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Obama (who received Dodd's endorsement yesterday) and Clinton had a contentious debate last night in Ohio, sparring mainly on healthcare and trade. There is no longer any debate, however, about the source of "Parmesan."

>Tuberculosis - The World Health Organization reports that five percent of all TB cases (nearly 20 percent in some areas of the former Soviet Union and 22 percent in Baku) are resistant to two or more drugs (MDR-TB). Moreover, Tuberculosis that is resistant to nearly all the most-effective drugs (XDR-TB) is now present in 45 countries. MDR-TB is exponentially more expensive to treat than regular TB, as is XDR-TB than MDR-TB. TB is the world's most lethal infectious disease after AIDS, killing 1.6 million people a year.

>>Kenya - Kofi Annan suspended negotiations in Kenya on Tuesday. Annan did so to "speed up the action," as he will now bring proposals straight to President Kibaki and opposition leader Odinga instead of their representatives in negotiations. Odinga has called off nationwide opposition protests planned for Thursday.

>>Northern Iraq - Turkey has said that it will provide no timetable for withdrawing its troops from northern Iraq, despite demands from Iraq that it withdraw and from U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates that they keep it short. According to Turkey, 77 militants were killed overnight (bringing the total to 230), as were 24 Turkish soldiers.

>>Cambodia - Kaing Geuk "Duch" Eav, the Khmer Rouge's former chief interregator who is being charged for crimes against humanity, was taken to a mass grave at Choeung Ek (the "killing fields") and the infamous S-21 prison this week as part of an effort to gather evidence for a UN-backed war crimes trial in Cambodia that is trying four other senior Khmer Rouge officials. Duch reportedly wept at both locations.

• UN's Commission on the Status of Women kicks off - by Jessica Valenti
• Increase Aid to Africa - by John Boonstra
• El Baradei faces Another Tired Charge of Anti-Americanism. Enough Already. - by Mark Leon Goldberg
• LRA No More? Ceasefire in Northern Uganda - by Mark Leon Goldberg

Africa ...	Cholera crisis on Somali border Zimbabwe police licensed to shoot Campaign demands Darfur arrests Yemen's Marginalized Class South Africa: Power Crisis Puts Jobs at Risk Election Challenge Rejected in Nigeria
Americas ...	Argentina: 'Dirty War' Suspect Found Dead
Asia ...	Nepal ethnic group talks collapse Olympics water diversion threatens millions Sumatran deforestation driving climate change and species extinction, report warns No opposition or debate in Russia election: Amnesty Philippine church gives Arroyo breathing space In blow to Lee, South Korea cabinet nominees quit For the Press, a Monitored Tour China Says It Will Resume Human Rights Talks With U.S. Market Place: Russia Quietly Starts to Shift Its Oil Trade Into Rubles Khmer Rouge torture chief weeps at "Killing Fields" Free speech 'shrinking' in Russia
Europe ...	Bosnian police in protest clash Kosovo warns Serbia as riots continue Czech PM: Prague doesn't want return to Russian sway Belarus lets jailed activist attend wife's funeral
Middle East ...	US to seek end to Turkey assault Sharon's son sent to Israeli jail Water fears lead Saudis to end grain output Major powers look at new ways to get Iran to talks Turk envoy tells Iraq no timetable for troop pullout U.N. Envoy Critical of Gaza Living Conditions, Threats to Annapolis Initiative
Elsewhere ...	Agencies target female mutilation Dollar falls to record euro low

Posted by Matthew Cordell at 7:51 AM