11.03.2010 - Olympic flame reignites in Vancouver as Paralympics start
Around 5,000 performers ranging in age from four to 92 wowed the audience at the BC Place Stadium during an opening ceremony which organizers described as a family-friendly show that celebrates the origins of the international sporting event. Once the festivities are over, hundreds of athletes with physical disabilities from all over the world will then begin competing on the slopes of Whistler and on rinks in Vancouver in the quest for medals...

11.03.2010 - News
PM rejects human rights and minorities minister’s offer of resignation

The Czech prime minister, Jan Fischer, has rejected an offer by the minister for human rights and minorities to resign, after discussing the possibility face-to-face late Wednesday. The human rights minister, Michael Kocáb, handed over a letter of resignation after a Czech tabloid published allegations he had been having an affair with his spokeswoman, Lejla Abbas...

11.03.2010 - Turkey recalls ambassador after Sweden labels Armenian massacre 'genocide'
Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Sweden and cancelled the visit of its prime minister in response to a Swedish parliamentary resolution stating that the World War I massacre of more than a million Armenians and other minorities by the Ottomans was genocide. The developments come a week after Ankara called home its ambassador to the United States because a congressional committee approved a similar resolution...

11.03.2010 - The Olympic flame reignites as Vancouver readies for Paralympics
Around 5,000 performers ranging in age from four to 92 will wow the audience at the BC Place Stadium during an opening ceremony which organizers say will be a family-friendly show that celebrates the origins of the international sporting event. Once the festivities are over, hundreds of athletes with physical disabilities from all over the world will then begin competing on the slopes of Whistler and on rinks in Vancouver in the quest for medals...

11.03.2010 - Turkey outraged as Sweden labels Armenian massacre 'genocide'
Parliamentarians in Sweden have narrowly voted in favor of a resolution stating that the World War One massacre of more than a million Armenians and other minorities by the Ottomans was genocide. In response, Turkey announced the recall of its ambassador to Sweden for consultations, adding that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was cancelling a visit to Sweden...

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