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• Clinton brings phones, promises to quake-hit Chile (AP)
• Serbia, Bosnia want custody of ex-Bosnian leader (AP)
• South Africa marks 100 days to World Cup (AP)
• Automakers show off hybrids at Geneva Auto Show (AP)
• NATO Future in Question As Afghanistan Role Dwindles (Time.com)
• Child killer back in jail after rules breach: ministry (AFP)
• Iraq: Shiite cleric faces warrant over 2003 murder (AP)
• Guatemala arrests national police chief, drug czar (AP)
• Nigerian governors pledge support for acting president (AFP)
• CEOs warn against Armenia "genocide" bill (Reuters)
• Conservatives stalled ahead of budget: poll (Reuters)
• Australia to extradite killer of famed surgeon (AFP)
• A Q&A on Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections (McClatchy Newspapers)
• In Hong Kong, star tutors earn $1.5 million salaries (The Christian Science Monitor)
• France Drops Transsexualism from List of Mental Disorders (Time.com)

Clinton brings phones, promises to quake-hit Chile (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:39 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a small dent in Chile's growing needs following a massive earthquake, handing over 25 satellite phones Tuesday while promising more in the country's capital.

Serbia, Bosnia want custody of ex-Bosnian leader (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:26 PM PST AP - Serbia and Bosnia on Tuesday both demanded custody of a former Bosniak leader arrested in London on war crimes allegations, further straining relations between the two Balkan nations.

South Africa marks 100 days to World Cup (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:52 PM PST AP - With 100 days to go before the World Cup, jackhammers shuddered and bulldozers rumbled Tuesday as workers wearing "Proud to be building Soccer City for 2010" buttons readied South Africa's main stadium.

Automakers show off hybrids at Geneva Auto Show (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:43 PM PST AP - Hybrid or hype?

NATO Future in Question As Afghanistan Role Dwindles (Time.com) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:05 PM PST Time.com - NATO has struggled to embrace a role as an expeditionary army against insurgents in Afghanistan. And that may leave it lacking any real purpose

Child killer back in jail after rules breach: ministry (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 04:23 PM PST AFP - A notorious child killer who abducted a toddler and murdered him on a railway track was back behind bars Wednesday after breaching the conditions of his release from prison, officials said.

Iraq: Shiite cleric faces warrant over 2003 murder (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:13 PM PST AP - In a surprise move ahead of weekend elections, Iraq's highest judicial body has renewed an arrest warrant against an anti-U.S. Shiite leader for the murder of a moderate cleric nearly seven years ago, a senior government official and a spokesman for the leader said Tuesday.

Guatemala arrests national police chief, drug czar (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - Authorities arrested Guatemala's anti-drug czar and national police chief Tuesday in a case involving stolen cocaine and slain police, acting just two days before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives to discuss the drug war.

Nigerian governors pledge support for acting president (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:57 PM PST AFP - Nigeria's 36 state governors on Tuesday pledged their support for the country's acting President Goodluck Jonathan, but dismissed suggestions that ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua should resign.

CEOs warn against Armenia "genocide" bill (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:19 PM PST Reuters - The aerospace and defense industry is urging House of Representatives lawmakers to reject a measure that would call a World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces genocide, warning it could jeopardize U.S. exports to Turkey.

Conservatives stalled ahead of budget: poll (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:31 AM PST Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservatives, set to unveil a tough budget this week, are tied in public support with the main opposition Liberal Party, according to a large poll released on Tuesday.

Australia to extradite killer of famed surgeon (AFP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:55 AM PST AFP - A man convicted of one of Australia's most shocking murders will be extradited to Malaysia on Wednesday after 18 years in prison, an official told AFP on Tuesday.

A Q&A on Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:44 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — On Sunday, Iraqis will vote in parliamentary elections that will shape their country's future. Here are some of the major questions along with answers culled from United Nations, U.S. and other international and Iraqi sources.

In Hong Kong, star tutors earn $1.5 million salaries (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:53 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Their confident faces smile out from billboards across the city. Their promotional grins are plastered across double-decker buses, subway light boxes, even on TV.

France Drops Transsexualism from List of Mental Disorders (Time.com) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:05 PM PST Time.com - France has become the first nation in the world to drop transsexualism fromits list of mental disorders. But transsexuals say the country still has aways to go

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