AFP - Air strikes killed 15 Taliban in restive Pakistani northwestern tribal areas on Sunday, where militants beheaded three tribesmen accusing them of spying for the United States.

AFP - International donors on Sunday pledgednearly 850 million dollars for the reconstruction of war-torn Darfur at a conference in Cairo, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) chief said.

AP - A U.N. spokesman says a small earthquake in northern Haiti has collapsed an apartment building and killed two people.

• Dallaglio pins England rugby woes on director Andrew (AFP)
• Pope does not mention rebuke to Irish bishops (AP)
• Thousands mourn death of former Nepalese premier (AFP)
• UK parties battle over economy as election nears (Reuters)
• India tests new version of cruise missile (AP)

AP - Baltimore police say two officers have been shot during a traffic stop and they are in serious but stable condition. The suspected shooter was killed by return fire.

AP - They passed out cigars in Fargo on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city that's spent the last week getting ready to hold back the Red River cautiously prepared to celebrate what appeared to be a successful defense against the swollen waterway.

AP - Residents from the small communities just outside the mountains of Glacier National Park buried one of their own Saturday, a young soldier from Hungry Horse killed by Afghan insurgents earlier this month.

• Thousands rally to pull troops from 2 war zones (AP)
• 3 deaths reported as snow storm strikes Plains (AP)
• Black support high for Obama's race-neutral stance (AP)
• Lawmakers wnt to limit txt msgs and e-mails (AP)
• Report: 2 die after small planes collide over Fla. (AP)

AP - Toyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles.

AP - Middle East jewelry retailer Damas International Ltd. was penalized Sunday by a Dubai watchdog for improper financial dealings and lax corporate oversight in the regulator's strongest action to date.

Reuters - Credit Suisse said it is restricting bankers' travel to Germany after authorities there said they had launched 1,100 tax evasion probes against the bank's clients and were investigating staff on suspicion of aiding evasion.

• Hoyer: Dems will have votes for health care bill (AP)
• OECD's Gurria sees combined EU-IMF support for Greece (Reuters)
• British Airways cabin crews strike for 2nd day (AP)
• GM's SKorean unit recalling nearly 60,000 vehicles (AP)
• China to begin trial of 4 Rio Tinto employees (AP)

AFP - A "Red Steel 2" sword and gunplay videogame hitting the market on Tuesday pays tribute to the nameless hero carved into film legend by director Sergio Leone.

PC World - Users of the BitDefender antivirus software started flooding the company's support forums Saturday, apparently after a faulty antivirus update caused 64-bit Windows machines to stop working.

Reuters - Novell Inc spurned a $2 billion takeover offer from investment fund Elliott Associates on Saturday, calling the bid inadequate and saying it undervalued the business software maker.

• Google Reconsiders Privacy Practices (PC World)
• Facebook News Readers More Loyal Than Googlers (NewsFactor)
• Obama to Iranians: We want brighter future for you (AP)
• The Macalope Weekly: Familiar territory (Macworld.com)
• 'iPad Killer' May be Palm's Last Hope (PC World)

AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has fanned the flames ahead of Sunday's potentially explosive encounter between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford by dismissing his arch-rivals as one-season wonders.

AP - Georgia was just too big for Tulane, and the smallest of the Lady Bulldogs was just too tenacious.

AP - Jonathan Quick posted his fourth shutout of the season and Brad Richardson scored in the first period, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 1-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.

• Padres' LeBlanc retires 14 of first 15 batters (AP)
• ManU boss takes dig at Liverpool ahead of Premier clash (AFP)
• Kansas, Villanova bust Obama's men's bracket (AP)
• Pierce leads Celtics past Mavericks (Reuters)
• Pierce, Rondo lead Celtics past Mavericks 102-93 (AP)

AP - Chinese actress Tang Wei returned to the red carpet on Sunday, promoting her first movie since the 2007 Ang Lee spy thriller "Lust, Caution," a politically sensitive production that reportedly prompted officials to ban her in her home country.

AP - Stars including Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Rachel Weisz are competing for London's Laurence Olivier theater awards.

AFP - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Saturday started a four-day visit to the Czech Republic, which will wrap up their tour of three central European post-communist countries.

• Stewart Udall, interior secretary in '60s, dies (Reuters)
• Late Mass. monk's poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors (AP)
• Earnhardt visits `Handy Manny' prime-time special (AP)
• `Butterfly' back, and so is New York City Opera (AP)
• Guests for the Sunday TV news shows (AP)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Sports offer children and teens many health and social benefits, but parents and players also need to be aware of the risks, experts advise.

AP - As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests.

AP - An unexpected big drop in new U.S. tuberculosis cases is probably because of stepped up screening and treatment of immigrants before they leave their native countries, health officials say.

• With Infertility May Come Sexual Dysfunction (HealthDay)
• Doctors, AARP support new health overhaul bill (AP)
• Type 2 Diabetes Study: Drugs Don't Cut Heart Disease Risk (Time.com)
• Clinical Trials Update: March 19, 2010 (HealthDay)
• Rising Drug Prices Slam Some Medicare Recipients (HealthDay)