Afghan troops pull out of second Helmand district
Afghan security forces are withdrawing from another district in Helmand province, leaving more ground for the Taliban to control. Nathan Frandino reports.

Afghan security forces are withdrawing from another district in Helmand province, leaving more ground for the Taliban to control. Nathan Frandino reports.
Former Alabama and Brigham Young assistant football coach Charlie Stubbs has been named athletic director at the new Oceanside Collegiate Academy charter high school opening in Mount Pleasant.
* Signs of ECB attention lift bank stocks (Adds details, updates prices)
Sri Lanka's capital comes to life as drummers and dancers escort brightly decorated elephants during an annual Buddhist pageant.
Sri Lanka's capital comes to life as drummers and dancers escort brightly decorated elephants during an annual Buddhist pageant.
Sri Lanka's capital comes to life as drummers and dancers escort brightly decorated elephants during an annual Buddhist pageant.
Sri Lanka's capital comes to life as drummers and dancers escort brightly decorated elephants during an annual Buddhist pageant.
Smartphone rivals Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have unveiled their latest flagship devices, seeking to revive sales momentum. As Ivor Bennett reports slowing growth is a key worry at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Smartphone rivals Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have unveiled their latest flagship devices, seeking to revive sales momentum. As Ivor Bennett reports slowing growth is a key worry at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Smartphone rivals Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have unveiled their latest flagship devices, seeking to revive sales momentum. As Ivor Bennett reports slowing growth is a key worry at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
PAPEETE, French Polynesia (Reuters) - Residents of French Polynesia who suffered due to 30 years of French nuclear tests in the Pacific archipelago have a legitimate right to compensation, President Francois Hollande said on his first visit to the region on Monday.
A woman involved a wreck early Sunday morning in St. George has died, according to the Dorchester County Coroner’s Office.
NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Emerging market shares are showing signs of investor capitulation after some of the steepest declines in the global stock market sell-off and that should make them attractive over the long run, said Arjun Divecha, who manages $7.4 billion as head of GMO's emerging markets equity division.
NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Emerging market shares are showing signs of investor capitulation after some of the steepest declines in the global stock market sell-off and that should make them attractive over the long run, said Arjun Divecha, who manages $7.4 billion as head of GMO's emerging markets equity division.
A Daniel Island shopping center sold this month for a handsome mark up.
Richard Beales and Robert Cyran explore Google's vulnerability to reinvigorated claims of anti-competitive practices by EU authorities and, more narrowly, their U.S. counterparts.
Richard Beales and Robert Cyran explore Google's vulnerability to reinvigorated claims of anti-competitive practices by EU authorities and, more narrowly, their U.S. counterparts.
Richard Beales and Robert Cyran explore Google's vulnerability to reinvigorated claims of anti-competitive practices by EU authorities and, more narrowly, their U.S. counterparts.
Richard Beales and Robert Cyran explore Google's vulnerability to reinvigorated claims of anti-competitive practices by EU authorities and, more narrowly, their U.S. counterparts.
A stabbing on a CARTA bus Saturday night started with the eventual victim repeatedly asking a man sitting beside him to stop "putting (your) butt in my face," according to an incident report from North Charleston police.
CLEMSON — This year’s Super Bowl offered more proof that championship teams must possess a quality pass-rusher or two.
CLEMSON — This year’s Super Bowl offered more proof that championship teams must possess a quality pass-rusher or two.
(Reuters) - Alken Asset Management, one of the biggest shareholders of hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp, has asked the company to consider cancelling its deal to buy SanDisk Corp, citing a high purchase price.
Feb 22 (Reuters) - Alken Asset Management, one of the biggest shareholders of hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp, has asked the company to consider cancelling its deal to buy SanDisk Corp, citing a high purchase price.
VIENNA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Austrian opposition party Neos wants the European Union to investigate whether UniCredit's Bank Austria unit would be benefitting from illegal state aid if it was allowed to shift thousands of employees into the state pension system.