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Agents Raid Government Building in Samoa (AP)
AP - More than 20 armed FBI agents raided the U.S. territory's government offices Thursday, blocking the entrances to the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney ...

Four RCMP officers killed after raid on Alta. marijuana grow operation (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - ROCHFORT BRIDGE, Alta. (CP) - His voice tight with grim self-control, Alberta's commanding RCMP officer groped for a way Thursday to describe a catastrophic drug raid ...

Tokyo Stocks Finish Higher; Dollar Is Up (AP)
AP - Tokyo stocks finished at another eight-month high on Friday amid continued hopes for an economic recovery in Japan. The U.S. dollar was up against the Japanese yen and the euro.

Congo Gov't Lauds Killing of 60 Militiamen (AP)
AP - The government hailed United Nations peacekeepers who killed nearly 60 militiamen during a gunbattle in lawless northeastern Congo, but some citizens complained Thursday that the U.N.

U.N. Calls for Probe of Colombia Massacre (AP)
AP - A United Nations official called Thursday for an investigation into the massacre of eight civilians following accusations Colombian Army soldiers carried out the killings, in which ...

'Wrist Video' Gives Israeli Army an Edge (AP)
AP - Israeli troops are now sporting gear that Dick Tracy would be proud of: tiny video screens, worn on the wrist, which display video shot by unmanned airplanes.

European airlines want to buy US rivals: EU commissioner (AFP)
AFP - European airlines will push for the right to buy US rivals during a new round of "open skies" talks this month with the United States, European Union transport commissioner ...

China Premier to Stress Peace with Taiwan (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will stress the goal of peaceful reunification with Taiwan in a speech to parliament on Saturday but will give few details of a new law that could ...

Pope to Appear on Sunday, Aide Will Read Blessing (Reuters)
Reuters - Pope John Paul will appear at his hospital window on Sunday and greet the faithful, but will almost certainly not speak, his spokesman said on Friday.

Up to 89 Mln More AIDS Victims in Africa by 2025 -UN (Reuters)
Reuters - A further 89 million people in Africa could be infected by the HIV virus by 2025 unless the world takes tougher measures to stem the epidemic on the hard-hit continent, the United ...

Ukraine Ex-Minister Linked to Murder Found Dead (Reuters)
Reuters - Former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko, linked to the murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze, has apparently committed suicide, officials said on Friday.

North Korea Abruptly Delays Assembly Session
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has postponed a regular session of its parliament, the official news agency said on Friday, in an unprecedented move that puzzled officials and analysts ...

Indonesia Urges Respect for Court Decision on Bashir
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia urged foreign critics on Friday to respect a court decision sentencing a radical Muslim cleric to just 30 months in jail for involvement in the 2002 Bali ...

U.S. Suffers Final Defeat in Key WTO Cotton Case
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States suffered complete defeat Thursday in a dispute with Brazil over cotton subsidies which has sent shockwaves through global free trade talks.

China Premier to Stress Peace with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will stress the goal of peaceful reunification with Taiwan in a speech to parliament on Saturday but will give few details of a new law ...

Up to 89 Mln More AIDS Victims in Africa by 2025 -UN
GENEVA (Reuters) - A further 89 million people in Africa could be infected by the HIV virus by 2025 unless the world takes tougher measures to stem the epidemic on the hard-hit ...

Australian company uses Da Vinci code to talk with extortionist: report (AFP)
AFP - Australia's largest construction company used an encryption made famous in the best-seller The Da Vinci Code to communicate with an extortionist who has threatened to shoot ...

Ignatieff tells Liberals Canada must stay at table on missile defense (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The Liberal government must not abandon discussion on continental missile defence with the Americans and should provide principled reasons for its rejection ...

Weakening Cyclone Percy skirts Rarotonga (AFP)
AFP - A weakening Cyclone Percy skirted the Cook Islands' main population centre of Rarotonga and was expected to gradually move away from the island, meteorologists said.

Rioters Burn Police Stations in Nigeria (AP)
AP - Thousands of rioters wielding sticks and broken bottles burned down a police station Thursday, protesting the police killing of a bus driver who apparently refused to pay a bribe ...

El Salvador Arrests Cuban Deserter (AP)
AP - A Cuban swimming coach who fled his homeland will be tried on immigration charges for allegedly trying to sneak his Cuban wife into El Salvador, officials said Thursday.

A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths (AP)
AP - As of Thursday, March 3, 2005, at least 1,502 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least ...

Sinn Fein Suspends Seven After Killing (AP)
AP - The Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein announced Thursday it has suspended seven members who were allegedly involved in the Jan. 30 killing of a Catholic man outside a ...

Bush Edges Toward Europe on Iran Nuclear Crisis (Reuters)
Reuters - President Bush on Thursday edged toward backing Europe's offer of incentives to Iran to abandon nuclear weapons, but diplomats said Tehran was building a research reactor ...

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