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US, Afghan forces push deeper into Marjah (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:31 PM PST

U.S. soldiers exchange fire with insurgents as Afghan soldiers run for cover during a firefight with insurgents in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. The soldiers are operating in support of a U.S. Marine offensive against the Taliban in Marjah area. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - U.S. Marine and Afghan units pressed deeper into the Taliban haven of Marjah on Monday, facing sporadic rocket and mortar fire as they moved through suspected insurgent neighborhoods on the third day of a NATO offensive to reclaim the southern Afghan town.

Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:19 AM PST

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seen during a press, after holding talks with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, in Doha the capital of the State of Qatar, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Clinton arrived Sunday in Qatar, where she is holding talks with top government leaders and speaking at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum. (AP Photo/Maneesh Bakshi)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, a new U.S. accusation in the midst of rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions and crack down on anti-government protesters.

Biden and Cheney spar over antiterrorism policies (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:26 AM PST

This photo released by ABC former shows Vice President Dick Cheney during an interview on ABC's This Week in Washington Sunday Feb. 14, 2010. Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations. (AP Photo/ABC, Fred Watkins)AP - Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Dick Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations, credit for success in Iraq and the long-running effort to contain Iran's nuclear program.

Ala. prof bemoaned tenure denial, quiet about past (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:28 AM PST

This police booking photograph released by the Huntsville (Ala.) Police Dept., on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, shows college professor Amy Bishop, charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. (AP Photo/Huntsville Police Dept.)AP - Amy Bishop kept quiet about a violent episode in her past around colleagues and students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. But there was one personal issue she didn't mind loudly complaining about: being denied tenure.

Space station's new lookout in final resting spot (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

This image taken from video and made available by NASA shows astronauts Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick during their spacewalk as they work outside the International Space Station, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Astronauts have finally installed a fancy observation deck at its new spot on the International Space Station.

Don't ask when: Repeal of gay ban won't be soon (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:47 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2010, file photo Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, seen with Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, testifies about the'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Pentagon has begun examining how the ban on gays serving openly in the military could be eased and then repealed. 'A guiding principle of our efforts will be to minimize disruption and polarization within the rank with special attention paid to those serving on the front lines,' Gates said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - President Barack Obama, Pentagon leaders and even former Vice President Dick Cheney think it's time to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military. But a repeal is probably years away.

US forces scale back Haiti relief role (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:04 PM PST

A US Army solder drags a sack of rice during a food distribution operation organized by the US Army and Brazilian Army UN peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake last Jan. 12, leaving thousands homeless and prompting an international outpouring of aid. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - The biggest U.S. military surge since Iraq and Afghanistan is scaling back a month after the troops arrived in haste to aid victims of Haiti's catastrophic quake.

Kevin Smith oversized? ejected from flight (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:38 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2008 file photo Kevin Smith arrives at the premiere of 'Zach and Miri Make A Porno' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - Kevin Smith says he's "way fat," but that shouldn't stop him from flying.

Record crowd sees East edge West in All-Star game (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:16 PM PST

The NBA All-Star basketball game is played Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp)AP - To Dwyane Wade, it felt more like a stage than a court.

'Valentine's Day' courts $52.4M opening weekend (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:35 PM PST

FILE - In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros., Jessica Alba, right, and Ashton Kutcher are shown in a scene from 'Valentine's Day.' The star-studded romance 'Valentine's Day' wooed audiences with a $52.4 million opening weekend, easily grabbing the No. 1 spot over Valentine's weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Ron Batzdorff, File)AP - The star-studded romance "Valentine's Day" wooed audiences with a $52.4 million opening weekend, easily grabbing the No. 1 spot over the holiday that shares its name, according to studio estimates Sunday.

U.S. Marines say make steady progress in Afghan assault (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:22 PM PST

Afghans attend a meeting with U.S. soldiers of Alpha Battery, 4th Brigade combat team, 1-508, 82nd parachute infantry regiment, near the town of Shah joy in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - U.S. Marines are making steady progress in one of the biggest NATO offensives in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 but areas infested with roadside bombs are bogging them down, a spokesman said on Monday.

Yemen rebels may free Saudi soldiers in days (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:23 PM PST

A Yemeni army helicopter flies over the district of Arhab in Sanaa province in late 2009. Thirteen Yemeni soldiers died when a military helicopter evacuating wounded servicemen amid the fledgling ceasefire, the defence ministry said on Monday.(AFP/File/Khaled Fazaa)Reuters - Yemeni Shi'ite rebels are expected to hand over five captive Saudi soldiers within a week, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported on Sunday, following a 48-hour ultimatum set by Riyadh.

India says investigating blast, Pakistan talks on (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:11 AM PST

Reuters - Security officials were investigating the possible involvement of Pakistan-based militants in a bomb blast in western India that killed nine people, but New Delhi said talks with Islamabad later this month would go ahead.

Haiti airport to reopen for big carriers on Friday (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST

Japanese soldiers watch as an Antonov aircraft loaded with Japanese aid to Haitian earthquake victims arrives at Port-au-Prince's airport February 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ivan AlvaradoReuters - Haiti's international airport, a key economic lifeline for the poorest country in the Americas, will reopen to major commercial airlines on Friday for the first time since a massive earthquake destroyed its control tower, a U.S. military official said.

Hillary Clinton: Iran moving toward military dictatorship (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:07 AM PST

Reuters - The United States believes Iran may be heading toward a military dictatorship and that its Revolutionary Guard Corps is supplanting its government, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday.

Anti-Saddam purge both woos and worries Iraq voters (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:01 AM PST

Reuters - Government rhetoric against Saddam Hussein's Baath party will woo some Iraqi Shi'ite voters ahead of an election, but many people feel uneasy about a return to the sectarian politics that has spilled so much blood.

Yemen rebels hand over one Saudi soldier: Al Jazeera (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:27 AM PST

Reuters - Yemeni Shi'ite rebels believed to be holding five Saudi soldiers captive have handed over one missing soldier to a ceasefire committee, Al Jazeera television reported on Monday. Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, was drawn into a conflict with the rebels in November after the insurgents seized some Saudi territory, accusing Riyadh of letting Yemeni troops use Saudi land to launch attacks against them.

Yanukovich wins Ukraine presidency: election body (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:08 PM PST

Viktor Yanukovich waves to the media after voting during the presidential election at a polling station in Kiev February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Grigory DukorReuters - Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich was declared president-elect by the main election body on Sunday, leaving rival Yulia Tymoshenko with only a slender chance to take power through a legal challenge.

Taliban hinder Afghan offensive with booby traps (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:26 PM PST

US marines with 1/3 Marine Weapons Company guard a man found hiding in an irrigation canal as marines battle insurgents on the northeast of Marjah. Improvised bombs slowed the progress of US-led troops fighting the Taliban Monday in a major offensive that has already claimed the lives of 12 Afghan civilians.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - Improvised bombs slowed the progress of US-led troops fighting the Taliban Monday in a major offensive that has already claimed the lives of 12 Afghan civilians.

Clinton fears Iran headed for military dictatorship (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:13 AM PST

File photo of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard special forces participating in military manoeuvers. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday that she feared Iran is moving AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday that she feared Iran is moving "toward a military dictatorship," with enterprises controlled by the Revolutionary Guard "supplanting" the government.
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