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<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.2f87fc8802604ceeb9090b6d3240fcde-2f87fc8802604ceeb9090b6d3240fcde-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mEcO.VClMv_H2srJ1NbRmg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A child peers from behind a fence outside his home on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The violence has risen to such levels in Ciudad Juarez that everyone feels at risk in the city of 1.3 million, where innocent people have been increasingly caught in the crossfire. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)" border="0" /></a>AP - Elodia Ortiz drops her children at school in the morning, picks them up in the afternoon and makes an occasional trip to the supermarket. Anything else, she says, is too dangerous.

Mar 18, 2010 00:58:21 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_americans_detained"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.102784f9ab5f418ca091f9fbd072b3b6-102784f9ab5f418ca091f9fbd072b3b6-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=O5XMd4sPrCdTYNlFOE7xnQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Twin sisters Nacoza, center, and Penny, partially obscured behind at right, sit with their mother in a truck after being reunited at an orphanage run by SOS Children's Villages International on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Families reunited with the children they gave to American missionaries about six weeks ago who were detained while trying to bus them to the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Joyful parents on Wednesday recovered the children that they gave to American missionaries about six weeks ago.

Mar 17, 2010 23:40:35 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.e3aa14fee98c4e99a120dded5e72b75b-e3aa14fee98c4e99a120dded5e72b75b-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=lNbTJ0H9LQVtP.7PHeAPnw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Iraqi policemen stand guard in front of an election campaign poster for former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. A secular coalition led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi challenging the Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in the country's historic parliamentary elections narrowly pulls ahead for the first time in the overall vote count. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>AP - The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his political survival just as U.S. troops are getting ready to pack up and go home.

Mar 18, 2010 01:25:46 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_jerusalem"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100316/capt.012ba697f8144d34821d8c22f08ad34b-012ba697f8144d34821d8c22f08ad34b-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=jO1oCJMwxwvG_0IRL3Cpsw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that Israel must prove it is committed to the Mideast peace process with actions but brushed aside suggestions that U.S.-Israeli relations are in crisis and reaffirmed America's steadfast commitment to the security of the Jewish state. Clinton said U.S. and Israeli officials are in intense talks about how to repair the damage caused by last week's Israeli announcement of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem while Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)" border="0" /></a>AP - The sleepy Ramat Shlomo neighborhood at the center of the debate over Israeli construction in east Jerusalem shows no signs of the political furor.

Mar 17, 2010 21:25:12 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_russia_arctic_claim"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.a04be618d0bd4f7c90877018df32815f.icebreaker_waet106.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=jm9fkKQbnOrDcQe6zE77Eg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen uses a three-dimensional polar projection map of the Arctic to show routes the service patrols with icebreaker ships Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Seattle. Allen, the commandant of the service, said that within a few weeks the Polar Star will begin to undergo a $62 million, 2-1/2 year restoration and re-enter service in 2013. The ship, one of three polar-capable USCG icebreakers, has been deactivated since 2007. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia must defend its claims to mineral riches of the Arctic in increasing competition with other powers, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.

Mar 17, 2010 22:26:42 GMT

Time.com - In a French documentary, contestants on a fake game show are cajoled into'torturing' other participants with electric shocks. Or, as some criticscall it, reality TV taken to the extreme

Mar 18, 2010 00:10:00 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_british_airways"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100315/capt.53e33bc68be84494957a34068990d37a-53e33bc68be84494957a34068990d37a-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=Uj73RtKVyS2AteQB7BPIBA--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 17, 2009 file photo, two British Airways aircraft on the stands at London's Heathrow Airport. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown waded into the acrimonious dispute between British Airways PLC and its cabin crew on Monday, March 15, 2010, calling a planned strike 'deplorable' and risking a major fallout with key union backers ahead of a general election. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The union representing British Airways' cabin crews is gathering international support for a walkout due to begin this weekend, threatening to severely disrupt what remains of the airline's already depleted flight schedule.

Mar 17, 2010 22:19:17 GMT

AP - A Yemeni-American Muslim preacher known for his ties to extremists operating in the U.S. called on American Muslims in a new audio message to turn against their government because of its actions against Muslims around the world.

Mar 17, 2010 22:07:42 GMT

AP - Federal authorities won a court order Wednesday requiring officials in this U.S. territory to repair sewage plants that have dumped raw waste at beaches renowned for snorkeling and surfing.

Mar 17, 2010 23:02:58 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100317/wl_africa_afp/nigeriaunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100317/capt.photo_1268844229709-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kmXTKXY87ulMtxzZbiw0Dw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Residents buy newspapers at a Jos news stand to get updates about the religious violence that has engulfed Jos south in Plateau State, on March 9. Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers butchered and then set fire to around a dozen Christians in Nigeria Wednesday, close to the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers Wednesday butchered and then torched around a dozen Christians in Nigeria, near the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.

Mar 17, 2010 20:42:12 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_fear_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.289420b8ca604da3b6e8d631a09b4d6c-289420b8ca604da3b6e8d631a09b4d6c-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2.y8xXBRKUoVnUIHjvQP9w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="TO GO WITH HEIDI VOGT STORY SLUGGED: BC-AS--Afghanistan-Fear Campaign-- In this image taken on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, in Marjah, Afghanistan, Afghans listen to a Marine officer while on patrol. Taliban insurgents are conducting a fear and intimidation campaign against residents of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, which international forces just wrested from insurgents. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)" border="0" /></a>AP - A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its Afghan allies.

Mar 18, 2010 02:21:53 GMT

Reuters - Canada and the United States have adopted a unified warning system to better advise skiers and snowmobilers about the avalanche danger, Canadian officials said on Wednesday.

Mar 17, 2010 22:47:09 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100317/wl_asia_afp/australiachinaminingdiplomacyriotinto"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100317/capt.photo_1268826165220-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=C9bRsMXbut9TuxaUnetj_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Employees pictured at the reception desk of Australian mining giant Rio Tinto's offices in Shanghai in August 2009. An Australian Rio Tinto executive faces trial in China next week in a case that has badly strained relations, the government in Canberra and a Chinese lawyer involved in the case said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Australian executive faces trial in China next week in a case that has badly strained relations, the government in Canberra and a Chinese lawyer involved in the case said Wednesday.

Mar 17, 2010 11:45:01 GMT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — An al Qaida militant suspected of playing a key role in a suicide bombing at a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan died last week in Pakistan, apparently in a retaliatory missile strike by a CIA drone, a U.S. counterterrorism official said Wednesday.

Mar 17, 2010 23:43:00 GMT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Haiti government said that it will need $11.5 billion to rebuild after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12 left more than 220,000 dead and large swaths of the capital, Port-au-Prince, in ruins.

Mar 17, 2010 22:20:00 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100318/wl_time/08599197299300"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100316/capt.photo_1268760841549-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=x.pGjaMFJjUCA.QPSKzN_w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqi employees of the electoral counting and sorting center register more votes in Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a slender lead on Tuesday over his main rival in his bid to retain the top job, results from Iraq's parliamentary election showed.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - While Maliki and Allawi are neck and neck, neither will have enough votes to govern - or even, perhaps, to claim the right to form a coalition

Mar 18, 2010 00:10:00 GMT

immigration reform.

Mar 18, 2010 00:05:54 GMT