Doctors treat mystery patient in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating a man who, according to two other Haitians, had been trapped by debris since the Jan. 12 earthquake - but he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal....

Health crisis in Haiti enters a deadly new phase
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital's General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally dried up....

Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans' lawyer said....

Nigeria: Vice president now acting president
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation Tuesday in place of an ill and absent president, striving for a political end to a crisis that ground the government to a virtual halt and triggered the resumption of an insurgency in the vital oil sector....

Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions."...

Iran sentences another activist to death
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has convicted another opposition activist on charges related to the country's post-election turmoil and sentenced him to death, the judiciary said Tuesday, bringing to at least 10 the number of those facing the death penalty for the unrest following June's disputed presidential election....

Italian Catholic scandal draws in Pope Benedict
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- A scandal in Italy's Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest....

US poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone....

EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Wealthy European nations were moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill Tuesday: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street....

Sri Lankan parliament dissolved ahead of new vote
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's president dissolved parliament Tuesday to make way for spring elections a day after authorities arrested a key opposition leader, crippling the only serious threat to the ruling party's stifling grip on power....