Health crisis in Haiti enters new stage: Deaths from diarrhea, infections, malnutrition
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....

Crackdown on Mexican cartel leads to arrest of Tijuana cops who were hailed as models
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Just a few weeks ago, the two officers were lauded as part of a new breed of honest cop, elevated to become key players in a drive to overhaul one of Mexico's most notorious police forces....

Doctor at Haiti field hospital says vendor may have been trapped in quake rubble for 27 days
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The tale seems dubious: that a rice vendor survived 27 days trapped under the rubble of a flea market following Haiti's devastating earthquake....

Toyota starts with Prius fix in Japan in third massive global recall in 4 months
TOKYO (AP) -- Prius owners in Japan are rushing to dealers Wednesday, a day after Toyota's president announced a global recall. Instead of screwdrivers and wrenches, what the mechanic is using to tackle the fix is a small laptop-like device that rewrites programming for the brakes....

US poised to seize key southern Afghan town as Taliban dig in for a fight
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....

Myanmar court sentences US man to 3 years over forged documents, undeclared currency
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A Myanmar court ordered a U.S. citizen Wednesday to serve three years in prison for entering the military-ruled country with forged documents and undeclared foreign currency....

Sri Lanka police fire tear gas in bid to break up street clashes between political opponents
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police....

Islamist militant accused in Indonesian hotel bombings claims plot to assassinate president
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An alleged Islamist militant being tried on charges of harboring terrorists behind deadly twin hotel bombings in the Indonesian capital claimed Wednesday that he had helped craft a plot to assassinate the president....

Iran accelerates its nuclear enrichment, prompting Obama to warn of significant new sanctions
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."...

UN in Pyongyang to spur disarmament talks; NKorean, Chinese nuclear envoys meet in Beijing
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A senior U.N. envoy pressed ahead Wednesday with international efforts to get North Korea back into nuclear disarmament talks, during the world body's first high-level visit to the reclusive state in nearly six years....