INTERNATIONAL
Gates checks out Afghan army training exercises
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was watching Afghan army recruits go through training Wednesday.March 11, 2010
Arab League calls for ending support for talks
The Arab League has recommended withdrawing support for indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis due to recent announcements of new settlement building.March 10, 2010
U.S. border officials crackdown on chocolate eggs
Border officials have a warning for the Easter bunny: Don’t try to hop into the U.S. with certain chocolate eggs containing plastic toys — if you do, they’ll be seized and destroyed. The Customs and Border Protection agency wants travelers and importers to know that milk chocolate Kinder Surprise eggs are banned in the U.S. because the Consumer Product Safety Commission believes toys inside the eggs pose a choking hazard to kids under 3 years old.By By Archie Ingersoll, Forum Communications Co. , March 10, 2010
Soldiers returning home by summer
About 550 U.S. soldiers serving with Kosovo Force 12, Multi-National Battle Group-East, will be returning home before summer. About 160 soldiers of the 231st Maneuver Task Force (231st Brigade Support Battalion), Valley City, N.D., and the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of North Dakota are expected home in May versus the initial July or August mission end date.March 10, 2010
Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees
United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.March 10, 2010
Afghan leader to host peace conference in spring
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says an action plan for reintegrating Taliban fighters into society and talking with the insurgency's top leaders will be crafted at a spring peace conference in Kabul.March 08, 2010
Catholic church slams Mexico City's leftist mayor
Mexico's Roman Catholic Church has published its harshest criticism to date of leftist Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, accusing his administration of botching issues ranging from crime to public transit.March 08, 2010
Fargo state rep helping Iraq election
A Fargo state legislator is helping monitor the election in Iraq on Sunday. Republican Bette Grande is one of nine women nationwide chosen by the National Foundation for Women Legislators to make up a special delegation in conjunction with the State Department.March 03, 2010
Bemidji sends 151,000 meals to Haiti
More than 600 volunteers stepped up to the assembly lines Saturday at the Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area to fill bags of nutritious food to help the earthquake-devastated people of Haiti. “The community really responded,” said Mike Beard, who with his wife, Pam, is a member of the Kids Against Hunger of Central Minnesota. “Everyone was wowed not only by the whole operation, but by how good it tasted.”By By Molly Miron, Forum Communications Co. , March 03, 2010
Quake hurtsChile pride
Chile’s president defended herself Tuesday against charges of government incompetence in a disaster that not only shattered lives and property but challenged the nation’s very identity.By By Michael Warren, The Associated Press , March 03, 2010
Tsunami sweeps away towns on Chilean coast
When the shaking stopped, Marioli Gatica and her extended family huddled in a circle on the floor of their seaside wooden home in this gritty port town, listening to the radio by a lantern’s light.
They heard firefighters urging Talcahuano’s citizens to stay calm and stay inside. They heard nothing of a tsunami — until it slammed into their house with an unearthly roar about an hour after Saturday’s magnitude 8.8 quake.
By By Michael Warren and Roberto Candia, The Associated Press , March 02, 2010
Ocean-crossing tsunami lightly swipes Asian coasts 
A tsunami that raced across the Pacific swiped island nations and Asian coasts lightly Sunday, proving to be more spectacle than destructive force for communities that had hours to prepare after Chile’s devastating earthquake.
By By Eric Talmadge, The Associated Press , March 01, 2010
Quake aftermath: Death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up
Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile’s shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors and the government sent soldiers and ordered a nighttime curfew to quell looting. The death toll climbed to 708 in one of the biggest earthquakes in centuries.
By By Michael Warren and Eva Vergara, The Associated Press , March 01, 2010
Chile struck by one of strongest earthquakes ever
TALCA, Chile (AP) — One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by a giant, and the head of the emergency agency said authorities believed at least 300 people were dead.
By Eva Vergada and Roberto Candia , February 27, 2010
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