mass protests
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:17:31 EST Thailand mobilizes security forces ahead of anti-government demonstrations by "red shirt" supporters of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. |
Pakistan navy conducts missile tests
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:23:01 EST Pakistan's navy said it test-fired missiles in the Arabian Sea on Friday to send a message to "anyone harboring nefarious designs" against the country. |
Ex-spy chief urges talks with Taliban
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:55:54 EST Talking to the Taliban leader in Afghanistan may help bring peace to the country, according to a former Pakistan spy chief once referred to as the "father of the Taliban." |
Iraq poll results too close to call
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:32 EST Iraq's election commission is expected Thursday to announce partial results of last week's vote. |
Turkey protests Swedish genocide vote
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:05:50 EST Turkey has canceled a high-level summit scheduled to take place in Sweden next week in protest of a resolution passed by the Swedish Parliament, recognizing the 1915 killings of ethnic Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide. |
Japan arrests anti-whaling activist
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:39:41 EST Japanese authorities arrested an activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month in waters off the Antarctic. |
NYC settles post-9/11 illness claims
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:24:28 EST The WTC Captive Insurance Co. has settled with more than 10,000 plaintiffs who claimed illness or injury after the 9/11 attacks. The deals could total $657 million. |

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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 12, 2010 is:
sub rosa \sub-ROH-zuh\ adverb
: in confidence : secretly
Example sentence:
The private investigator met sub rosa with his client to show her photos of her husband rendezvousing at various local establishments with another woman.
Did you know?
"Sub rosa" literally means "under the rose" in New Latin. Since ancient times, the rose has often been associated with secrecy. In ancient mythology, Cupid gave a rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to keep him from telling about the indiscretions of Venus. Ceilings of dining rooms have been decorated with carvings of roses, reportedly to remind guests that what was said at the table should be kept confidential. Roses have also been placed over confessionals as a symbol of the confidentiality of confession. "Sub rosa" entered the English language in the 17th century, and even before then, people were using the English version, "under the rose." Earlier still, "unter der Rose" was apparently used in Germany, where the phrase is thought to have originated.
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