First of all, I have a good reason, as a lifelong Democrat, to not want to reelect Obama this fall. No, it has nothing to do with his policies — dom… Read more: Gingrich, Gas, Santorum, March Madness, Afghanistan, Obama, GOP Primaries, Romney, Politics News from Robert Guttman via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-guttman/march-madness-obama-afgha_b_1348496.html

British journalist Paul Conroy, who covered the Baba Amr massacre in Homs from the scene, speaks at a London rally against the Syrian Baath regime: from Juan via http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/juancole/ymbn/~3/ToHVHOubI1I/paul-conroy-speaks-at-syria-rally-in-london-covered-baba-amr.html

While media attention was focused on the aftermath of the Koran burning in Afghanistan last month, a story that otherwise would have made headlines everywhere went virtually unnoticed. It’s the story of Shah Mahmood, a young Afghan from war-ravaged Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan who saved a school by giving…

Thousands mourn head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church, who has died at the age of 88 from (author unknown) via http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2012/mar/18/egyptians-pay-respects-pope-shenouda-gallery

Abdullah Senussi may have information that could cause embarrassment to Britain and other countries Abdullah Senussi was considered to be Muammar Gaddafi’s most trusted aide, his “right-hand man, the executioner,” as the international criminal court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has put it. Senussi’s arrest in Mauritania after months on the…

Thousands gather in Cairo to pay final respects to Pope Shenouda III, who served from November 1971 and has died at the age of 88 from (author unknown) via http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/mar/18/egyptian-christians-mourn-pope-alexandria-video

Mourning in Egypt and elsewhere for Coptic Pope Shenouda III from (author unknown) via http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17421360

Rebels in eastern state of Orissa issue list of demands for their release. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/03/2012318135537236677.html

This killing campaign – targeting women and men, with children the preferred victims – has a grimly familiar paranoia Hassan – it’s not his real name – had a heavy metal band with two other twentysomethings. The raucous music represented rebellion, and in Iraq there was plenty to rebel against:…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. military official says charges against an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians are expected to b… Read more: Ap, World News from The Huffington Post News Team via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/18/robert-bales-afghanistan-charges-shooting_n_1356872.html