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Taliban's top military commander captured (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:28 AM PST

An Afghan woman carries loaves of bread on her head as she walks across a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - The Taliban's top military commander has been arrested in a joint CIA-Pakistani operation in Pakistan in a major victory against the insurgents as U.S. troops push into their heartland in southern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

Haiti president: 3 years needed to move rubble (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 11:00 PM PST

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with Haitian President Rene Preval as the two leaders begin a bilateral meeting in tents set up at the airport outside the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. Harper said his country will spend up to $12 million to build Haiti's government a temporary base to replace official buildings damaged in the quake. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Chartrand, POOL)AP - It will take three long years to clear the rubble left by Haiti's devastating earthquake, said President Rene Preval who admitted even he's still afraid to sleep under concrete in case another quake strikes.

Bayh cites strident partisanship in leaving Senate (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:11 AM PST

Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., speaks with reporters after a news conference announcing he will not seek re-election in Indianapolis, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. Bayh, a centrist Democrat from Indiana, announced Monday that he won't seek a third term in Congress, giving Republicans a chance to pick up a Senate seat. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)AP - Two-term Sen. Evan Bayh says ever-shriller partisanship and the frustrations of gridlock made it time for him to leave Congress. Republicans aren't buying it, saying he and fellow Democrats sense that voters will be after their heads this fall.

Husband: Ala. prof went to range before shooting (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:19 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 - An Alabama professor practiced at a shooting range not long before police say she gunned down three colleagues and wounded three others during a faculty meeting, her husband said.

Obama seeks return to campaign-style discipline (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:01 AM PST

FILE - In this July 14, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama reads from a teleprompter while speaking at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich. Facing criticism that President Barack Obama isn't connecting with the American people, the administration is infusing its communications strategy with some of the ironclad discipline and outside-the-box thinking that made the Obama presidential campaign famous — and successful. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - Facing criticism that President Barack Obama isn't connecting with the American people, the White House is infusing its communications strategy with some of the ironclad discipline and outside-the-box thinking that made the Obama presidential campaign famous — and successful.

Civilian death toll rises in Afghan offensive (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:38 AM PST

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment take cover in an open poppy field during a firefight as Taliban fighters fire on them in the town of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Three more Afghan civilians were killed in the assault on a southern Taliban stronghold, NATO forces said Tuesday, highlighting the toll on the population from an offensive aimed at making them safer.

Astronauts move old space station docking port (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 07:27 PM PST

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Robert Behnken participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Astronauts did some rearranging at the International Space Station for the second night in a row Monday, moving an old docking adapter into a new position.

Small plane crashes at mid-NJ airport, killing 5 (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 07:45 PM PST

An officer attends to the scene of a small plane crash at Monmouth Executive Airport about 35 miles east of Trenton in Wall Township, N.J. on Monday Feb. 15, 2010. Police say they have recovered four bodies after a small plane crash at a central New Jersey airport. A fifth person remains missing. (AP Photo/Asbury Park Press, Robert Ward) MANDATORY CREDITAP - A small plane trying to land broke apart and tore through a snowy field next to a runway Monday afternoon, killing all five people aboard, including a teenager and a child, and scattering debris over 200 feet.

Top-ranked Kansas beats A&M 59-54 (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 08:30 PM PST

Kansas head coach Bill Self directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas A&M Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 in College Station. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)AP - Xavier Henry scored 12 points, including several free throws down the stretch, to help top-ranked Kansas escape with a 59-54 win over No. 24 Texas A&M on Monday night.

Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:24 PM PST

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, shows King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, right, welcoming U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, upon her arrival to Rawdat Khurayim camp outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/HO)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday Iran is sliding into a military dictatorship, a new assessment suggesting a rockier road ahead for U.S.-led efforts to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

U.S. official confirms top Taliban commander captured (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:03 PM PST

Reuters - The Taliban's top military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been captured in Pakistan in a joint raid by Pakistani and U.S. spy agencies, a U.S. official said on Monday, confirming a report of the capture in The New York Times.

Iran hits back at U.S. over dictatorship comment (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:07 AM PST

Reuters - Iran hit back at the United States on Tuesday for saying the Islamic state was moving toward a military dictatorship, accusing Washington of pursuing wrong policies in the Middle East.

Democratic Sen. Bayh won't seek re-election (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:18 PM PST

Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 27, 2008. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Senator Evan Bayh, a popular Democrat seen as having a good shot at a third term, said Monday he won't run again because of the kind of bitter politicking that has put President Barack Obama's whole agenda in jeopardy.

Obama to announce loan help for nuclear power (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:17 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at an impromptu news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - The Obama administration, advancing nuclear power use to help cut greenhouse gas emissions, will announce on Tuesday an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to help Southern Co build two reactors, a government official told Reuters.

Fresh questions complicate Haiti missionaries case (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:28 PM PST

U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, leave a Judicial Police office in Port-au-Prince February 10, 2010. REUTERS/St Felix Evens (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT CRIME LAW)Reuters - A Haitian judge said on Monday he would deepen his inquiry into 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children following media reports that a legal adviser working with them was under investigation in El Salvador for suspected human trafficking.

Economy dogs North Korea's "brilliant" Kim on birthday (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 09:43 PM PST

High ranking North Korean officials take part in a central reporting convention at the April 25 Hall of Culture in Pyongyang February 15, 2010, to celebrate North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's 68th birthday in this picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA said this picture was taken on February 15, 2010. The letters on right side read, Reuters - North Korea celebrated leader Kim Jong-il's birthday on Tuesday with synchronized swimmers glorifying the "kind-hearted father" of the reclusive state while it made overtures for dialogue with its foe the United States.

Fed sees paper loss on Bear portfolio: report (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:19 PM PST

Reuters - The Federal Reserve has seen paper losses on real estate assets it acquired when it helped JPMorgan Chase & Co buy Bear Stearns, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

US, Pakistan capture top Taliban commander: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 11:16 PM PST

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers patrol in Karachi in August 2009. Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured in a joint operation between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives. The arrest suggests a new level of cooperation from Pakistan's leaders, who have been reluctant to give full support to US anti-Taliban efforts.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - US and Pakistani spies have captured the Taliban's top military commander, US media reported, but the militia Tuesday denied his arrest and said he was still leading the fight in Afghanistan.

Taliban bombs hinder Afghan offensive (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:18 AM PST

US Marines fire mortar rounds on Taliban positions in the northeast of Marjah on Februaary 15. US-led troops waging a huge offensive against the Taliban are risking becoming bogged down, running into pockets of resistance and scores of planted bombs.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - US-led troops waging a huge offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan risked becoming bogged down Tuesday, running into pockets of resistance and scores of planted bombs.
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