The owner of an independent radio station in Phnom Penh was charged with inciting criminal violence with false reports. The station broadcast a caller's false description of attacks on Cambodians in Thailand, which Cambodian officials blame for rioting in Phnom Penh. (Independent (UK)) A Thai newspaper reported that Thailand had been prepared to invade Cambodia to protect its citizens. (Nation (Thailand))

Italian police arrested 28 suspected Pakistani terrorists in Naples following a routine check for illegal immigrants. Officials said they had found explosives and maps identifying American and NATO targets. Pakistan said the accusations of terrorism were unfounded and that the Pakistanis were in Italy legally. (BBC)

A land mine destroyed a bus carrying Afghan villagers to Kandahar, killing at least 18. The Afghan army said rebel fighters were behind the attack. (CNN)

Turkey said it had moved more than 10,000 troops to its border region with Iraq. Turkish officials have expressed opposition to war with Iraq, and have yet to indicate if Turkey will allow the U.S. to use its territory as a base of operations if there is a war. (Reuters)

Australian police said that suspects held after last fall's nightclub bombings in Bali had also planned a second bombing in Indonesia later in the year. (BBC)

U.S. officials said intelligence satellites had detected truck activity in North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex, near where the Koreans have stored spent plutonium fuel rods since 1994. The satellite data is insufficient to determine what the trucks have been doing, however. The rods could be used to produce enough weapons-grade plutonium for six or more nuclear weapons. (NYT, WaPost)

U.S. officials said that a manager at an Immigration and Naturalization Service data processing center had addressed a backlog of some 90,000 documents by illegally ordering to have them destroyed. (NYT)

The U.S. Department of State's database of visa applications, describing some 50 million applicants and containing some 20 million photographs, will be linked to a computer system accessible to the FBI, other intelligence agencies and local police departments, officials said. The database contains non-classified information, but will make it easier for law enforcement officials to access it. (NYT)

Bush administration officials said President Bush would propose new retirement savings plans, to replace some existing plans, possibly allowing Americans to save up to $15,000 each year and later withdraw funds tax free. (NYT)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it would seek to make its drug review and approval process more efficient, reducing the time and expense associated with bringing new drugs and medical devices to market. New drug applications and approvals have declined in recent years, but experts weren't sure how large a difference the proposed plan would make. (Reuters)

UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, posted a $1.5 billion loss for the last quarter of 2002. The bankrupt air carrier lost a total of $3.2 billion for the year, and has lost $5.5 billion since the second half of 2000. (MSNBC/AP)

The U.S. Commerce Department reported that the U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 0.7 percent annual rate over the last three months of 2002. The GDP rose 2.4 percent over the year as a whole. (WaPost, NYT)

A study linked a recent rise in the temperature of tropical ocean waters in the western Pacific and recent droughts in parts of the U.S., Europe and southern Asia. Scientists believe the higher ocean temperatures are due to global warming caused by emissions of greenhouse gases. (Nature)