Marcos Joins Pacquiao, Arroyo In Run For Congress (ap)
AP – Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos filed her candidacy for next year’s congressional elections, joining the country’s boxing champion and the outgoing president in the star-studded race for the lower house. Read more
Top Us Commander: Build Afghan Forces (ap)
AP – The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that NATO and U.S. forces will hand over responsibility for securing the country to its own security forces “as rapidly as conditions allow” — welcome news for war-weary American troops trying to hold back insurgents. Read more
Australia’s Parliament Defeats Global Warming Bill (ap)
AP – Australia’s Parliament defeated legislation to set up a greenhouse gas emissions trading system on Wednesday, throwing a central plank of the government’s plans to combat global warming into disarray. Read more
South Africa To Treat All Hiv-positive Babies (ap)
AP – South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. Read more
Report: Breast-feeding Mother Smothers Baby On Jet (ap)
AP – A breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Kuwait, a British tabloid reported Tuesday. Read more