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Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:17:28 GMTLogin to discuss

Map locates Kandahar and Kandahar province, Afghanistan where multiple explosions have been reportedAP - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.



Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:53:26 GMTLogin to discuss

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, along with Gina Owens from Seattle, Wash.,left,  whose daughter, Tiffany Owens died after losing her job and health care,  Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. center, and others, arrive for a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.



Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:52:06 GMTLogin to discuss

Counting and data input workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have been released from seven of IraqAP - A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister held a comfortable lead Saturday in the crucial contest for the nation's capital, bolstering his chances in an election deciding who will lead the country as U.S. forces go home.



AP Source: Colo. woman held in terror probe (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:44:48 GMTLogin to discuss

Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks walks in the streets of Stockholm. A second American Muslim woman has been arrested in Ireland on charges of conspiracy to kill the cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed, The Wall Street Journal reported.(AFP/File/Francois Campredon)AP - A Colorado woman has been detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch offended many Muslims, a U.S. official said Saturday.



Vatican officials defend pope on abuse (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:43:53 GMTLogin to discuss

In this photo released by Vatican newspaper LAP - The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland. It also insisted that church confidentiality doesn't prevent bishops from reporting abuse to police.



Iran says it broke up US-backed cyber war networks (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:58:36 GMTLogin to discuss

Logo of the Iranian reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF). An Iranian court has sentenced a top female reformist arrested after last yearAP - Iran says it has dismantled several U.S.-backed cyber warfare networks that were gathering information on nuclear scientists and provoking unrest in the country.



Obama's education law overhaul to focus on college (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:40:43 GMTLogin to discuss

President Barack Obama walks out of the Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center in Chevy Chase, Md., Saturday, March 13, 2010, after ha Obama and the first lady attended their daughter SashaAP - The Obama administration unveiled its plan Saturday to radically change his predecessor's No Child Left Behind law in hopes of replacing an accountability system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.



Thousands expected to mourn death of SoCal teen (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:23:20 GMTLogin to discuss

In this undated family photo released by the King family shows Chelsea King, the missing 17-year-old teen from Poway a suburb of San Diego. The parents of a 17-year-old girl who failed to come home after a run in the park are pleading for people to come forward with information. (AP Photo/King Family Photo)  NO SALESAP - Students have wrapped ribbons around 8,000 sunflowers to hand out at a memorial service for Chelsea King, the 17-year-old girl whose murder has shaken her community and spurred calls for legal changes in how child sex offenders are treated.



Daylight-saving time: It's back (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:18:20 GMTLogin to discuss

Graphic to be used as a reminder of daylight saving time0AP - America is springing forward.



Leach faces James in Texas Tech lawsuit deposition (AP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:17:42 GMTLogin to discuss

ESPN analyst and former NFL player Craig James, arrives at Texas Tech to give a sworn statement in regards to the firing of former Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach, Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Geoffrey McAllister)AP - Mike Leach sat across from his accuser Saturday as Craig James gave sworn testimony in the former coach's lawsuit against Texas Tech.



Netanyahu's position is 'perilous': U.S. official (Reuters)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:25:49 GMTLogin to discuss
Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political standing is 'perilous' because of divisions within his coalition over efforts to pursue peace with the Palestinians, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

Afghanistan eases ban on news coverage of raids (Reuters)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:34:39 GMTLogin to discuss
Reuters - Afghanistan rowed back on Saturday from a total ban on media broadcasts of 'disturbing' images from insurgent attacks or live pictures of security operations.

Suicide bomber kills 11 in Pakistan's Swat (Reuters)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:09:05 GMTLogin to discuss

A woman weeps for her missing son at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Lahore March 12, 2010. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - A Taliban suicide bomber targeting security forces killed at least 11 people on Saturday, Pakistani police said, part of a renewed push against the state after one of the biggest security crackdowns in years.



Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, a big election prize (Reuters)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:01:38 GMTLogin to discuss

Journalists monitor a screen showing the initial results of national election in Baghdad March 11, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a wide lead on Saturday in early results from Baghdad, the major prize in a tight election race that Iraqis hope will bring stability after years of sectarian conflict.



Google '99.9 pct' sure to shut China search engine: report (Reuters)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:34:03 GMTLogin to discuss
Reuters - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now '99.9 percent' certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.

China delivers Venezuela jets for anti-drugs fight (Reuters)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:14:46 GMTLogin to discuss
Reuters - Venezuela on Saturday tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defense and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo banning sales of U.S. weapons parts to oil exporter Venezuela.

Irish police release three over cartoonist plot (Reuters)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:12:31 GMTLogin to discuss

Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard poses in Aarhus in this September 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Preben Hupfeld/ScanpixReuters - Irish police have released three of the seven people arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist over a drawing depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog.



Vatican says bid to link pope to abuse issue failed (Reuters)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:10 GMTLogin to discuss

Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of the German BishopsReuters - The Vatican rallied around Pope Benedict Saturday, dismissing suggestions he had tried to cover up priestly child abuse in Germany.



Iraq PM picks up steam in bid to retain post (AFP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:32 GMTLogin to discuss

An Iraqi man looks up at a poster picturing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on March 12. MalikiAFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bid to retain his job gained steam on Saturday as early results put him ahead in the capital, while rival blocs began jostling over the formation of a government.



South Afghanistan blasts kill 27, injure 52: health official (AFP)

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:14:25 GMTLogin to discuss

Afghan and international security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in southern city of Kandahar in February 2010. A series of explosions in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Saturday has killed at least 27 people and injured another 52, the provinceAFP - A series of explosions in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Saturday has killed at least 27 people and injured another 52, the province's senior health official told AFP.