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Pakistani Taliban: No need to prove leader alive (AP)

AP - The Pakistani Taliban said Tuesday that there is no need to release proof that the group’s leader is alive to refute reports that he died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone strike in mid-January.

Taliban: Terrorist or not? Not always easy to say (AP)

AP - Once considered so entwined that they were twin targets of a U.S. invasion, al-Qaida and elements of Afghanistan’s Taliban are now being surgically separated — one careful stitch at a time.

Criticism of Haiti’s government increasing (AP)

AP - The mourning is far from over, but the politicking has resumed.

US terror suspects in Pakistan allege FBI torture (AP)

AP - Five American terrorism suspects alleged Tuesday that they were subjected to electric shocks and other torture by the FBI and Pakistani police, the latest wrinkle in a case that has added to sensitivities in U.S.-Pakistani relations.

Fung shui master loses bid for ex-lover’s fortune (AP)

AP - A feng shui adviser who had an affair with Asia’s richest businesswoman before she died lost his bid for her multibillion-dollar estate Tuesday when a Hong Kong court deemed the will in which he was named a forgery.