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Pakistan inks truce deal with militants in NW area (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 11:23 PM CST

AP - Pakistan agreed Monday to suspend military offensives and impose Islamic law in part of the restive northwest, making a gesture it hopes will help calm the Taliban insurgency while rejecting Washington's call for tougher measures against militants.

First wave of U.S. troops in Afghan surge engages in combat (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 11:38 PM CST

AP - Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul have begun operations in the field and already are seeing combat, the unit's spokesman said Monday.

Clinton warns NKorea on missile launch (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 12:31 AM CST

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday warned North Korea against following through on a threatened missile launch, saying it would damage its prospects for improved relations with the United States and the world.

Asian stock markets slump amid financial fears (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 12:44 AM CST

AP - Asian stock markets fell Tuesday, with benchmarks in Hong Kong and South Korea off 3 percent or more, as renewed financial fears sent banks across the region tumbling.

British, French nuclear subs collide in Atlantic (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 03:15 PM CST

AP - Nuclear submarines from Britain and France collided deep in the Atlantic Ocean this month, authorities said Monday in the first acknowledgment of a highly unusual accident that one expert called the gravest in nearly a decade.

Kissing: It really is all about chemistry (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:22 AM CST

Reuters - Valentine Lotharios beware: There's a lot riding on a kiss, new studies on the science of smooching suggest.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,245 (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 07:13 PM CST

AP - As of Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at least 4,245 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexican news media protest photographer's killing (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 09:53 PM CST

AP - Mexican journalists demanded an investigation Monday into the death of a crime photographer gunned down while riding a motorcycle to an assignment.

Sudan, Darfur rebel faction in first step to talks (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2009 04:25 PM CST

Reuters - The Sudanese government and a Darfur rebel faction have agreed on confidence-building measures at talks in Qatar, Qatari media said on Monday -- a step that may eventually lead to negotiations on a peace deal.

Poland presses Pakistan over beheaded kidnap victim (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:21 AM CST

AFP - Poland has pressed Pakistan to retrieve the body of a Polish man who was kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants and to track down his killers, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Monday.