Kamis, 25 Februari 2010

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Snowstorm in Northeast, rain pounds New England (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:57 PM PST

A US Airways Express plane is treated prior to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport today, Thursday, Feb. 25 in Newark, NJ. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)AP - A slow-moving winter storm packing heavy, wet snow and potentially flooding rain spread over the Northeast on Thursday, disrupting air traffic and closing schools. Utility companies braced for possible widespread power outages overnight due to high winds and toppled trees.

NY Gov. Paterson won't drop bid despite scandal (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:42 PM PST

New York Gov. David Paterson speaks during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 in New York. Paterson is under pressure to drop his run for a full term this year after a report about a domestic abuse complaint against a top aide David Johnson stemming from a Halloween 2009 argument between the aide and a woman, according to a police report. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Despite calls from leading Democrats to step aside, Gov. David Paterson said Thursday he won't drop his election bid amid a growing scandal surrounding accusations of domestic violence against a key aide.

Mass. DA seeks inquest in '86 Bishop shooting case (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:30 PM 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 - A Massachusetts prosecutor ordered an inquest into Amy Bishop's 1986 fatal shooting of her brother, saying there are new questions about whether it was the accident investigators concluded at the time.

SeaWorld will keep whale despite trainer's death (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:43 PM PST

Guests pass a sign noting the Shamu Show is closed as they enter the SeaWorld theme park the day after an incident involving the death of a trainer at the theme park in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Despite calls to free or destroy the animal, SeaWorld said Thursday it will keep the killer whale that drowned its trainer, but will suspend all orca shows while it decides whether to change the way handlers work with the behemoths.

Gunman dead in Calif. rampage that killed deputy (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:16 PM PST

A Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy ducks for cover behind irrigation wells while responding to a shooting of three officers in Minkler, Calif. on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Justin Kase Conder)AP - A gunman opened fire Thursday on authorities who tried to serve search warrants at his mobile home in Central California, killing one law enforcement officer and wounding two others before barricading himself in the residence during a raging gunbattle that also left him dead.

California man convicted of 5 serial slayings (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:18 PM PST

Rodney Alcala looks up after being found guilty on all counts in Santa Ana, Calif. on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 in the murder of a 12-year-old girl and four women in the late 1970s. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Michael Goulding)AP - A jury convicted an amateur photographer Thursday for the third time in the murder of a 12-year-old girl and also found him guilty in the brutal stranglings of four women, whose deaths went unsolved for decades until investigators discovered DNA and other evidence tying the cases together.

Friend: NY mom had obsessed over dead son's autism (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:12 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, members of the Medical Examiners Office remove the body of 8-year-old Jude Michael Mirra from the Peninsula Hotel in New York where his mother, Gigi Jordan, is accused of killing him. After years of struggling - with his severe autism and her inability to help him - Jordan gave up. To those who knew her, she was a loving, overprotective single mother who snapped under incredible strain. To prosecutors, she is a killer. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Gigi Jordan quit a high-powered job as a pharmaceutical company executive and abandoned her social life to devote all her time to her severely autistic son.

Md. inmate leaves prison by impersonating cellmate (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:50 PM PST

In this undated photo released by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Raymond Taylor is shown. Maryland's Commissioner of Correction J. Michael Stouffer said Thursday night Feb. 25, 2010, that 26-year-old Raymond Taylor of New York, who was serving three life sentences for attempted murders, pretended to be another inmate and was mistakenly released from custody. (AP Photo/Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services)AP - An inmate serving three life sentences for attempted murder convictions pretended to be a cellmate who was due for release and walked out of a Baltimore prison, corrections officials said Thursday night.

2 indicted in foiled NYC subway bomb plot case (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:49 PM PST

In this courtroom sketch, Adis Medunjanin, second from left, stands next to lawyer Michael Marinaccio and his client Zarein Ahmedzay, fourth from left, during a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Medunjanin and Ahmedzay, both high school classmates of admitted terrorist plotter Najibullah Zazi, were indicted Thursday in a foiled scheme to bomb New York City subways that a prosecutor said was directed by 'al-Qaida leadership.' Assistant US Attorney Berit Berger, second from right, and Assistant US Attorney Jeffery Knox, right, stand in front of the defendants. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)AP - Two high school classmates of admitted terrorist Najibullah Zazi were indicted Thursday in a foiled scheme to bomb New York City subways that a prosecutor said was directed by "al-Qaida leadership."

Father: Suspect may have contacted students online (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:01 PM PST

Deer Creek Middle School teacher David Benke describes his altercation with school shooting suspect Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood during a news conference at the Jeffco Public Schools administration building in Golden, Colo. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)AP - Among items seized from the room of a man accused of wounding two students at a Colorado middle school were photos of youths who appear to be in their teens, prompting the accused's father to speculate that his son may have had online contact with students there prior to the attack.

Step show prize to be shared after Internet stir (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:29 PM PST

In this photo provided by Sprite, members of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority from the University of Arkansas compete in the Sprite Step Off National Finals Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, in Atlanta. Eighty teams from fraternities and sororities at forty universities participated in the competition which featured a grand prize of $100,000 in scholarships, triumphing in the largest prize pool ever of $1.5 million in scholarships. After days of controversy over Zeta Tau Alpha group's win in a step competition, sponsor Coca-Cola said Thursday Feb. 25, 2010, the second-place team Alpha Kappa Alpha will share top honors. (AP Photo/Sprite, John Amis)AP - After days of controversy over a white group's win in a step competition, sponsor Coca-Cola said Thursday the second-place team will share top honors.

Neb. lawmakers discuss fetal pain abortion bill (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:04 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2006, file photo Nebraska abortion provider Dr. LeRoy Carhart is seen at his clinic in Bellevue, Neb. A determined group of state lawmakers is pushing legislation that would make Nebraska the first state to limit so-called late-term abortions based on the belief that a fetus feels pain during the procedure. The legislation looks to again thrust Carhart, who is one of a handful of remaining doctors in the United States who perform third-trimester abortions, into the center of the national abortion debate. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)AP - A group of lawmakers is pushing to make Nebraska the first state to outlaw most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the argument that the fetus might feel pain during the procedure.

Conn. officer who shot chimp testifies of trauma (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 02:45 PM PST

Stamford police officer Frank Chiafari testifies in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, before state lawmakers about the need to reform workers compensation laws. Chiafari says he was traumatized after shooting a rampaging chimpanzee to death after it mauled and blinded its owner's friend about a year ago. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - A police officer on Thursday recalled how he plunged into "a depression beyond depression" after shooting a rampaging 200-pound chimpanzee and said he was traumatized by seeing the woman who had been brutally mauled by an animal he calls "a monster."

'Toyota defense' might rescue jailed Minnesota man (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:43 AM PST

Koua Fong Lee wipes his eye as he is interviewed Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 at the state prison in Lino Lakes, Minn., where he is serving a sentence for a fatal accident involving his 1996 Toyota Camry in June 2006 in St. Paul, Minn., that killed three people. With recent revelations of safety problems with later-model Toyotas, Lee is pressing to get his case reopened and his freedom restored. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)AP - Ever since his 1996 Toyota Camry shot up an interstate ramp, plowing into the back of an Oldsmobile in a horrific crash that killed three people, Koua Fong Lee insisted he had done everything he could to stop the car.

Military spouses angry that DoD halts job grants (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:15 PM PST

AP - Military spouses were enthusiastic when the government started offering them grants last year of up to $6,000 for college or career training. Word spread quickly and they signed up by the tens of thousands.

Age hasn't slowed 80-year-old California burglar (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 01:44 PM PST

This undated booking photo provided by the Torrance Police Department shows Doris Thompson, an 80-year-old woman with a criminal record stretching back to 1955 who was sentenced Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 to three years in state prison for ransacking and stealing cash from a medical office. (AP Photo/Torrance Police Department)AP - Doris Thompson hasn't let age slow her down. At 80, she's still ransacking and burglarizing medical offices.

Calif. lawmakers: Cut the foul language, please (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:21 PM PST

AP - Californians had better start watching their mouths.

Officials rule arson caused fire at pilot's house (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:55 AM PST

FILE - This Feb. 18, 2010, file photo shows the Austin, Texas, home of Joseph Stack, a software engineer, who set it on fire, law enforcement officials said. Stack's views on taxation follow a long line of protesters, who believe tax laws don't apply to them; his bitter feud with the IRS apparently drove him to commit suicide by slamming his single-engine Piper PA-28 into an Austin office building where the IRS has offices. (AP Photo/ Thao Nguyen, File)AP - Authorities in Texas have ruled arson is the official cause of the fire that destroyed the house belonging to the man who flew his plane into an office building.

Ex-Klansman convicted in '64 slayings sues FBI (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:11 PM PST

AP - A former Ku Klux Klansman convicted in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers has sued the FBI, claiming the government used a mafia hit man to pistol-whip and intimidate witnesses for information in the case.
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Cogan, Hubbard, and Kessler: A Better Way to Reform Health Care - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:38 AM PST


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The critical problem is rising costs. The solution is more competition and greater individual control over health spending. Here's how. By JOHN F. COGAN, GLENN HUBBARD, AND DANIEL KESSLER Today, President Obama will host members of Congress from both ...
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SeaWorld Takes Tilikum out of Isolation - CBS News

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:24 AM PST


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The Columbus Zoo's Jack Hanna spoke emotionally about the SeaWorld trainer that was killed by a killer whale and defended the marine animal park's policies. A killer whale grabbed and drowned a veteran trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla. ...
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India, Pakistan hold formal talks - Washington Post

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:28 AM PST


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NEW DELHI -- Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan met Thursday for their first formal talks since the deadly siege on Mumbai in 2008. Officials described the session as a cautious step in restoring trust between the two nations, ...
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Longtime Congressman Tells NY's Paterson: Drop Out - New York Times

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:21 AM PST


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Longtime Congressman Tells NY's Paterson: Drop Out
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By AP ALBANY, NY (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson is under fresh pressure to drop his run for a full term this year after a report about a domestic abuse complaint against a top aide. ''I think it's become apparent that he should not seek election and ...
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EU: West Bank goods aren't Israeli - Ha'aretz

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 07:20 AM PST


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EU: West Bank goods aren't Israeli
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By AP In a ruling touching on the status of the West Bank, the European Union high court said Thursday the disputed area is not part of Israel and Israeli goods made there are subject to EU import duties. The ruling has no immediate bearing on the ...
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Amtrak Train Kills 2 People Near Philadelphia - New York Times

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:53 AM PST


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By AP PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A high-speed Amtrak Acela train struck and killed two people south of Philadelphia. Police say the two people were struck around 10:30 am Thursday in Norwood, about 10 miles south of Philadelphia. Amtrak says rail traffic is ...
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Two co-accused in NYC bomb plot plead not guilty - Reuters

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:33 AM PST


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Two co-accused in NYC bomb plot plead not guilty
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two accused co-conspirators of an Afghan immigrant who has admitted plotting to bomb the New York City subways pleaded not guilty on Thursday to planning the attack. Adis Medunjanin, 25, and Zarein Ahmedzay, 24, were charged in ...
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Clinton will try to free fish for Passover - Washington Post

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:56 AM PST


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Clinton will try to free fish for Passover
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Live from Washington: Obama's health care summit (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:54 AM PST

From right, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, on the eve of the Health Care Summit with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are pleading their case for health care overhaul in an extraordinary summit with Republicans, broadcast live to a divided public on daytime TV.

Whale drags trainer off platform in fatal attack (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:05 AM PST

In this photo taken on Dec. 30, 2005, Dawn Brancheau, a whale trainer at SeaWorld Adventure Park, poses while performing. Brancheau was killed in an accident with a killer whale at the SeaWorld Shamu Stadium Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Julie Fletcher)AP - A veteran SeaWorld trainer was leisurely rubbing a killer whale from a poolside platform when the 12,000-pound creature reached up, grabbed her with its mouth and dragged her underwater.

Toyota's problems loom large even after hearings (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:02 AM PST

Toyota President and Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda, left, and Yoshimi Inaba, right, president and chief executive officer, Toyota Motor North America, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Toyota. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Even as Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wrapped up a grueling appearance before Congress, the head of the world's largest automaker wasn't leaving his problems behind.

Brazilian president says Castro seems recovered (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:27 PM PST

In this photo released by Brazil's Presidency, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, right, smiles with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Stuckert-Brazil's Presidency)AP - Fidel Castro is "exceptionally well" and appears recovered from a health crisis that has kept him out of the public eye for more than 3 1/2 years, Brazil's president said Wednesday, according to reports by his country's news media.

India, Pakistan hold first talks in 15 months (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:29 PM PST

India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao (L) shakes hands with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir before their meeting in New Delhi February 25, 2010. The top diplomats of India and Pakistan began on Thursday their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, but hopes of progress remain limited as the rival neighbours seek to end a diplomatic freeze. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)AP - India and Pakistan held high-level peace talks Thursday for the first time since the 2008 Mumbai attacks in an effort to rebuild confidence and reduce tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.

Police: Colo. gunman entered the school earlier (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:34 AM PST

Deer Creek Middle School teacher David Benke describes his altercation with school shooting suspect Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood during a news conference at the Jeffco Public Schools administration building in Golden, Colo. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)AP - A man accused of wounding two middle school students in a community still haunted by the Columbine massacre often talked to himself and imaginary friends — and that talk recently turned to yelling, his father said.

Interval training can cut exercise hours sharply (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:28 PM PST

AP - People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse.

'Idol' judges jeer male semifinalists (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:29 PM PST

In this publicity image released by Fox, the 12 male finalists for the ninth season of the reality singing competetion, 'American Idol,' front row from left, Andrew Garcia, John Park, Tyler Grady, Joe Munoz and Jermaine Sellers and, back row, from left, Lee Dewyze, Aaron Kelly, Tim Urban, Michael Lynche, Todrick Hall, Casey James and Alex Lambert, are shown. (AP Photo/Fox, Patrick Ecclestein)AP - Tim Urban tripped up his second shot at "American Idol" fame.

Canada routs Russia 7-3, surging into hockey semis (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 11:28 PM PST

Russia's Alexander Ovechkin (8) skates past Canada's Sidney Crosby (87) in the third period of a men's quarterfinal round ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Canada didn't need a complex game plan to wear down its biggest nemesis or punish Alex Ovechkin. Canada simply needed to be Canada.

Snow storms blanket Northeast; 2nd storm on tap (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:55 PM PST

Tony Cordero of Albany bikes in the snow in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. The first in a double-whammy storm has dumped more than a foot of wet, heavy snow on parts of eastern New York, closing hundreds of schools and knocking out power to more than 100,000 customers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - A powerful winter storm dumped a foot or more of snow in the Northeast on Wednesday, knocking out power to thousands and stalling air traffic from Boston to Philadelphia, all ahead of a second system packing strong winds that could blanket the area with another foot of snow.

Toyota faces tough road to redemption after grilling (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:42 AM PST

Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda arrives to testify on Toyota's car safety before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Toyota Motor Corp's president apologized to U.S. lawmakers and ended the day in tears, marking a potential climax to his company's safety crisis but leaving it with a long road to rebuild its reputation.

Obama hosts summit to rescue health bill (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:09 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama waves to doctors in attendance from across the country after making remarks on the need for health insurance reform in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama launches a last-ditch bid to salvage his stalled healthcare overhaul on Thursday at a televised summit that could offer more potential for political theater than problem solving.

Senate passes jobs package, eyes next round (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:41 PM PST

A man waits to have his resume critiqued for free at the NYCHires Job Fair in New York February 24, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The Senate passed a modest jobs-creation bill on Wednesday and laid the groundwork for a larger package that would advance Democrats' goal of bringing down the stubbornly high unemployment rate.

China's military warns Washington, denies hacking (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:53 PM PST

The Dalai Lama laughs as he speaks to students, faculty, and guests at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)Reuters - China's military warned the United States on Thursday to "speak and act cautiously" to avoid reigniting tensions between the two powers, denying the People's Liberation Army played a part in Internet hacking.

Growing fury at Dubai killing reaches Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

The travel ports of entry and exit of suspects is seen in this handout picture released by Dubai police February 24, 2010. Dubai has identified 15 new suspects in the assassination of a Hamas official at a Dubai luxury hotel, bringing the total number of people believed involved in the death to 26, the government said on Wednesday. Israeli media reported on Wednesday the new list could involve further cases of identity theft. Dubai authorities last week released the identities of 11 people whom they said travelled on fraudulent British, Irish, French and German passports to kill Hamas militant, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. REUTERS/Dubai Police/HandoutReuters - Mounting diplomatic fury over the killing of a top Hamas commander in a Dubai hotel reached Australia on Thursday, with Israel's ambassador summoned over the use of Australian passports by a suspected assassination squad.

Orca kills trainer at Florida's SeaWorld (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:22 PM PST

Reuters - A killer whale at the SeaWorld amusement park in central Florida killed a trainer on Wednesday, police and company executives said.

World warming unhindered by cold spells: scientists (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:26 PM PST

Reuters - The pace of global warming continues unabated, scientists said on Thursday, despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by blizzards.

India, Pakistan hold talks, seeking to repair ties (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 11:14 PM PST

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier opens a gate at the border with Pakistan near Jammu, February 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - India and Pakistan held their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks on Thursday, a meeting that is unlikely to lead to an immediate breakthrough but may help thaw relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

Afghan flag raised over town at centre of major assault (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:50 PM PST

Afghan army commandos stand on a sand bank in Marjah's Balakino Bazar neighborhood on February 24, 2010. The Afghan flag was raised Thursday over a town at the centre of a US-led military assault to drive the Taliban from one of their key strongholds, an AFP photographer said.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - The Afghan flag was raised over a town at the centre of a US-led offensive to capture a key Taliban stronghold on Thursday with the US Marines commander declaring it a "historic day".

Pressure mounts on Israel over Hamas killing (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:48 AM PST

Image grab February 16, from hotel surveillance footage, released by Dubai police, allegedly shows two murder suspects dressed as tourists in tennis outfits, following Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh (front). Israel came under fresh diplomatic pressure Thursday as Australia became the latest country seeking answers over the use of western passports in the Dubai killing of a top Hamas militant.(AFP/Dubai Police/File)AFP - Pressure mounted on Israel Thursday as Australia became the latest country seeking answers over the use of Western passports in the Dubai killing by suspected Mossad agents of a top Hamas militant.
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