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Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest (AP)
AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.
Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico (AP)
AP - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America's safest.
Analysis: Socialists try to keep dominance (AP)
AP - Fresh with a first-place showing in round one of regional elections over President Nicolas Sarkozy's governing UMP party, France's Socialists now have a week of deal-making with rival leftist parties to try to secure dominance in the upcoming runoff — and 2 1/2 years to transform its regional success into victory in the 2012 presidential vote.
Irish Catholic leader won't quit for abuse coverup (AP)
AP - Ireland's senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Sean Brady, said Monday he would not resign despite admitting he helped the church collect evidence against a child-molesting priest — and never told police about the crimes.
German diocese suspends convicted sex abuser (AP)
AP - A German archdiocese that Pope Benedict XVI oversaw from 1977 to 1982 said Monday that a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing children has been suspended for violating a condition that he have no contact with minors.
Germany's Priest Sex Abuse Scandal Puts the Vatican on the Defensive (Time.com)
Time.com - German Catholics are stunned at the revelations in a decades-old case that occurred under the watch of the Archbishop of Munich -- now Pope Benedict XVI
Berlusconi in probe over TV talk shows - source (Reuters)
Reuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated for allegedly trying to pressure Italy's communications watchdog to block state television talk shows critical of his government, a source close to the investigation said on Monday.
US wants Israel to cancel Jerusalem building plan (AP)
AP - The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory, officials on both sides said Monday.
Journalist killed in southern Mexico, 4th in 2010 (AP)
AP - A journalist has been killed in southern Mexico, the fourth slain in the country so far this year.
Blasts rock Nigerian 'oil war' amnesty ceremony (AFP)
AFP - Two explosions on Monday rocked the Nigerian southern oil city of Warri during talks on an amnesty for former rebel fighters in an attack claimed by the main armed militant group, MEND.
Official: Pentagon probing alleged spy operation (AP)
AP - A Defense Department official is under investigation for allegedly hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a U.S. official said Monday.
Canada home resales cool for 2nd straight month (Reuters)
Reuters - Sales of existing homes in Canada dipped for a second straight month in February, but remained high on a year-over-year basis, as the market may be moving into more balanced conditions, data showed on Monday.
Australian says Aborigine recognition is tokenism (AP)
AP - A government routine of acknowledging Australia's indigenous people was criticized as mere political correctness Monday by the federal opposition leader, offending some Aborigines and sparking a political debate.
U.S. consulate employee slain in drug-ridden Mexican city (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Mexican government pledged Sunday to investigate the brutal killings of a U.S. consulate employee and two family members of consulate employees in violent, drug-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.
Colombia vote: Former FARC hostages run for Congress (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - After spending long years chained to trees and at the mercy of leftist rebels, most of Colombiaâs former FARC hostages swore off politics when they were unilaterally released two years ago, saying they would dedicate themselves to their families and to making up for lost time.
In Poland, a Legendary Journalist Mixes Fact with Fantasy (Time.com)
Time.com - A new biography of Ryszard Kapuscinski has caused a firestorm in theacclaimed journalist's native Poland, with claims that he injected hisreporting with healthy doses of fiction
An Unlikely Mideast Collision Takes Place (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - JERUSALEM, Mar 15 (IPS) - In the middle of last week, it seemed that the old cliche about the light at the end of the dark Middle East tunnel was being confirmed: the U.S. had successfully cajoled both Israel and the Palestinian Authority into beginning to talk again.

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