| Falling oil prices stymie Iraq's security spending (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 12:29 PM PST  AP - Falling oil prices will force Iraq to cut back on military spending, leaving questions about whether it can handle tasks such as protecting oil platforms in the Gulf once the American pullout is complete, a top U.S. commander said.
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| Israel's attorney general says he'll indict Olmert (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 02:51 PM PST  AP - Israel's attorney general notified Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday that he plans to indict him on suspicion of illicitly taking cash-stuffed envelopes from a Jewish-American businessman a sensational case that turned public opinion so sharply against the Israeli leader that he was forced to resign.
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| New deadline for US hostage in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 04:22 PM PST  AP - A suspected separatist group that has been holding an American U.N. worker in Pakistan for a month said Sunday it would kill him in four days if the government does not release more than 1,000 prisoners.
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| Merkel, EU reject bailout for eastern Europe (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 01:56 PM PST  AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other EU leaders flatly rejected a new multibillion euro (dollar) bailout for eastern Europe on Sunday, suggesting that additional aid be given to struggling nations only on a case-by-case basis.
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| Israel threatens painful response to Gaza rockets (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:56 AM PST  AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened a painful response to Palestinian rocket fire menacing southern Israel, suggesting Sunday that the blistering offensive against Gaza Strip militants fell short of its goals.
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| EU rejects eastern Europe bailout, protectionism (AFP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 04:48 PM PST  AFP - EU leaders ruled out on Sunday a regional bailout plan for eastern Europe despite a Hungarian warning of a "new iron curtain" while rejecting protectionism as a response to the economic crisis.
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| Iraqi Shiites protest local vote in tense province (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 03:27 PM PST  AP - About 2,000 Shiites staged their first significant street protests against provincial election results Sunday, marching in tense Diyala province.
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| Mexican police attacked by suspected cartel hitmen (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 03:59 PM PST  AP - Federal police made two arrests and confiscated weapons and marijuana Sunday in Tijuana, across the U.S. border from San Diego, after coming under attack by men linked to a drug cartel.
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| Guinea-Bissau: explosion at army headquarters (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 03:35 PM PST AP - An explosion rocked the headquarters of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces late Sunday, wounding at least three soldiers, witnesses said. |
| Ogilvy dominates Casey for second WGC Match Play triumph (AFP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 04:29 PM PST  AFP - Australian Geoff Ogilvy won his second WGC Accenture Match Play title in four years here Sunday with a commanding 4 and 3 victory over England's Paul Casey.
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| Nearly 200 whales beached in Australia (AFP) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 04:25 PM PST  AFP - Nearly 200 whales and several dolphins have beached themselves on an island off southern Australia and a race is on to save the dozens of survivors, officials said Monday.
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