Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors say 8-year-old Sandra Cantu may have been raped before her body was stuffed into a suitcase, and they may seek the death penalty for the Sunday school teacher accused in the slaying.

BRUSSELS - The European Union started legal action against Britain on Tuesday for not applying EU data privacy rules that would restrict an Internet advertising tracker, called Phorm, from watching how users surf the web.

WASHINGTON - The federal government is waking up to the growing nightmare of bedbugs.

LOS ANGELES - Two trials involving one legendary music producer. The first jury couldn't reach an unanimous decision, but the second found Phil Spector guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.

HOUSTON - With two days left in the regular season, the playoff possibilities in the Western Conference remain totally unresolved. But the Houston Rockets have simplified it for themselves after routing New Orleans 86-66 on Monday night. Win their final regular-season game in Dallas on Wednesday and they're Southwest Division champions. They could also have a chance to grab the No. 2 seed in the West.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it would quit international nuclear disarmament talks and restart a plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium after the United Nations chastised it for launching a long-range rocket.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters in Bangkok surrendered on Tuesday, giving the harried prime minister some breathing space to try to fix the worsening economy.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian-American journalist has gone on trial in Iran for spying for the United States and a verdict is expected soon, the judiciary said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing if Bank of America Corp violated federal securities law by failing to disclose to shareholders Merrill Lynch's plan to pay $3.62 billion in bonuses before they voted for the merger of the banks, the Financial Times said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombings and clashes between Sunni militias and Shi'ite-led government forces have stirred a sense of foreboding in Iraq ahead of a national election and the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a deep recession strips Americans of their jobs, homes and investments, the 2009 U.S. tax season promises to see a large uptick in first-time delinquent income taxpayers.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong student union is holding a student vote on whether China should apologize for its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananamen Square 20 years ago in which hundreds were killed.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares in General Motors Corp slumped more than 17 percent in Frankfurt on Tuesday amid growing concern the automaker might file for bankruptcy.

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai anti-government protesters, threatened with a military offensive, abandoned a three-week rally at the premier's office, pulling the kingdom back from a potentially bloody showdown in the streets.

TEHRAN (AFP) - US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, who has been detained in a Tehran jail since January, has been put on trial on charges of spying for Iran's arch-foe the United States, an official said on Tuesday.

NAIROBI (AFP) - Somali pirates seized a Greek merchant ship Tuesday, showing no sign of halting their attacks despite losing five of their men in robust rescue operations by the French and US navies.

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea announced on Tuesday it would quit six-nation nuclear disarmament talks and restart its atomic weapons programme in protest at the UN's condemnation of its rocket launch.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Legendary US music producer Phil Spector was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of an actress at his mansion in Los Angeles six years ago.

JAKARTA (AFP) - An illegal trade in primates for laboratory tests is thriving in Indonesia despite local and international regulations designed to control such exports, a British animal welfare group said.

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's Qantas announced more job cuts, slashed its profit forecast by more than half and deferred new plane orders, saying it had no choice if it hoped to weather the global downturn.