More signs of 'global warming': Michigan has snowiest winter since records began in 1880...

Hizballah more than triples rocket arsenal to 40,000

End Gaza blockade, settlement activity'
Russian FM calls siege "unacceptable," says Israel should let "Palestinian people... lead normal lives."

World's central banks in mortgage crisis talks
Central banks on both sides of the Atlantic are in talks about the feasibility of mass purchases of mortgage-backed securities in a bid to solve the global credit crisis. The plan would involve the use of public money (read: taxpayer bail-out). Banks have written down over $125 billion of assets since November.