Daily Update

Czech Government Collapses as Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek fails a vote of no-confidence - Czech Republic's 6-year EU Presidency in jeopardy: are the EU's efforts to curb the global recession in jeopardy too?

00-Punjab? U.S. intelligence suggests ties between Pakistani ISI spy service and Taliban - Taliban commanders planning major confrontation of international force in Afghanistan; roadside bomb kills 9

“Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade” - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking about the drug war in Mexico

Georgian politics bipolarize as videos allegedly depicting opposition leaders encouraging violent demonstrations to drive the current government out of party

IMF will deny Zimbabwe financial assistance until the country enacts policy reforms and repays its outstanding debt to the Fund; Zimbabwe's humanitarian situation has deteriorated significantly since hyperinflation due to shortages of daily necessities combined with a cholera outbreak last August

PM Morgan Tsvangirai, left, and President Robert Mugabe

British PM Gordon Brown stung on fiscal stimulus while abroad

India reports 25 dead from fighting in Kashmir