In the News: Mar-12

US official: Kosovo not a precedent - 12 Mar 2008 at 2:48pm - WASHINGTON -- Challenged by Congress, a State Department official said Wednesday that U.S. support for Kosovo's independence was an exception to the general rule of discouraging secession.

Afghan war trend worse than Iraq: U.S. trainer - 12 Mar 2008 at 12:14pm - STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The tide of the war in Afghanistan is running against the United States and its allies, in contrast to an improving trend in Iraq, a U.S. military official and counter-insurgency expert said on Wednesday.

FBI asked to probe e-mail controversy - 12 Mar 2008 at 11:43am - WASHINGTON -- An ethics advocacy group has asked the FBI to investigate the White House e-mail controversy, saying electronic messages about the Valerie Plame affair may have been destroyed.

Thought for the day:
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. -Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )