AFP - England coach Andy Robinson has insisted he is the right man to lead the world champions out of their present slump as they contemplate another mediocre Six Nations campaign.

AP - A former security guard at General Motors Corp.'s Warren technical center is accused of taking employee Social Security numbers and using them to hack into the company's employee vehicle database.

AP - The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere climbed to a record 381 parts per million last year, an increase sure to spark further debate on global warming.

AP - Electricity output has dipped to its lowest point in three years in Iraq, where the desert sun is rising toward another broiling summer and U.S. engineers are winding down their rebuilding of the crippled power grid.

AP - The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere climbed to a record 381 parts per million last year, an increase sure to spark further debate on global warming.

AP - A former security guard at General Motors Corp.'s Warren technical center is accused of taking employee Social Security numbers and using them to hack into the company's employee vehicle database.

AP - The St. Louis Rams signed free-agent cornerback Fakhir Brown to a five-year contract on Tuesday.

Reuters - Ozone pollution in the Northern Hemisphere, churned out by factories and vehicles that burn fossil fuels, is a major factor in the dramatic warming of the Arctic zone, NASA climate scientists reported on Tuesday.

AP - Fired by news that Wallace and Gromit have won a fourth Oscar for their creator, fans in the pair's hometown called Tuesday for a statue to be erected of the balding cheese lover and his long-suffering canine companion.

AFP - Key wage talks in the German engineering and metalworking sectors stalled on Tuesday, with the powerful IG Metall labour union threatening warning strikes across the country by the end of the month if a deal is not reached soon.

AP - Electricity output has dipped to its lowest point in three years in Iraq, where the desert sun is rising toward another broiling summer and U.S. engineers are winding down their rebuilding of the crippled power grid.

AFP - A Chinese dissident detained by police for almost a year has finally been charged with inciting subversion, apparently for posting politically sensitive essays on the Internet, his wife told AFP.

AFP - The particles the Stardust probe brought back to Earth in January are a mixture of extremely hot and cold minerals pointing to a mixed origin of the Wild 2 comet, NASA scientists said.

Lynda Fisher - AHN Staff Writer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AHN) - A prominent Saudi preacher has been detained after publishing an Internet article criticizing adviser's to the ruling family of Saudi Arabia. According to his colleagues, Mohsen al-Awajy has been detained since Friday. The article...

AP - Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis scored against their hometown team and helped the Tampa Bay Lightning move up a spot in the standings.

AP - Antonio Bryant needed a new home, a starring role and the chance to build a better image. The San Francisco 49ers' needs were simpler: A top-flight receiver, any top-flight receiver.

Reuters - Exotic frogs and toads are dying out in the jungles of Latin America, apparent victims of global warming in what might be a harbinger of one of the worst waves of extinction since the dinosaurs.

AP - When Avery Johnson's playing days were winding down, league executives already had him pegged as a future coach. A good one, too.

AP - George Clooney has faulted Democrats for their timidity in the months before the start of the Iraq war, saying many party leaders muted their criticism of the Bush administration rather than risk being branded as unpatriotic.

Lynda Fisher - AHN Staff Writer San Jose, CA (AHN) - Police have searched the Costa Rican home of a Web site operator and seized documents, computers and weapons. Calvin Ayre, who owns www.bodog.com , has allegedly violated gaming laws, according to authorities. The Canadian millionaire's site...