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Haiti earthquake opens window on dismal prisons (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 02:16 PM PST

A 19-year-old boy, who spent four years in jail without being charged or face a judge, speaks with the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of his legal situation, in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, March 6, 2010. The teenager is one of the more than 5,000 prisoners who fled their cells following January's devastating earthquake and are now being slowly rounded up by Haitian police and returned to a system notorious for appalling conditions and delays. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - The skinny teenager appears nervous, and with reason: He is waiting for a tap on the shoulder that could send him back to the dismal prison where he spent four years without being charged or seeing a judge.

Early results: Iceland voters reject debt deal (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 04:49 PM PST

Icelanders voting in a referendum in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Icelanders are voting in a nationwide referendum on approving the use of taxpayers' money to repay international debts. Opinion polls suggest that a majority of Icelanders will vote 'no' on Saturday to the $5.3 billion deal to compensate Britain and the Netherlands for deposits lost in a collapsed Icelandic bank. That is expected to complicate Iceland's effort to recover from a deep recession and a banking collapse. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - Still furious over the crippling aftermath of the global financial crisis, Iceland's voters on Saturday resoundingly rejected a $5.3 billion plan to pay off Britain and the Netherlands for debts spawned by the collapse of an Icelandic Internet bank, according to initial results.

Iraq's vote key test for a democracy in progress (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 11:00 AM PST

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene after a car bomb exploded near a bus for pilgrims in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2010 on the eve of key national elections. A group of Iranian and Iraqi pilgrims were waiting to board the bus after visiting a famous shrine when the blast occurred about 100 yards (meters) away killing at least three people, including two Iranians, according to officials. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Billed as a key test of Iraq's nascent democracy, Iraqis fear Sunday's parliamentary election will lead to a protracted period of uncertainty as the winners and losers try to cobble together a new government — even as American forces prepare to go home.

Dictator's son winner of Togo election (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 04:29 PM PST

A Togo election official carries a ballot box into the election commission building in Lome, Togo, Saturday March 6, 2010. A Togolese police spokesman says officers have fired tear gas on some 200 protesters angry that the opposition party is trailing in the hotly contested presidential election. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Togo's election commission on Saturday declared the son of the country's late dictator winner of the presidential race, extending the family's rule into a fifth decade in a deep blow to Togo's opposition, which vowed to take to the streets in protest.

Afghan Drug Trade Complicates U.S. Task in Marjah (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:25 PM PST

Time.com - The Afghan town's opium crop has long fueled the Taliban insurgency, but barring farmers from harvesting their poppies could lose the hearts-and-minds battle

Icelanders reject deal to repay British and Dutch (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 04:54 PM PST

Iceland's president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson casts his vote at an Alftanes polling station. Icelanders have massively rejected a deal to pay Britain and the Netherlands billions for losses in the collapse of the Icesave bank, the government said Saturday after partial referendum results.(AFP/Halldor Kolbeins)Reuters - Icelandic voters vented their fury on Saturday at the bankers and politicians who ruined the economy, overwhelmingly rejecting a $5 billion deal to repay debts to Britain and the Netherlands.

2 Darfur peacekeepers missing after ambush (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 02:24 PM PST

Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) militants in Jebel Marra in 2005. The United States called Thursday for all Darfur rebel groups to play a role in talks on a peace agreement and said that people in the war-torn region needed to see concrete improvements in security.(AFP/File/Salah Omar)AP - Two international peacekeepers have gone missing in south Darfur along with half a dozen vehicles and equipment after an ambush on their patrol, the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in the region said Saturday.

Northern Mexico cops protest after ambush kills 3 (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PST

Police officers listen to Antonio Gamino, Secretary of Public Security of the municipality of San Nicolas de los Garza, neighbouring Monterrey March 6, 2010, after they refused to work and demanded more pay and protection due to increased attacks by drug hitmen. After a series of warnings, organized crime killed three policemen inside their patrol car and seriously wounded another in an armed ambush by drug hitmen, according to local media. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW)AP - Police in northern Mexico protested Saturday hours after three of their colleagues were shot to death in an ambush and a fourth was wounded.

Rwanda arrests grenade blast suspect: official (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 12:35 PM PST

Rwandan policemen in Kigali, 2006. Rwanda said Saturday it had arrested a suspected mastermind of recent grenade attacks in the capital which injured 16 people this week and killed two others last month.(AFP/File/Jose Cendon)AFP - Rwanda said Saturday it had arrested a suspected mastermind of recent grenade attacks in the capital which injured 16 people this week and killed two others last month.

China's gang-busting city boss gets a national audience (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 05:57 PM PST

Bo Xilai, the charismatic head of China's Chongqing municipality, talks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting where he vowed to continue a sensational crackdown on organised crime.(AFP/Str)AFP - Bo Xilai, the charismatic head of China's Chongqing municipality, was mobbed by reporters Saturday as he arrived for a meeting where he vowed to continue a sensational crackdown on organised crime.

Hailstorm delays sports, trains in Australia (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:25 AM PST

AP - A severe thunderstorm dumped hail and rain on the eastern Australian city of Melbourne on Saturday, delaying sporting events, shutting down transportation and forcing the evacuation of a train station when the storm tore a hole in its roof.

Departing UN envoy says Afghan strategy is too 'military-driven' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 11:34 AM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Hours before boarding a flight out of Kabul, Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide delivered a final warning Saturday as he wrapped up his two-year tenure as the top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan.

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