Chavez Criticizes Us As Arrests Stir Concern (ap)
AP – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday defended the arrest of a major TV channel owner, calling him a criminal and denying the government is carrying out an assault on press freedom. Read more
Police Chief Decapitated In Northern Mexico Town (ap)
AP – The decapitated body of the police chief of a northern Mexico town and the body of his brother were found inside the chief’s patrol truck Friday, authorities said. Read more
Timeline Of Events In Iraq (ap)
AP – A timeline of key events in Iraq, beginning with the U.S.-led invasion to the March 7 parliamentary elections: Read more
Post-quake, Pinera Eyeing Chile’s Military Funding (ap)
AP – The $30 billion cost of Chile’s devastating earthquake may give its new president the ammunition he needs to take on the military like no leftist ever could, dismantling a dictatorship-era law that devotes 10 percent of Chile’s copper revenues to defense spending. Read more
Mubarak To Return To Egypt Saturday Afternoon (reuters)
Reuters – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will return to Egypt on Saturday following gallbladder surgery in Germany this month, a government minister told Reuters late on Friday. Read more