MANCHESTER - FC PORTO scored a pair of valuable away goals on Tuesday to earn a 2-2 draw at defending champion Manchester United in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
Arsenal had to come from behind to draw their game 1-1 against Villareal in Spain.
BUKIT GANTANG (Malaysia) - A MALAYSIAN minister has conceded defeat for the ruling National Front coalition in two of the three constituencies where special elections have been held.
The results from Tuesday's elections are a setback for new Prime Minister Najib Razak as the elections were seen as a referendum on his leadership.
BOSTON - TWO-THIRDS of CEOs in the US plan additional layoffs and expect sales to decline in the next six months as their confidence in the economy continued to fall, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
The Business Roundtable's quarterly CEO Economic Outlook Index fell to negative 5 and down from a fourth-quarter reading of 16.5.
BAGHDAD - CHEERED wildly by US troops, President Barack Obama flew unannounced into Iraq on Tuesday and promptly declared it was time for Iraqis to 'take responsibility for their country' after America's commitment of six years and thousands of lives.
'You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country,' the president said as he made a brief inspection of a war he opposed as candidate and now vows to end as commander in chief. 'That is an extraordinary achievement.'
