Iraq vows tough punishment for campaign vandals (AP)

Iraq vows tough punishment for campaign vandals (AP)
Vancouver Olympic Volunteers: Unpaid Job Draws Global Help (Time.com)
Ex-ambassador, FT lament Falklands flare-up (AFP)
Pakistan kills 30 militants in airstrike
Greek Financial Crisis: Will It Lead to Demise of Euro? (Time.com)
Pakistan kills 30 militants in airstrike (Reuters)
Whaling in Australia's sights as Japan FM visits
US seeks 'positive results' in Cuba migration talks
Pakistani police chief dies in attack on stations (AP)
Rooney looks to extend goal run at Everton (AFP)
Canada's Montgomery wins men's skeleton gold (Reuters)
U.S. Sees China Easing Reaction to Arms Sales
Spanish Greatness, With a Long Wait
Tens of thousands of Haitians still lack adequate shelter
Iranian opposition demoralized after failed protests at revolution's anniversary
Researchers say antiretroviral (ART) drugs may prevent HIV infection
Lautenberg's chemotherapy will preclude his jobs bill vote
Diverse group of Chinese hackers wrote code in attacks on Google, U.S. companies
Military launches Afghanistan intelligence-gathering mission
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Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:31 PM PST

AP - With tempers high ahead of Iraq's national elections next month, even tearing down a campaign poster is a flash point between Sunnis and Shiites.

Vancouver Olympic Volunteers: Unpaid Job Draws Global Help (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:50 PM PST

Time.com - The volunteers at the Vancouver Olympics have given up sleep and salary to help the Winter Games run smoothly. They also get yelled at a lot. Why in the world would anyone want this job?

Ex-ambassador, FT lament Falklands flare-up (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:42 PM PST

AFP - The Financial Times lamented the stand-off between London and Buenos Aires over oil exploration around the Falkland Islands, in an editorial Saturday.

Pakistan kills 30 militants in airstrike

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:30 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani jet fighters attacked a hideout of the al Qaeda-backed Islamist militants in their South Waziristan bastion on Saturday, killing 30, the military said.

Greek Financial Crisis: Will It Lead to Demise of Euro? (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:50 PM PST

Time.com - The Greek deficit crisis has sparked a round of hand-wringing about the long-term viability of the euro. Is the common currency doomed to fail?

Pakistan kills 30 militants in airstrike (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:30 PM PST

Reuters - Pakistani jet fighters attacked a hideout of the al Qaeda-backed Islamist militants in their South Waziristan bastion on Saturday, killing 30, the military said.

Whaling in Australia's sights as Japan FM visits

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:39 PM PST

SYDNEY -A row over whaling threatened to overshadow a visit to Australia by Japan's foreign minister on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned of legal action to stop Japan's annual whale hunt.

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:36 PM PST

AP - Teams of coordinated suicide attackers struck two police stations in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing a local police chief and wounding four officers in the latest assault on government officials, authorities said.

Rooney looks to extend goal run at Everton (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:28 PM PST

AFP - Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney returns to the club where he made his name when the Premier League champions travel to Everton on Saturday.

Canada's Montgomery wins men's skeleton gold (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 08:44 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's Jon Montgomery won the Olympic gold medal in the men's skeleton at the Winter Games on Friday.

U.S. Sees China Easing Reaction to Arms Sales

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 08:37 PM PST

China's premium on bilateral military ties with Washington appears to be tempering its reaction to the recent decision to sell arms to Taiwan, say current and former U.S. officials.

Spanish Greatness, With a Long Wait

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:54 PM PST

The rare wines of the Vega Sicilia winery reach their peak after decades—if you can get them.

Tens of thousands of Haitians still lack adequate shelter

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Helta Exanville spent the night in tears, cradling her infant son as a tropical rain drummed on the tarp-and-tin roof overhead. Water leaked relentlessly through the seams, she said, invading her little shelter, soaking her clothes, turning the earthen floor into mud and, in...

Iranian opposition demoralized after failed protests at revolution's anniversary

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

TEHRAN -- The opposition supporters nervously smoked cigarettes in the kitchen as loud music blared from the empty living room. A student, a businessman, a writer and an artist had planned a victory party but instead were mourning their defeat.

Researchers say antiretroviral (ART) drugs may prevent HIV infection

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO -- The antiretroviral drugs that revolutionized the care of people with AIDS are on the threshold of a new life as tools to prevent infection in individuals and brake the epidemic in populations as a whole.

Lautenberg's chemotherapy will preclude his jobs bill vote

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

Diverse group of Chinese hackers wrote code in attacks on Google, U.S. companies

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

Some of the computer codes used in the recent attacks on the networks of Google and dozens of other major U.S. companies were developed by a diverse group of Chinese hackers, including security professionals, consultants and temporary contractors, according to an industry source.