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• Taliban step up attacks in besieged Afghan town (AP)
• Fears of another quake become new Haiti boogeyman (AP)
• Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship (AP)
• Adviser to Americans admits link to Salvador case (AP)
• Eurozone tells Greece to ready new cuts, taxes (AP)
• Vancouver Olympics Luge Accident Forces Change to Course (Time.com)
• Army officer denies knowledge of 'Iraqi abuse' (AFP)
• Saudi official questions new sanctions on Iran (AP)
• Disgraced in skirt scandal, woman is Carnival star (AP)
• UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa (AP)
• Whaling protester in custody on Japanese boat (AP)
• Montreal adviser gets 11 years for Ponzi scheme (Reuters)
• Australian anti-immigration politician heads for Britain (AFP)
• Taliban reportedly held civilian hostages when U.S. rockets hit (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Virgin's Richard Branson takes on peak oil (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Denmark and Israel Pioneer Green-Car Network (Time.com)
• Across U.S., Ethnic Media Call for Climate Action (OneWorld.net)

Taliban step up attacks in besieged Afghan town (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:00 PM PST AP - Taliban fighters stepped up counterattacks Monday against Marines and Afghan soldiers in the militant stronghold of Marjah, slowing the allied advance to a crawl despite Afghan government claims that the insurgents are broken and on the run.

Fears of another quake become new Haiti boogeyman (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:00 PM PST AP - Hundreds of houses that survived Haiti's killer quake still stand empty even as quake victims desperate for shelter crowd the streets. The reason is fear: Nobody is quite sure they can withstand another quake.

Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:07 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday Iran is sliding into a military dictatorship, a new assessment suggesting a rockier road ahead for U.S.-led efforts to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Adviser to Americans admits link to Salvador case (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 05:21 PM PST AP - The man who served as legal adviser to 10 American missionaries jailed in Haiti on charges of child kidnapping acknowledged Monday that he is the suspect wanted in El Salvador on human smuggling accusations.

Eurozone tells Greece to ready new cuts, taxes (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:24 PM PST AP - European finance ministers bluntly told Greece to prepare tougher spending cuts and new taxes in an attempt to snuff out a government debt crisis that has shaken the entire eurozone.

Vancouver Olympics Luge Accident Forces Change to Course (Time.com) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:40 AM PST Time.com - With safety changes installed at the Olympic sliding track, the men's event went off without a mishap. Still, you won't find much of a celebration

Army officer denies knowledge of 'Iraqi abuse' (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:48 PM PST AFP - A former commanding officer of a British army unit has denied that he knew about allegations Iraqi prisoners were abused by troops under his command in 2003.

Saudi official questions new sanctions on Iran (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:37 PM PST AP - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Monday expressed doubts about the usefulness of more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

Disgraced in skirt scandal, woman is Carnival star (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:24 PM PST AP - Geisy Arruda is dancing proof that nowhere is transformation more achievable than in Brazil's Carnival, ripe with fantasy and metamorphosis.

UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:26 PM PST AP - Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the U.N.'s drug czar said Monday — an exchange of contraband that is especially dangerous in a region now home to cells of an al-Qaida-linked terror group.

Whaling protester in custody on Japanese boat (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST AP - An anti-whaling activist from New Zealand was being held in custody on a Japanese whaling vessel Tuesday after secretly boarding it the day before as part of a protest, the whalers said.

Montreal adviser gets 11 years for Ponzi scheme (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:55 PM PST Reuters - A Montreal financial adviser convicted of running a Ponzi scheme like the one that landed Bernard Madoff in jail for life was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday, a Quebec court said.

Australian anti-immigration politician heads for Britain (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:35 AM PST AFP - Australian anti-immigration firebrand Pauline Hanson is selling up and heading to Britain after becoming disillusioned with her home country, a magazine reported on Monday.

Taliban reportedly held civilian hostages when U.S. rockets hit (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 02:56 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL — Amid intelligence reports alleging that Taliban insurgents are holding civilians as hostages, American and Afghan forces moved cautiously through the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Monday as they pressed the biggest offensive since the U.S. landed troops in Afghanistan more than eight years ago.

Virgin's Richard Branson takes on peak oil (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:11 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Long-accustomed to being dismissed as alarmists, the arguments of those warning of an impending peak oil crisis are now being bolstered by support from multi-billionaires like Richard Branson.

Denmark and Israel Pioneer Green-Car Network (Time.com) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:40 AM PST Time.com - Most of Europe has grand plans for introducing electric cars, but tinyDenmark is the country best positioned to make the dream a reality

Across U.S., Ethnic Media Call for Climate Action (OneWorld.net) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 11:32 AM PST OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 15 (New America Media) - U.S. public concern about climate change has waned. The climate change summit in Copenhagen -- largely viewed as a failure -- did little to elevate the issue among the public. Climate change is foremost among the concerns of our communities. It is our responsibility, as the media that serve them, to call for action on this urgent matter.

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