Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories topstories Top Stories en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:47:30 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20100310/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100309/capt.photo_1268069469082-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=AuP4OsgGUHzeNs_lR_fOsA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100309/capt.photo_1268069469082-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=AuP4OsgGUHzeNs_lR_fOsA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_state_unemployment ap/20100310/us_state_unemployment AP business Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:54:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_state_unemployment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268195415040-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=stMe3bzX6a9B9zwnrCKNcg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A job seekers talks to a potential employer in California. The United States said it would expose "troublesome" foreign trade barriers in a strategy to prise open markets for doubling American exports to ease an unemployment crisis at home(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_state_unemployment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268195415040-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=stMe3bzX6a9B9zwnrCKNcg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A job seekers talks to a potential employer in California. The United States said it would expose "troublesome" foreign trade barriers in a strategy to prise open markets for doubling American exports to ease an unemployment crisis at home(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_haim ap/20100310/us_obit_haim AP entertainment Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:38:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_haim"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.a9905e8863fa4170b9f864ded5121617.obit_haim_ny115.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=rngR3B7QBPaKdVE8OT6lSQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0" /></a>AP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_haim"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.a9905e8863fa4170b9f864ded5121617.obit_haim_ny115.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=rngR3B7QBPaKdVE8OT6lSQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_haiti ap/20100310/us_obama_haiti AP politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:57:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_haiti"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.aec19bc06a4a4e8a9ef20323a40be638.aptopix_obama_us_haiti_dcab115.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=G2iAWsRdd_XG8ctdVrJE1g--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="President Barack Obama and Haitian President Rene Preval leave the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after making a joint statement. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_haiti"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.aec19bc06a4a4e8a9ef20323a40be638.aptopix_obama_us_haiti_dcab115.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=G2iAWsRdd_XG8ctdVrJE1g--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama and Haitian President Rene Preval leave the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after making a joint statement. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_church_abuse ap/20100310/eu_germany_church_abuse AP world Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_church_abuse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.6b4e6ae21d8e4b67bee3daec906e85ef.germany_church_abuse_reg110.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=P9gkAIUho1XdNMxb6DAJZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The spokesman of the diocese Regensburg Clemens Neck is seen in front of a painting showing Pope John Paul II in Regensburg, southern Germany, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The Roman Catholic diocese of Regensburg in southern Germany said it appointed an independent investigator to examine the allegations of physical and sexual abuse that have engulfed the prestigious Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir, which was led by the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the pope's older brother, from 1964 until 1994. So far, the sexual abuse allegations predate Ratzinger's term. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday &mdash; one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother and another more general look into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_church_abuse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.6b4e6ae21d8e4b67bee3daec906e85ef.germany_church_abuse_reg110.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=P9gkAIUho1XdNMxb6DAJZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="The spokesman of the diocese Regensburg Clemens Neck is seen in front of a painting showing Pope John Paul II in Regensburg, southern Germany, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The Roman Catholic diocese of Regensburg in southern Germany said it appointed an independent investigator to examine the allegations of physical and sexual abuse that have engulfed the prestigious Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir, which was led by the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the pope's older brother, from 1964 until 1994. So far, the sexual abuse allegations predate Ratzinger's term. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_re_eu/eu_sweden_prophet_drawing ap/20100310/eu_sweden_prophet_drawing AP world Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_re_eu/eu_sweden_prophet_drawing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.dc9063ce306740f1a8edcbd20e783ffd.sweden_prophet_drawing_sto104.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=bZ_7eReoJI3.gXZTdIy4Xg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Swedish artist Lars Vilks walks in the streets without protection in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday March 10 2010. The Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog says he believes the suspects arrested in Ireland and the U.S. in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals . (AP photo/Scanpix, Bertil Ericson)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_re_eu/eu_sweden_prophet_drawing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.dc9063ce306740f1a8edcbd20e783ffd.sweden_prophet_drawing_sto104.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=bZ_7eReoJI3.gXZTdIy4Xg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Swedish artist Lars Vilks walks in the streets without protection in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday March 10 2010. The Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog says he believes the suspects arrested in Ireland and the U.S. in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals . (AP photo/Scanpix, Bertil Ericson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_cable_broadcasters ap/20100310/us_tec_cable_broadcasters AP technology Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:42 GMT AP - Cable, satellite TV and other video providers have asked the government to intervene in ongoing fee disputes with TV networks &mdash; big-money fights that are expected to escalate this year as more contracts expire. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec3_d_tv_panasonic ap/20100310/us_tec3_d_tv_panasonic AP technology Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:50:51 GMT AP - Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among the first to watch 3-D movies in the home. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_en_tv/us_people_charlie_sheen ap/20100310/us_people_charlie_sheen AP entertainment Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:02:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_en_tv/us_people_charlie_sheen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.7584793b80b1465bb4614fc87ad7d6f8.people_charlie_sheen_nyet335.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=KzLfUUUFB2NL0i7uo7a9LQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, actor Charlie Sheen is pictured at an event to celebrate Planet Hollywood's purchase of restaurant chain Buca di Beppo, at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_en_tv/us_people_charlie_sheen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100310/capt.7584793b80b1465bb4614fc87ad7d6f8.people_charlie_sheen_nyet335.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=KzLfUUUFB2NL0i7uo7a9LQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, actor Charlie Sheen is pictured at an event to celebrate Planet Hollywood's purchase of restaurant chain Buca di Beppo, at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_gm_meetings ap/20100310/hkn_gm_meetings AP sports Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:34:38 GMT AP - NHL general managers unanimously agreed Wednesday to recommend a rule change dealing with on-ice hits to the head. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_pelosi nm/20100310/us_usa_healthcare_pelosi Reuters politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:13:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_pelosi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r1497178361.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3HXuxhr69JPhsxMAC9RACQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_pelosi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r1497178361.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3HXuxhr69JPhsxMAC9RACQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_britain_election_brown nm/20100310/us_britain_election_brown Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_britain_election_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r2367415386.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=PziMZ0ArEkBG0LpeuWQX2Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gestures as he bids farewell to Jordan's King Abdullah (not pictured) on the steps of 10 Downing Street central London March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Winning" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_britain_election_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r2367415386.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=PziMZ0ArEkBG0LpeuWQX2Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gestures as he bids farewell to Jordan's King Abdullah (not pictured) on the steps of 10 Downing Street central London March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Winning" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_israel_biden nm/20100310/us_usa_israel_biden Reuters politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:14:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_israel_biden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100309/i/r3968058421.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=QcvFWTE57pkq17nqxIJz4w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/pl_nm/us_usa_israel_biden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100309/i/r3968058421.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=QcvFWTE57pkq17nqxIJz4w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_toyota_prius nm/20100310/us_toyota_prius Reuters science Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:46:30 GMT Reuters - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_iraq_election nm/20100310/us_iraq_election Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:56:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_iraq_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r3203699358.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=q2SUTbCb1rOuRumDA43WhQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="An Iraqi soldier secures workers unloading boxes of parliamentary election ballots at a tally centre in Baghdad March 9, 2010. Iraq held their parliamentary election on Sunday. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_iraq_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r3203699358.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=q2SUTbCb1rOuRumDA43WhQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi soldier secures workers unloading boxes of parliamentary election ballots at a tally centre in Baghdad March 9, 2010. Iraq held their parliamentary election on Sunday. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_usa_security_sweden nm/20100310/us_usa_security_sweden Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:40 GMT Reuters - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_nigeria_clashes nm/20100310/us_nigeria_clashes Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:18:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_nigeria_clashes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r3907267597.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=yrAXD_H5QVoCdLUaB_3ACg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian villages.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_nigeria_clashes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r3907267597.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=yrAXD_H5QVoCdLUaB_3ACg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_iran nm/20100310/us_afghanistan_iran Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:16:29 GMT Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to Afghanistan, where Washington has troops at war but Tehran has growing clout. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrest afp/20100310/pakistanunrest AFP world Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:47:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268228774326-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=dnwkPFH0krNzga4_AFd.LA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Pakistani men stand next to an injured victim at a field hospital after a militant attack on the offices of a US-based charity near the town of Oghi in the Mansehra district of North West Frontier Province. Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of the Christian charity, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268228774326-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=dnwkPFH0krNzga4_AFd.LA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani men stand next to an injured victim at a field hospital after a militant attack on the offices of a US-based charity near the town of Oghi in the Mansehra district of North West Frontier Province. Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of the Christian charity, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.(AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/pl_afp/mideastusdiplomacybiden afp/20100310/mideastusdiplomacybiden AFP politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:39:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/pl_afp/mideastusdiplomacybiden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268249755252-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=OAc5J0os8LtprZptmVPiVA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="US Vice President Joe Biden waves as he arrives for a visit at the Nassar Stone factory in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Biden told Palestinian leaders on Wednesday that Washington will hold accountable any side that hurts peace prospects, pointedly citing Israel's settlement expansion plans.(AFP/David Furst)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden told Palestinian leaders on Wednesday that Washington will hold accountable any side that hurts peace prospects, pointedly citing Israel's settlement expansion plans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/pl_afp/mideastusdiplomacybiden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268249755252-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=OAc5J0os8LtprZptmVPiVA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Vice President Joe Biden waves as he arrives for a visit at the Nassar Stone factory in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Biden told Palestinian leaders on Wednesday that Washington will hold accountable any side that hurts peace prospects, pointedly citing Israel's settlement expansion plans.(AFP/David Furst)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)