Iranian insurgent group chooses new leader (AP via Yahoo! News) An insurgent group in southeastern Iran announced the selection of a new leader after its founder was captured by Iranian forces, according to the group’s Web site.
Iran moves nuclear stockpile to above-ground facility – Hotair.comWhen Iran was caught last September building a secret, underground [...]

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-28 15:14 Russia urged to detail activist murder probe (Interactive Investor) MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) – A media rights watchdog on Saturday urged Russia to publish details of its probe into the murder of a rights worker after the Russian press reported that suspects had been identified. The murder of human rights [...]

US, Afghan forces clear last parts of Taliban area (Nevada Appeal) MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) – Marines and Afghan troops who fought through the center of Marjah linked up Saturday with American soldiers on the northern edge of the former Taliban stronghold, clearing the town’s last major pocket of resistance. The joint force encountered almost no [...]

Politicus: What price Russia s help with Iran? Russia, it would seem, is finally making some of the right noises about tougher sanctions against Iran. But it is the West that would stop the mullahs short of a bomb.
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India v South Africa third and final ODI scoreboard (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) Scoreboard after the third and final one-day international between India and South Africa at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India, on Saturday.
Spain beats South Africa 4-2 to open World Cup (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) Olympic silver medalist Spain recovered from [...]

India wants to boost energy ties with Saudi Arabia (The Malaysian Insider) RIYADH, Feb 28 India wants to strengthen energy ties with top OPEC exporter Saudi Arabia, the country s biggest biggest supplier of oil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. We believe that conditions are [...]

Colorado memorial for war on terror put on hold (KOAA Colorado Springs – Pueblo) Colorado lawmakers have put plans for a memorial to the war on terror on hold following a dispute over how to memorialize the Iraq war. Democratic House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann says the law creating a memorial committee specifically called for [...]

Uganda: Kampala Schools Emerge Top in a Level Exams Kampala has emerged the best district in the A level examinations for 2009 that have been released this afternoon.
Zambia: Farming – Unpredictable Weather Patterns Hurting “Farming has now become completely different and difficult,” laments Dickson Siangoma. [...]

Islamist militia ‘bans’ UN food aid in Somalia (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News) MOGADISHU (AFP) – The hardline Islamist Shebab militia announced Sunday that it had “banned” World Food Programme operations in Somalia, one of the countries in Africa most affected by famine.
Somalia: Al-qaeda group bans WFP (The Natal Witness Group) MOGADISHU [...]

Who fired on Qureshi, Hurriyat asked Pakistani Foreign Secretary (The Hindu) New Delhi: The near-fatal shooting of Fazal Haq Qureshi figured prominently in the meeting here between the Hurriyat and the visiting Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir last week with the conglomerate blaming Pakistan-based terrorists for the attack on the moderate Kashmiri separatist leader.
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