Questions are being raised about the authenticity of a letter of complaint, purportedly from 27 of Google's partners in China, which was sent to the company on Monday night.



Google - Searching - Search Engines - China - Companies

Clinton joins top diplomats for talks on Mideast peace, arms talks with Russia.



Russia - Moscow - United States - President - History

Israeli medics: Man killed by rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza.



Gaza Strip - Middle East - Palestinian political violence - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine

Iran releases activists, filmmaker for Iranian New Year holiday.



Nowruz - Iran - Middle East - New Year - Holidays

Britain's Prince Harry could soon be back on the front line against the Taliban, this time as the pilot of an attack helicopter in Afghanistan. The 25-year-old prince has been training for more than a year to become a pilot with the Army Air Corps, and will learn by May if he has been selected to fly, and potentially return to Afghanistan. Flying a military helicopter has been described as the most likely way the Prince would return to combat. A decision on which kind of aircraft he should specialize in is said to be imminent. A Ministry of Defense spokesman said, "Lt. Harry Wales could fly Apache or Lynx helicopters if he successfully completes the Army Pilots Course and is awarded his wings."



Afghanistan - Helicopter - United States Army Air Corps - Prince Harry of Wales - Taliban

Poland convicts 3 men who confessed to theft of Auschwitz sign.



Auschwitz concentration camp - Theft - Crime - Poland - Business

The contestants thought they were taking part in yet another traditional television quiz show, this one called "Zone Xtrême". [Extreme Zone]The game consisted of a participant asking questions to another player locked up inside a booth, an electrode hooked up to his wrist. Any wrong answer would lead to the player inside the booth receiving electrical charges of up to 460 volts as punishment. Clapping their hands, the people in the audience were chanting "punishment, punishment, punishment" when the contestant inside the capsule was wrong. Then came the cries for mercy.



Game show - Television - Arts - Games - Video Games

As lake created by landslide grows, thousands in Pakistan fear for their lives.



Pakistan - Asia - Government - United States - Business and Economy

Report: Former top North Korean official executed for botched currency reform.



North Korea - Asia - South Korea - Kim Jong-il - Government

Dueling phone recordings are respectively alleging and denying that the Republic of Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili was involved in inciting panic Saturday night.



Georgia - Mikheil Saakashvili - President of Georgia - Asia - Tbilisi

Thai protesters to wage "class war" after 4 days of demonstrations.



Thailand - Asia - Thai language - Thaksin Shinawatra - Government

South China drought worsens, threatening crops and livestock.



Livestock - Drought - Weather Phenomena - Meteorology - Earth Sciences

French fake game show uses electric shocks on contestants.



Game show - Arts - Game - Television - Video Games

Smugglers risk death for food and weapons.



Gaza - Hamas - Business - Israel - Israel Defense Forces