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US says 12,000 troops to leave Iraq by September (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 02:05 PM PDT

AP - About 12,000 U.S. soldiers will leave Iraq by September, officials said Sunday, hours after a Baghdad suicide bomber killed about 30 people in a chilling reminder of the nation's still-shaky security.

Pledges of peace after fatal N.Ireland attack (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 02:27 PM PDT

AP - Catholic and Protestant congregations prayed together for peace Sunday after IRA dissidents killed two British soldiers as they collected pizzas the first deadly attack on Northern Ireland security forces in 12 years.

China clamps down ahead of key Tibetan anniversary (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 11:12 AM PDT

AP - Military convoys rumble along winding mountain roads, the Internet has been cut in potential trouble spots and motorists must run a gantlet of inspection checkpoints as Beijing mounts a show of force in Tibetan areas to prevent a repeat of uprisings against Chinese rule.

Mexico morgues crowded with mounting drug-war dead (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 10:55 AM PDT

AP - Death froze his exhausted face. The attackers lashed or punctured nearly every part of his body. Then they cut off the dead man's head, wrapped it in a plastic grocery bag and dumped it with his body between two tractor-trailers on a city street.

Sudan's president warns foreigners in Darfur (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 01:01 PM PDT

AP - Sudan's president threatened to kick out more aid groups and expel diplomats and peacekeepers on Sunday during his first trip to Darfur after an international court issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes there.

Terrier is top dog at Crufts (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT

AFP - A Sealyham Terrier was named top dog at Crufts Sunday after a rough few months for the prestigious canine show due to concerns for the health of pedigree dogs.

Defiant Beshir in Darfur, warns foreigners (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AFP - A defiant President Omar al-Beshir, on his first visit to Darfur since an international warrant for his arrest, on Sunday warned peacekeepers and aid groups to obey Sudan law or face expulsion.

N.Korea forces on alert for U.S.-S.Korea exercises (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 02:19 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea's military command has put its armed forces on full combat readiness to defend the country against any incursion by U.S. and South Korean forces due to start annual drills on Monday, the North's news agency said.

India beat Taiwan in Davis Cup tie (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 04:20 AM PDT

AFP - India claimed a decisive 3-1 win over Taiwan on Sunday to move into the third round of Davis Cup play in Group I of the Asia-Oceania Zone.