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BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- Followers of the anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday demanded better living conditions in Iraq on the ninth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of their country....

A dozen pointers to set the scene for Wednesday's big event

England cricket coach Andy Flower reminds his players to respect umpires and the opposition regardless of provocation.

Three children and a teacher are shot dead by a gunman at a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse - it is being linked to shootings last week.

A retired police officer tells the Leveson inquiry the press "jeopardised" the Ipswich serial murders inquiry in 2006.

TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- A motorcycle gunman opened fire Monday in front of a Jewish school in the southwest French city of Toulouse, killing a father, his two sons and one other child, the prosecutor's office said....

Fighting between government forces and Syrian rebels erupted in a Damascus area that is home to embassies and security buildings, opposition activists said.

A Somali family of four are among six people killed as militants fire mortars on a refugee camp near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, officials say.

A man hands over a sum of cash during a kidnapping in west Belfast.

A teacher was gunned down along with his two children at a Jewish school in southern France, while the director of the school saw his daughter killed in front of him.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- The Khmer Rouge's chief jailer began a week of testimony Monday at Cambodia's U.N.-backed tribunal against three of the regime's surviving leaders who are accused of crimes against humanity....

Defendant fled at high speed across city boundaries from Cleveland to Lakewood City, and officers from the latter actually arrested him. Jurisdictional limits on police officers are irrelevant for Fourth Amendment purposes. United States v. King, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 5407, 2012 FED App. 0270N (6th Cir. March 12, 2012).

A drug dog was called at the conclusion of the traffic stop, and it took 50 minutes to arrive. Since there was reasonable suspicion, this did not unreasonably extend the stop. Federal cases have permitted such detentions for longer. United States v. Adams, 2012 CCA LEXIS 87 (N.-M. Ct. App. March 15, 2012).*

Pro se defendant didn’t file a motion to suppress, so he couldn’t challenge the search on appeal. State v. Henderson, 2012 Ohio 1040, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 930 (8th Dist. March 15, 2012).

A Lancashire woman left in a coma after a quad bike accident in Tasmania is flown back home after the island government paid for her return.

Buccal swab for DNA requires a court order if defendant doesn’t consent. People v Smith, 2012 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1983, 2012 NY Slip Op 1896 (4th Dept. March 16, 2012):

An order compelling an individual to provide corporeal evidence, such as blood or saliva for DNA analysis, constitutes a search and seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment (see Skinner v Railway Labor Executives' Assn., 489 U.S. 602, 618; Schmerber v California, 384 U.S. 757, 767; Matter of Abe A., 56 NY2d 288, 295). Although no New York statute expressly authorizes courts to compel uncharged suspects to supply a DNA sample (see Abe A., 56 NY2d at 293-294; cf. CPL 240.40 [2]), the Court of Appeals has held that a court may issue an order to obtain a blood sample from a suspect so long as the People establish: "(1) probable cause to believe the suspect has committed the crime, (2) a clear indication' that relevant material evidence will be found, and (3) the method used to secure it is safe and reliable. In addition, the issuing court must weigh the seriousness of the crime, the importance of the evidence to the investigation and the unavailability of less intrusive means of obtaining it, on the one hand, against concern for the suspect's constitutional right to be free from bodily intrusion on the other. Only if this stringent standard is met ... may the intrusion be sustained" (Abe A., 56 NY2d at 291). Here, the court determined that the People satisfied the requirements of Abe A. set forth above, and defendant does not expressly challenge that determination. Rather, defendant contends that (1) he was denied due process because the second order compelling defendant to provide a buccal swab was not made upon notice to him; and (2) the method of collecting the swab, i.e., the use of the taser, was excessive and objectively unreasonable. We agree with defendant on both counts, and thus that reversal is required.

Veteran singer Engelbert Humperdinck reveals Love Will Set You Free - the song he will perform at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.

BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama raised $45 million for his re-election campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in February, bringing his total to about $300 million for this election cycle....

A Chinese man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for stealing nine pieces of art from the Forbidden City in Beijing.