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Karzai was furious that Taliban's No. 2 was arrested, aide says (AP)

FILE - In this March 11, 2010 file photo, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, welcomes Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai for bilateral talks at the prime minister's official residence and office, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.




German diocese suspends convicted sex abuser (AP)
AP - A German archdiocese that Pope Benedict XVI oversaw from 1977 to 1982 said Monday that a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing children has been suspended for violating a condition that he have no contact with minors.

Iran bans leading pro-reform political party (AP)

Logo of the Iranian reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF). An Iranian court has sentenced a top female reformist arrested after last year's election dispute to three years in jail for plotting to harm national security, her lawyer has said. Azar Mansouri is a senior lader in the IIPF.(afp.com)AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hard-line government said Monday it has banned Iran's largest pro-reform political party in a new strike against an opposition movement that has largely been swept from the streets since last year's postelection turmoil.




Gangs blamed for killing 3 with US consulate tie (AP)

Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010.  A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office.  (AP Photo)AP - Suspected drug gangsters chased down and opened fire on two white SUVs carrying families of U.S. consular employees from a children's party, killing three adults and and injuring two children in this violent border city, officials said Monday.




US wants Israel to cancel Jerusalem building plan (AP)

Israeli border police officers stand guard outside Damascus gate, at Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, March 15, 2010. For a fourth straight day, Israel deployed hundreds of police around east Jerusalem's Old City, home to important Jewish, Muslim and Christian shrines, and restricted Palestinian access to the area in anticipation of possible unrest. Israel also maintained a closure that barred virtually all West Bank Palestinians from entering Israel, and some Palestinian shopkeepers shuttered their stores for several hours to protest Israel's actions in the city. Israeli officials said Monday that the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with Washington in years. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory, officials on both sides said Monday.




China: Wen Criticizes U.S. on Currency, Defends Yuan (Time.com)
Time.com - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao takes the U.S. to task for undervaluing its currency -- a criticism many have leveled at Beijing in recent years

Europe police smash 'perfectly structured' Georgian crime ring (AFP)

This undated handout picture released by the Spanish Police shows suspects Kvicha P. (L) and Kakhaber S. (R) arrested by the Spanish Police in Spain. Police from six European countries arrested at least 69 people on Monday in a swoop on a AFP - Police from six European countries arrested at least 69 people on Monday in a swoop on a "perfectly structured" Georgian criminal gang which stole and trafficked goods around the continent.




Sudan to continue peace talks with Darfur rebels (AP)

Olivier Frappé one of the two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months, talks to journalists in front of the al-Amal al-Watani military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, late Sunday, March 14, 2010. Olivier Denis and Frappe were working for a French charity, Triangle Generation Humanitaire, when they were kidnapped in November 2009 in the Central African Republic, across the border from the western region of Sudan. They arrived late on Sunday in the Sudanese capital. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)AP - Sudan will continue peace talks with the most powerful Darfur rebel group beyond Monday's deadline for an agreement.




Honduras: Killing of TV journalist spawns protest (AP)
AP - Dozens of journalists took to the streets Monday in northern Honduras to protest attacks on their colleagues after gunmen killed a television journalist in a hail of bullets — the third such slaying in two weeks.

Blasts rock Nigerian 'oil war' amnesty ceremony (AFP)

Fighters with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) prepare for an operation against the Nigerian army in Niger Delta in 2008. Two explosions on Monday rocked the Nigerian southern oil city of Warri during talks on an amnesty for former rebel fighters in an attack claimed by the main armed militant group, MEND.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Two explosions on Monday rocked the Nigerian southern oil city of Warri during talks on an amnesty for former rebel fighters in an attack claimed by the main armed militant group, MEND.




Obama's Asia trip more about influence than policy (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama's second trip to Asia since taking office is unlikely to result in tangible accomplishments, but the two-country sojourn could be an important step in restoring U.S. influence in the region.

Canada home resales cool for 2nd straight month (Reuters)
Reuters - Sales of existing homes in Canada dipped for a second straight month in February, but remained high on a year-over-year basis, as the market may be moving into more balanced conditions, data showed on Monday.

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