Taliban, not drugs, focus of US-Afghan offensive (AP)

Taliban, not drugs, focus of US-Afghan offensive (AP)

Taliban, not drugs, focus of US-Afghan offensive (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:18 PM PST

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent shows U.S. Marines the contents of a cache of drugs and opium packaging gear found in a compound where they are staying in Marjah, Afghanistan, on Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)AP - Even by Afghan standards, it was a startling find: An opium packaging workshop, buried under donkey dung and old hay in a stable that U.S. Marines turned into a patrol base in southern Afghanistan.

Nissan recalls nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:27 PM PST

Nissan Motor has said it will recall nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide, most of them in the United States, due to brake pedal defects and faulty fuel gauges.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Nissan Motor said Wednesday it will recall nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide, most of them in the United States, due to brake pedal defects and faulty fuel gauges.

Killer of famed Australian surgeon deported (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:15 PM PST

A portrait of one of Australia's top heart surgeons Victor Chang who was killed in 1991. Phillip Choon Tee Lim, 50, one of two men jailed over the fatal shooting was Wednesday on his way back to Malaysia after serving an 18-year prison term.(AFP/Pool/File/Mick Tsikas)AFP - A man convicted of killing one of Australia's top heart surgeons was Wednesday on his way back to Malaysia after serving an 18-year prison term.

Obama to push healthcare overhaul into final act

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will usher in the last act of his push to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system on Wednesday by arguing that his retooled plan, incorporating more ideas from rival Republicans, is essential to the good of the country.


Indonesia parliament debates reformers' future

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament is expected to hold a rare vote on Wednesday that could determine the future of two key pro-market reformers following an inquiry into a bank bailout.


U.S. Senate umpire faces tough calls on healthcare

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PST

(Reuters) - A key figure in the battle to revamp U.S. healthcare may soon be the U.S. Senate's little-known, mustachioed and highly respected umpire, Alan Frumin.


Pleas for calm amid Chile rubble

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:34 PM PST

Chile's president has appealed for calm in the earthquake-ravaged city of Concepcion, vowing a stern response to any renewal of looting and violence.


The LUV Recovery

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:04 PM PST

Asia is leading the global economy out of the doldrums faster than anyone expected.


Ruling due on East Timor rebel plot

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:36 PM PST

Court to deliver verdicts on 28 alleged rebels accused of trying to kill president.


Chile steps up search for victims in quake-hit areas

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:06 PM PST

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean rescue crews fanned out with sniffer dogs on Wednesday around quake-ravaged cities and villages, some still hoping to find survivors and others to begin the daunting task of recovering the bodies buried under mountains of rubble.

Man charged in terror plot to plead guilty, source says

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:17 AM PST

A man from New York plans to plead guilty Tuesday to making false statements in what federal authorities have described as a plot to detonate bombs on New York subways, a law enforcement source said.

Naomi Campbell's driver says model assaulted him

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 07:40 PM PST

A driver for Naomi Campbell told police that he was assaulted by the supermodel Tuesday, according to the New York Police Department.

Report: Marijuana cultivation in Mexico rises

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 07:09 PM PST

Marijuana cultivation in Mexico increased 35 percent in 2008 and continues to grow, even as authorities there push forward with a large offensive against drug cartels that smuggle the product into the United States, according to a State Department report released this week.

Hong Kong presses new charge in 'milkshake murder' (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:00 PM PST

Nancy Kissel, dubbed the AP - Hong Kong prosecutors on Wednesday issued a new murder indictment against Nancy Kissel, an American who successfully appealed an earlier conviction on charges of drugging and then bashing her husband to death in a luxury apartment complex.

Perry wins Texas Republican governor primary

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:20 PM PST

DALLAS (Reuters) - Incumbent Rick Perry beat U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in a bruising primary election on Tuesday to decide the Republican candidate for Texas governor.


Rep. Charles Rangel refuses to give up his post as Ways and Means chairman

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) sounded a defiant note Tuesday, telling reporters that he had no intention of stepping down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee even as a growing number of Democrats have called for him to give up the post at least temporarily.


U.S. floats plan to lift ban on training Indonesia's Kopassus unit

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST

As President Obama prepares to travel to Indonesia, his administration is seeking to reverse a 12-year-old ban on training an elite unit of the Indonesian military whose members have been convicted of beatings, kidnappings and other abuses.


Sri Lanka to extend emergency laws

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:55 PM PST

Opposition says state of emergency powers being used by president to suppress dissent.


Sudan's land of 'black pharaohs' a trove for archaeologists (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:31 PM PST

Pyramids are seen in the Meroe desert, north of Khartoum. Archaeologists say the desert of north Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt. The Louvre will host its first exhibition at the end of March on the Meroe dynasty, the last in a line of AFP - There is not a tourist in sight as the sun sets over sand-swept pyramids at Meroe, but archaeologists say the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt.

China, US work to repair frayed ties (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:43 PM PST

Photo illustration of US and China flags. Two top US envoys sat down for talks with Chinese officials Wednesday as the two sides try to bridge the divide in their fraught relations to work together on key issues such as North Korea and Iran.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Two top US envoys sat down for talks with Chinese officials Wednesday as the two sides try to bridge the divide in their fraught relations to work together on key issues such as North Korea and Iran.
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