Monday, March 30, 2009

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Pakistan: Security forces retake attacked academy (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 7:15 am

Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-e-Islami chant slogans during a rally to condemn Friday's suicide bombing, at Khyber Pass in Jamrud, the main town of Pakistan's Khyber tribal region. An official says militants have kidnapped 11 police officers in a Pakistani tribal region Khyber that is home to a major U.S. military supply route and where a suicide bomber recently killed dozens at a mosque. The banner at left reads: 'Stop killing of innocent tribal people on behest of Americans.' (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Pakistani security forces have overpowered militants who seized a police academy in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore early Monday. Six people have been arrested.


Gunman at North Carolina nursing home kills eight (Reuters)
March 30, 2009 at 6:33 am

Reuters - A gunman opened fire inside a nursing home in a small North Carolina town on Sunday, killing eight people, including elderly patients in wheelchairs, local authorities said.

Madonna's adoption ruling delayed until Friday (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 6:31 am

U.S. singer Madonna departs from the High Court in Lilongwe, Malawi Monday, March, 30, 2009. Madonna arrived in Malawi on Sunday in a bid to adopt a a 4-year-old girl as her second child from the southern African country. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - A Malawian judge held a closed-door hearing Monday on Madonna's application to adopt a second child from this southern African nation but delayed ruling on the matter until Friday, a court official said.


Suicide bomber in police uniform kills 9 Afghans (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 6:28 am

US soldiers keep watch during a patrol in the village of Narizah in Khost province, about 200 kms southeast of Kabul in February. President Barack Obama said US troops would not go in hot pursuit of extremists across the Afghan border into Pakistan -- but demanded Islamabad hold up its end of the anti-terror struggle.(AFP/File/Thibauld Malterre)AP - A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine people and wounding eight others, an official said.


Thirty years on, Khmer Rouge torturer in dock (Reuters)
March 30, 2009 at 5:07 am

A western tourist visits Toul Sleng Genocide Museum Monday, March 30, 2009, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  The former commander of the torture prison, Kaing Guek Eav, also know as 'Duch,'  is the first of five former Khmer Rouge leaders being tried for crimes against humanity.  With no death penalty in Cambodia, the maximum sentence 'Duch' could face would be life imprisonment.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)Reuters - Pol Pot's chief torturer took the stand on Monday, charged with crimes against humanity in the first trial of a top Khmer Rouge cadre 30 years after the end of a regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia.


Khmer Rouge prison chief faces war crimes trial (AFP)
March 30, 2009 at 3:16 am

Kaing Guek Eav (C), better known as Duch, the former Khmer Rouge prison chief of S-21, or Tuol Sleng prison, reads documents in the courtroom at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal resumed the trial Duch, the first person to face justice at the court for the regime's atrocities.(AFP/Pool/Mak Remissa)AFP - The Khmer Rouge regime's prison chief heard charges Monday that he oversaw the execution of 15,000 people as a Cambodian court resumed the first trial over the "Killing Fields" atrocities.


Gunmen storm Pakistan police academy (AFP)
March 30, 2009 at 2:11 am

A TV grab shows Pakistani policemen trying to take cover as a body is seen in the foreground in Lahore after gunmen attacked a police training school. At least 20 people were killed Monday after gunmen stormed the school, police officials told AFP.(AFP/NDTV)AFP - Gunmen stormed a Pakistan police academy Monday, triggering an intense battle with security forces that left at least 20 dead, weeks after a brazen assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team.


Obama conditions bailout funds for automakers (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 1:52 am

In this June 26, 2008 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, talks with General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner  during an economic discussion in Pittsburgh.  Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, administration officials said Sunday. The news comes as President Obama prepares to unveil additional restructuring efforts designed to save the domestic auto industry.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)AP - The White House says neither General Motors nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more bailout money, setting the stage for a crisis in Detroit that would dramatically reshape the nation's auto industry.


Gunmen storm Pakistan police academy (AFP)
March 30, 2009 at 1:51 am

A TV grab shows Pakistani policemen trying to take cover as a body is seen in the foreground in Lahore after gunmen attacked a police training school. At least 20 people were killed Monday after gunmen stormed the school, police officials told AFP.(AFP/NDTV)AFP - At least 20 people were killed Monday after gunmen stormed a Pakistan police training school near the eastern city of Lahore, police officials told AFP.


U.S. autos task force rejects GM, Chrysler plans (Reuters)
March 30, 2009 at 1:32 am

Reuters - The Obama administration autos task force on Monday rejected the turnaround plans of General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC and warned both could be put through bankruptcy to slash debts.

GM CEO Wagoner forced out as part of gov't plan (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 1:24 am

In this Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 picture, General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner talks about the company's restructuring plans during a news conference in Detroit. A person with knowledge of General Motors' plans said Sunday, March 29, 2009 Wagoner will step down immediately as chairman and chief executive of the struggling Detroit automaker. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Time and time again, General Motors Corp.'s board of directors reaffirmed its support for Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner, even as the company piled up billions of dollars in losses and begged for government loans to stay alive.


Khmer Rouge prison chief faces war crimes trial (AFP)
March 30, 2009 at 1:21 am

Kaing Guek Eav (C), better known as Duch, the former Khmer Rouge prison chief of S-21, or Tuol Sleng prison, reads documents in the courtroom at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal resumed the trial Duch, the first person to face justice at the court for the regime's atrocities.(AFP/Pool/Mak Remissa)AFP - The Khmer Rouge regime's prison chief heard charges Monday that he oversaw the execution of 15,000 people as a court in Cambodia opened the first trial into the atrocities of the "Killing Fields".


Gunmen attack police in Pakistan (Reuters)
March 30, 2009 at 1:10 am

Map of Pakistan locating Lahore, where gunmen attacked a police training school Monday, killing several people.(AFP graphic/Martin Megino/Gal/Js)Reuters - A group of attackers were holed up in a police training center in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday after storming the building with guns and grenades, killing at least eight policemen, officials said.


7 residents, 1 nurse die in nursing home shooting (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 11:49 pm

Investigators examine a weapon at the scene where a gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning, killing at least six people and wounding several others in Carthage, N.C., Sunday, March 29, 2009. The gunman was also injured before he was apprehended by police after the 10 a.m. shooting at Pinelake Health and Rehab, Police Chief Chris McKenzie told several television stations. A police officer was also hurt. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - A gunman barged into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything," going room to room in a terrifying rampage that killed seven residents — most in their late 80s — and a nurse who cared for them.


GM CEO forced out as U.S. to give automakers more time (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 11:35 pm

Reuters - General Motors Corp, whose chief executive was forced out by the Obama administration on Sunday, and Chrysler LLC will each be given capital and time to accelerate their attempts to restructure and survive, according to a government aid plan set for release on Monday.

U.S. deploys anti-missile ships before N.Korea launch (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 10:29 pm

North Korean soldiers look as a South Korean soldier (centre) stands guard at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas on March 6. South Korea warned that North Korea could face fresh UN sanctions if it goes ahead with a planned rocket launch, as spy satellites revealed part of a long-range rocket on the North's launch pad.(AFP/Ahn Young Joon)Reuters - The United States plans to deploy two missile-interceptor ships from South Korea on Monday, a military spokesman said, days ahead of a North Korean rocket launch seen by many as a test of its longest-range missile.


Longtime NFL, college coach Lou Saban dies at 87 (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 10:03 pm

In this Dec. 26, 1964, file photo Buffalo Bills' coach Lou Saban, left, lets out a cheer with Pete Gogolak (3), Jack Kemp (15), and Wray Carlton (30) in the Bills' dressing room in Buffalo, N.Y. after winning the American Football League Championship. Saban, the well-traveled coach whose NFL and college careers spanned five decades and dozens of jobs, has died. He was 87. (AP Photo, File)AP - Lou Saban, who coached O.J. Simpson in the NFL and ran the New York Yankees for George Steinbrenner during a well-traveled career that spanned five decades, died Sunday. He was 87.


AP IMPACT: With Mexico's army in the war on drugs (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 9:44 pm

Soldiers patrol the streets of Reynosa, on Mexico's northeastern border with the U.S., Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Mexico has deployed thousands of soldiers and federal agents to drug strongholds as part of a nationwide crackdown on drug cartels since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel.


AP Exclusive: UN suggests power-sharing for Kirkuk (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 9:43 pm

A Christian man guards the Kirkuk Cathedral in  Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 26, 2009. Seeking to head off a wave of ethnic violence, the United Nations will call for a new and risky power-sharing system of government in the northern region Kirkuk, according to officials in one of Iraq's most deeply divided provinces.   (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - Seeking to head off an explosion of ethnic violence, the United Nations will call for a power-sharing system of government for Iraq's deeply divided region of Kirkuk in the oil-rich north.


22 killed at Ivory Coast soccer match stampede (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 9:35 pm

Men carry an injured spectator following a stadium stampede ahead of a World Cup qualifying match between Ivory Coast and Malawi, in Abijdjan, Ivory Coast Sunday, March 29, 2009. Ivory Coast's Minister of the Interior announced on state TV that at least 22 people were killed and 132 were wounded on Sunday at a stampede ahead of a World Cup qualifying match in the capital's main stadium. Ivory Coast defeated Malawi 5-0. (AP Photo)AP - A stampede at a World Cup qualifying soccer match in the Ivory Coast killed at least 22 people and wounded 132 Sunday, authorities said.


U.S. school swamped by flood river, weather helps (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 9:14 pm

A levee holds back water from the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota. North Dakota dug in for a lengthy fight against the erosion of its levees, as flood levels were forecast to remain near record highs for a week and an approaching snow storm threatened more misery for anxious residents on Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Olson)Reuters - A dike holding back the swollen Red River failed early on Sunday and swamped a school in Fargo, North Dakota, but a backup dike contained the spill as cold weather favored flood fighting and evacuation efforts.


Fargo divides day between church, city's salvation (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 8:28 pm

Workers scramble to pull an outlet hose for a pump over a dike as a helicopter behind lowers a giant sandbag in an attempt to patch a leak at the flooded Oak Grove Lutheran school Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike early Sunday, pouring water into the school campus and the mayor called it a 'wakeup call' for a city that needs to be vigilant for weaknesses in levees that could give way at any time. Crews managed to largely contain the flooding to the school campus, preventing more widespread damage in nearby areas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee break that swamped a school provided a warning of the kind of threat that still hangs over them in the days ahead.


'Monsters vs. Aliens' hurtles to $58.2M debut (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 8:05 pm

In this film publicity still released by DreamWorks Animation LLC, Ginormica, voiced by Reese Witherspoon, powers through the atmosphere in a scene from DreamWorks Animation's 3D film, 'Monsters vs. Aliens.' (AP Photo/ DreamWorks Animation LLC)AP - Movie beasts from old-time Hollywood got a makeover as heroes and conquered the weekend box office.


North Carolina leaves Oklahoma behind 72-60 (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 8:00 pm

North Carolina guard Ty Lawson (5) gets a shot away in front of Oklahoma forward Blake Griffin (23) in the first half of the men's NCAA tournament South Regional championship college basketball game in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday, March 29, 2009. North Carolina won 72-60. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Blake Griffin might be the nation's best player. North Carolina brushed him aside with a total team effort. Ty Lawson scored 19 points and Danny Green added 18 to lead the top-seeded Tar Heels to a 72-60 win over Griffin and Oklahoma on Sunday in the South Regional final.


Obama seeks strong message of unity at G20: report (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 7:53 pm

A man stands underneath an umbrella while holding onto a banner during a demonstration against the economic crisis and the upcoming G20 meeting of world leaders in Madrid, March 28, 2009.     REUTERS/Juan Medina (SPAIN SOCIETY CONFLICT BUSINESS)Reuters - President Barack Obama said in an interview published on Sunday that leaders of the G20 major global economies should send "a strong message of unity" on confronting the world financial crisis when they meet this week.


GM CEO Wagoner to step down at White House request (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm

In this Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 picture, from foreground to background, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli, Ford CEO Alan Mulally, testify at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the automotive industry bailout on Capitol Hill in Washington. A person with knowledge of General Motors' plans said Sunday, March 29, 2009 Wagoner will step down immediately as chairman and chief executive of the struggling Detroit automaker. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, administration officials said Sunday. The news comes as President Obama prepares to unveil additional restructuring efforts designed to save the domestic auto industry.


GM CEO forced out as U.S. readies autos aid (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 7:42 pm

Reuters - General Motors Corp Chief Executive Rick Wagoner resigned under pressure from the Obama administration on Sunday as the government prepared to announce a second bailout for the company and its smaller rival Chrysler LLC.

Double-digit unemployment looms, OECD tells G8 (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 7:39 pm

Reuters - The global economic crisis will hit jobs hard, with unemployment set to reach double digits in many developing and advanced countries, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Sunday.

Michigan State upends No. 1 seed Louisville 64-52 (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 6:37 pm

Michigan State's Durrell Summers (15) shoots against Louisville's Samardo Samuels (24) and Andre McGee, second from left,, in the first half of the NCAA Midwest Regional men's college basketball tournament final Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Michigan State is marching on to Motown. The Spartans gave the Final Four a hometown feel, stopping overall No. 1 seed Louisville 64-52 Sunday to win the Midwest Regional.


Gunman at North Carolina nursing home kills eight (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 6:23 pm

Reuters - A gunman opened fire inside a nursing home in a small North Carolina town on Sunday, killing eight people, including elderly patients in wheelchairs, local authorities said.

GM CEO is resigning: reports (AFP)
March 29, 2009 at 5:59 pm

GM CEO Rick Wagoner, pictured in February 2009, will be resigning, US media reported Sunday just hours before President Obama was to unveil an auto industry rescue package.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)AFP - GM CEO Rick Wagoner will be resigning at President Barack Obama's behest, US media reported Sunday just hours before Obama was to unveil an auto industry rescue package.


Officials warn North Dakota levees may fail (AFP)
March 29, 2009 at 5:27 pm

A home is surrounded by flood water from the Red River near Fargo, North Dakota. Officials warned Sunday that more of North Dakota's strain levees were likely to fail under the pressure of record flood waters, as approaching snow storms threatened more misery for anxious residents.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Olson)AFP - Officials warned Sunday that more of North Dakota's strain levees were likely to fail under the pressure of record flood waters, as approaching snow storms threatened more misery for anxious residents.


Urban coyote attacks on rise, alarming residents (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 3:42 pm

This is an undated file photograph taken in November of 2008 of a pair of coyotes roaming through a housing subdivision in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., that was taken by a member of the Colorado Division of Wildlife. After a handful of recent attacks by coyotes in suburban Denver enclaves, officials are trying to keep the animals away from residents. (AP Photo/Colorado Divison of Wildlife)AP - A coyote ambling into a Chicago sandwich shop or taking up residence in New York's Central Park understandably creates a stir. But even here on the high plains of Colorado, where the animals are part of the landscape and figure prominently in Western lore, people are being taken aback by rising coyote encounters.


Pregnancy hormone shows promise in heart failure (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 3:28 pm

Reuters - A pregnancy hormone that relaxes blood vessels appeared to reduce symptoms of acute heart failure and improve survival, according to a preliminary study released by U.S. researchers on Sunday.

Treasury secretary says market won't solve problem (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 3:11 pm

In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appears during the taping of 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, March 29, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington.  (AP Photo/Meet The Press, Brendan Smialowski)AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended his approach to fixing the country's economic mess Sunday, saying "the market will not solve this" while disclosing a bailout fund for battered banks has $135 billion left and might need more.


Police: NC nursing home shooting kills at least 6 (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 3:10 pm

AP - A gunman opened fire at a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning, killing at least six people and wounding several others, police said.

'Monsters vs. Aliens' battles to $58.2M debut (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 2:55 pm

In this film publicity still released by DreamWorks Animation LLC, Ginormica, voiced by Reese Witherspoon, powers through the atmosphere in a scene from DreamWorks Animation's 3D film, 'Monsters vs. Aliens.' (AP Photo/ DreamWorks Animation LLC)AP - Movie beasts from old-time Hollywood got a makeover as heroes and conquered the weekend box office.


Obama rules out US troop raids into Pakistan (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 2:47 pm

In this March 27, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama talks about Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - As he carries out a retooled strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama says he will consult with Pakistan's leaders before pursuing terrorist hideouts in that country.


Study: Cholesterol drug lowers blood clot risk (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 2:47 pm

AP - Statin drugs, taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease, also can cut the risk of developing dangerous blood clots that can lodge in the legs or lungs, a major study suggests.

Longtime NFL, college coach Lou Saban dies at 87 (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 2:35 pm

AP - Lou Saban, the well-traveled coach whose NFL and college careers spanned five decades and dozens of jobs, has died. He was 87.

AP IMPACT: With Mexico's army in the war on drugs (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Soldiers patrol the streets of Reynosa, on Mexico's northeastern border with the U.S., Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Mexico has deployed thousands of soldiers and federal agents to drug strongholds as part of a nationwide crackdown on drug cartels since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel.


Officials warn North Dakota levees may fail (AFP)
March 29, 2009 at 1:26 pm

Pete Babler inspects a levee along the flooded Red River for leaks March 28, 2009 in Fargo, North Dakota. Snow storms closing in on North Dakota Sunday threatened more misery for anxious residents, as officials warned strained levees will likely fail under the pressure of record flood waters.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - Snow storms closing in on North Dakota Sunday threatened more misery for anxious residents, as officials warned strained levees will likely fail under the pressure of record flood waters.


School in Fargo swamped by flood river (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 12:45 pm

A National Guard helicopter lowers a large sandbag behind the flooded Oak Grove Lutheran school as people in the courtyard work to stem flooding there as seen through a window at the school Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike early Sunday, pouring water into the school campus and the mayor called it a 'wakeup call' for a city that needs to be vigilant for weaknesses in levees that could give way at any time. Crews managed to largely contain the flooding to the school campus, preventing more widespread damage in nearby areas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Reuters - A dike holding back the swollen Red River failed early on Sunday and swamped a school, but a backup dike contained the spill and cold weather favored flood fighting efforts.


China-based network caught in cyber-espionage (AFP)
March 29, 2009 at 12:34 pm

A man uses a computer. A shadowy cyber-espionage network based mostly in China has infiltrated secret government and private computers around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers said Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - A shadowy cyber-espionage network based mostly in China has infiltrated secret government and private computers around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers said Sunday.


Obama says GM, Chrysler "not there yet" (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 12:23 pm

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that struggling U.S. automakers had not done enough yet to become "lean, mean and competitive" under federal oversight.

Thousands of toxic toads killed in Australian fest (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 11:38 am

Amelia Elgar weighs a cane toad at a collection point in Cairns , Australia, Sunday, March 29, 2009. Thousands of poisonous cane toads met a poetic fate on Sunday, as gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians, with many of the creatures' corpses being turned into fertilizer for the very farmers they've plagued for years. (AP Photo/Brian Cassey)AP - Thousands of poisonous cane toads met their fate Sunday as gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians, with many of the creatures' corpses being turned into fertilizer for the very farmers they've plagued for years.


Spain may decide Guantanamo probe this week (Reuters)
March 29, 2009 at 10:37 am

Reuters - Spanish prosecutors may decide this week whether to press ahead with a probe into six former Bush administration officials in connection with the torture of detainees at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay prison, court sources said.

Air traffic controllers: Madonna arrives in Malawi (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 10:08 am

In this April 19, 2007 file photo, Madonna holds David Banda in her arms in Mchinji, Malawi. Officials say Madonna is to travel to Malawi to try to adopt a second child from the impoverished African country. An official at the Malawi welfare department said Thursday, March 26, 2009 that the pop star has filed adoption papers. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)AP - Madonna, the original Material Girl, landed in a decidedly un-material nation Sunday, flying into the capital of Malawi where she was expected to begin proceedings this week to adopt a young girl.


Sudan's wanted president arrives at Arab summit (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 10:06 am

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi greets Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, right, upon his arrival in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, March 26, 2009 .  Sudan's president visited his third country in four days Thursday, this time touching down in Libya, the latest nation to welcome the leader who's wanted by an international court on war crimes charges. (AP Photo)AP - Sudan's president, who is sought by an international court on charges of war crimes in Darfur, has arrived in Qatar to attend this week's Arab League summit.


Gates: No change soon on `don't ask, don't tell' (AP)
March 29, 2009 at 10:04 am

AP - Don't expect any change soon to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy about gays in the military.