AFP - Taliban rebels determined to keep southern Afghanistan in chaos have teamed up with drug barons against the government and its opium eradication campaign launched last week, officials say.

AP - "Failure to Launch," a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, took off at theaters, debuting as the top weekend movie with $24.6 million.

AP - "Failure to Launch," a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, took off at theaters, debuting as the top weekend movie with $24.6 million.

AFP - China has offered Bangladesh "real-time data" on the upstream water flow of one of South Asia's biggest rivers in an attempt to help forecast floods in the delta nation, an official said.

AP - Wayne Wilson is cheered when the computerized voice tells him his blood pressure and heart rate are holding steady.

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Manama, Behrain (AHN) - Reigning world champion Fernando Alonso won a wheel-to-wheel duel with Michael Schumacher to start his title defense with victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Spaniard spent the race locked in a duel with Schumacher,...

FT.com - Every Thursday evening, Emily Gore attends a fund management meeting with 14 other colleagues. "First we discuss whether we've bought or sold any positions in our portfolio and then we pitch stock ideas," says Ms Gore, 25. "We have to show comparable companies analysis, discounted cash flows and revenue models. There can sometimes be a lively debate."

AP - Defending Formula One champion Fernando Alonso of Renault won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off a challenge from Michael Schumacher.

AP - Peter Cipriano had 21 points and nine rebounds and Southern University beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 57-44 to win its first Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament championship in 13 years.

Canadian Press - CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - The suggestion by Prince Edward Island's tourism minister that musician Paul McCartney's visit to protest the seal hunt was good for the province's tourism industry has prompted calls for his resignation.

AP - Ferrari's Michael Schumacher secured pole position Saturday for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, while McLaren Mercedes' Kimi Raikkonen retired from qualifying before he could complete a lap and will start from the back of the grid.

Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The equalization program that sees richer provinces sharing money with poorer ones has been rendered a "mess" by the former Liberal government's side deals with Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday.

AP - Luna, the juvenile killer whale from Washington state waters who got lost in Canada's Nootka Sound five years ago, apparently died Friday when he was accidentally struck by a tugboat propeller, Canadian authorities said.

NC Court of Appeals finds no error in Scotland County FELA verdict against CSX. Jury awarded $7.5 million to retired employee who died during the appeals process. The employee died of mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos while working at the railyard. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2006]

AP - Ohio State was placed on three years' probation Friday, a ruling that wipes out records from four NCAA tournament appearances by the men's basketball team — including a trip to the 1999 Final Four.

NC Court of Appeals finds no error in Scotland County FELA verdict against CSX. Jury awarded $7.5 million to retired employee who died during the appeals process. The employee died of mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos while working at the railyard. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2006]

NC Court of Appeals finds no error in Scotland County FELA verdict against CSX. Jury awarded $7.5 million to retired employer who died during the appeals process. The employer died of mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos while working at the railyard. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2006]

Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter London, England (AHN) – Despite rabid competition from Ralph Lauren and Polo-mint makers, Nestle, Volkswagen has managed to nab the polo.eu domain name. NetNames says the three companies applied within five minutes of each other and Ralph Lauren...

Reuters - Nortel Networks Corp. , one of the world's largest telecommunications equipment suppliers, said on Friday that it would delay filing its 2005 annual report until April 2006 and restate results from certain prior periods to fix revenue recognition mistakes.

NC Court of Appeals finds no error in Scotland County FELA verdict against CSX. Jury awarded $7.5 million to retired employer who died during the appeals process. The employer died of mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos while working at the railyard. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2006]