'' surface Temperature s appear to vary more frequently and dramatically than on Earth , preliminary data from NASA 's Opportunity rover shows. {Link without Title}
Ivan Rybkin , a Russia n presidential candidate and fierce critic of president Putin , holds a press conference in London, stating that during his recent disappearance for several days he was drugged and made the subject of a compromising videotape. {Link without Title}
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders accept U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan 's plan for ending the partition of the island of Cyprus . The two sides will work under a tight timetable to agree by March 22 on reunification language that can be put to simultaneous islandwide Referenda on April 21 . Unless reunification is achieved, only the Greek Cypriot government will be entitled to enter the European Union on May 1. {Link without Title}
The United States , in a major shift of policy on the Middle East , says it may support an Israel i proposal for a unilateral partial withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank . Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage says that a pullout from Gaza would be "a step in the right direction." Administration official state "...negotiations were impossible because of Palestinian recalcitrance." {Link without Title}
's parliament on Friday approves sending 3,000 troops to Iraq , responding to a call from the United States for military help in restoring stability to Iraq. {Link without Title}
