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• Obama slips into Afghanistan to voice US resolve (AP)
• Colombia's FARC rebels release captive soldier (AP)
• Live on TV: Thai PM vs. anti-government protesters (AP)
• Russia eliminates 2 time zones (AP)
• More than 7,000 protest crime wave in Mexico (AP)
• Obama's Afghan Visit: Progress and Promises (Time.com)
• Benitez eyes fourth spot after two-goal Torres shines (AFP)
• Bombs kill 5 at house tied to Iraq Sunni candidate (AP)
• Bodies of 4 men, 1 woman found in northern Mexico (AP)
• Sven-Goran Eriksson named new Ivory Coast boss (AFP)
• Mongolian herders need food aid after hard winter (AP)
• G8 foreign ministers to focus on Iran sanctions (Reuters)
• On surprise Kabul visit, Obama presses Karzai on corruption (McClatchy Newspapers)
• After US dustup, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing challenges (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan (Time.com)

Obama slips into Afghanistan to voice US resolve (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - Under elaborate secrecy, President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Sunday near the front lines of the increasingly bloody 8-year-old war he is expanding and affirmed America's commitment to destroying al-Qaida and its extremist allies in the land where the 9-11 plot was hatched.

Colombia's FARC rebels release captive soldier (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:47 PM PDT AP - Colombian rebels handed over a 23-year-old soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in their first release of a captive in more than a year.

Live on TV: Thai PM vs. anti-government protesters (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - Thailand's prime minister met his political opponents on live television Sunday to try to defuse a crisis that has produced huge demonstrations and sent him fleeing to live at an army base, but the protest leaders said new elections are the only answer.

Russia eliminates 2 time zones (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:16 PM PDT AP - Russia's president thought the country had too much time on its hands, so on Sunday he eliminated two of its 11 time zones.

More than 7,000 protest crime wave in Mexico (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:31 PM PDT AP - More than 7,000 people have gathered in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey to protest a wave of violence that has affected the country's third largest city in recent weeks.

Obama's Afghan Visit: Progress and Promises (Time.com) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:30 PM PDT Time.com - The visit to the war zone, Obama's first as president, was undertaken in secret for security reasons.

Benitez eyes fourth spot after two-goal Torres shines (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT AFP - Rafael Benitez is convinced Liverpool can still finish fourth in the Premier League and qualify for the Champions League after Fernando Torres's double inspired a 3-0 win over Sunderland.

Bombs kill 5 at house tied to Iraq Sunni candidate (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 01:22 PM PDT AP - Several bombs exploded Sunday near a house linked to a prominent Sunni figure who ran in this month's parliamentary elections in Iraq, killing five people and wounding 26 others, a police official said.

Bodies of 4 men, 1 woman found in northern Mexico (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Mexican police say the bodies of four men and a woman have been found on a rural road in a town not far from the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Sven-Goran Eriksson named new Ivory Coast boss (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:25 PM PDT AFP - Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was on Sunday named as coach of the Ivory Coast for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.

Mongolian herders need food aid after hard winter (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:46 PM PDT AP - Emergency food relief is needed for nomadic herders in Mongolia after the number of livestock killed there by blizzards and extreme cold doubled in recent weeks, the Red Cross said Monday.

G8 foreign ministers to focus on Iran sanctions (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 08:31 AM PDT Reuters - Canada will press the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to tighten United Nations sanctions on Iran when it hosts a meeting of foreign ministers from the grouping on Monday and Tuesday.

On surprise Kabul visit, Obama presses Karzai on corruption (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan - President Barack Obama paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan Sunday as he sought to steel American forces for a tough summer fight and deliver a political jolt to Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he weighs potential peace talks with the Taliban.

After US dustup, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing challenges (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:28 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - On the eve on Israel's Passover holiday, which celebrates liberation from oppression, Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu looked so mired in his mounting, multi-faceted crises that he might need a miracle to survive them.

Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:30 PM PDT Time.com - Under cover of darkness, the U.S. President arrived in Kabul Sunday to greet troops and meet with Afghanistan's recently reelected leader, Hamid Karzai

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