Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

TOKYO - Japan's military mobilized Friday to protect the country from any threat if North Korea's looming rocket launch fails, ordering two missile-equipped destroyers to the Sea of Japan and sending batteries of Patriot missile interceptors to protect the northern coastline.

NEW YORK - AT&T Inc., the nation's largest Internet service provider, will start sending warnings to its subscribers when music labels and movie studios allege that they are trafficking in pirated material, according to an executive.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to announce a new aid package for General Motors and Chrysler in the coming days and says the carmakers must make "pretty drastic changes" to save their industry.

OLATHE, Kan. - Cash-strapped former "Eight is Enough" and "Charles in Charge" star Willie Aames is selling off his belongings in suburban Kansas City.

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Top regional seeds Connecticut and Pittsburgh won their NCAA games last night but both number-two seeds, Memphis and Duke, lost.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to send thousands of troops to train Afghan forces as part of a new war strategy that will focus U.S. efforts on destroying al Qaeda safe havens and rolling back the Taliban insurgency.

TOKYO/BERLIN (Reuters) - Japan slipped to the brink of deflation and inflation in Europe slid closer to zero, underlining a threat to the world economy before next week's G20 summit which is supposed to produce a cure for the crisis.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Friday ordered its military to prepare to intercept any dangerous debris that might fall on its territory if a rocket launch planned by North Korea goes wrong.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending rose for a second straight month in February, while incomes reversed the previous month's gains, government data showed on Friday.

LANDI KOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 50 people when he blew himself up in a crowded Pakistani mosque near the Afghan border Friday, government officials said.

OSLO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's negotiators make their debut at U.N. climate talks on Sunday but U.S. promises of tougher action are unlikely to brighten prospects for strong treaty now overshadowed by recession.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Governors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog failed to agree on a successor to Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday after five rounds of voting, opening the field to new candidates, diplomats said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama will make his debut as president on the world stage next week with calls for global economies to use government spending to jumpstart growth and work on a reshaping of the chaotic financial system.

JAMRUD, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber attacked a packed mosque in northwest Pakistan at prayer time on Friday, killing 48 people and wounding dozens more, the top local administration official said.

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Friday gave its military the green light to shoot down any incoming North Korean rocket, with tensions high ahead of a planned launch that the US and allies say will be an illegal missile test.

CIREUNDEU, Indonesia (AFP) - A dam burst its banks near the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday, drowning at least 58 people in a torrent of muddy water that flooded hundreds of homes, officials said.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama is to unveil a new offensive against militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan, aiming to deal a death blow to Al-Qaeda more than seven years after the September 11 attacks.

PARIS (AFP) - One of the world's top medical journals accused Pope Benedict XVI on Friday of having distorted scientific evidence in his remarks on condom use and demanded he make a retraction.

PARIS (AFP) - People who drink their tea piping hot run a higher risk of throat cancer than counterparts who prefer a cooler cuppa, according to an investigation published Friday by the British Medical Journal.

LONDON (AFP) - The recession-battered British economy shrank by a sharper than expected 1.6 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, the worst slide since 1980, official data showed Friday.