Afghan Drug Cartels Squeeze Poppy Farmers....NSI News Source Info # 553

Afghan farmers working in a poppy field in Kandahar. For farmers the world over the equation of over-supply and falling prices is simple and in Afghanistan cartels are hoarding, with stockpiles of opium estimated at 10,000 tonnes.

Prince Charles Arrived In Afghanistan On A Surprise Visit....NSI News Source Info # 552

NAD-E ALI, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 25: British soldiers walk to a military helicoopter near the Pimon military camp on March 25, 2010 in Nad-e Ali, Afghanistan. Prince Charles arrived in Afghanistan on a surprise visit on March 24, to meet with British soldiers serving in the southern Helmand Province.

U.S. Marine Held Militant In Helmand, Afghanistan....NSI News Source Info # 551

A U.S. Marine from the 3rd Battalion 6th Marines leads a suspect to a military vehicle as they patrol around Marjah district, Helmand province, March 24, 2010.

V-22 Osprey Flying Out With Some Undesired Officials Under Protective Custody....NSI News Source Info # 550

A US Marines V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft kicks up dust as it takes off carrying five arrested Afghan police personnel caught smoking narcotics inside a US Marines base of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, in Marjah, Helmand province, on March 22, 2010. Five members of Afghan police were expelled from their unit and sent to jail in Lashkar Gah prior to a graduation ceremony held inside a US military base.

Pakistan Special Police Force In Swat Valley, NWFP....NSI News Source Info # 549

Cadets sit in a group while posing for a photograph, during a Special Police Force passing-out parade in Swat valley region, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province March 20, 2010. Authorities say security has improved since a military offensive nearly a year ago cleared out militants from Swat. But police remain vulnerable to suicide attacks and residents fear the Taliban will return if the military leaves. Photo in background shows the images of unidentified security force personals. Picture taken on March 20, 2010.

81th Dong-A Marathon At Olympic Stadium In Seoul, South Korea....NSI News Source Info # 548

Sylvester Teimet, right, and Gilbert Kipruto Kirwa of Kenya battle for the lead during the men's race of the 2010 Seoul International Marathon and the 81th Dong-A Marathon at Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Teimet won the race and Kirwa finished in second.

2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships In Sofia....NSI News Source Info # 547

Meng Wang (C) of China leads the pack in the women's 1000m short-track final at the 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Sofia on March 21, 2010. Wang won the gold medal ahead of Ha-Ri Cho of South Korea (R) and Katherine Reutter of USA (L).

F-35B Lightning II Stealth Fighter Lands Vertically For First Time At Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland....NSI News Source Info # 546

The supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter, piloted by Graham Tomlinson, lands vertically for the first time at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland on March 18, 2010. The F-35B will be used by the U.S. Marine Corps, the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, and the Italian Navy and Air Force. It is the first supersonic fighter capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings, and will have the capability to operate from austere bases near front-line combat areas, and from small ships.

U.S. Soldier On Patrol In Kandahar, Southern Afghanistan....NSI News Source Info # 545

A U.S. Army soldier with the 293D Military Police Company, 97th Military Police Battalion, looks through the scope of his rifle from the top of an abandoned grain elevator building during patrol on the outskirts of the town of Kandahar, southern Afghanistan March 21, 2010.