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Kenyan police officers lay flowers for the victims of post-election violence in Uhuru park, Nairobi, Kenya. Negotiators for opposing sides in Kenya's deadly election dispute began meeting for the first time, as the head of the Africa Union told a summit the violence had turned to ethnic cleansing and even genocide, with more than 800 people killed. (Photo by Riccardo Gangale / AP)

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Stop Kenya burning, says AU head

African leaders at their summit in Ethiopia have been told they must get involved with the crisis in Kenya. Substantive negotiations began, but were adjourned after an opposition MP was shot dead.

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BBC

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How Kenya's election was rigged

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McClatchy Newspapers

New border ID rules for Canada and Mexico fuel worries about delays

Some businesses and lawmakers are worried that new identification requirements going into effect at the borders with Canada and Mexico could create widespread confusion and delays.

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Houston Chronicle

Top al-Qaida Afghan operative Libi killed

A leading al-Qaida member in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, a Web site used by the group and other Islamists said.

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Reuters

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Afghanistan risks becoming 'failed state,' reports warn

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Guardian

Soldier suicides reach record level

Suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to a draft internal study obtained by The Washington Post.

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Military study ties soldiers' symptoms to stress

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USA Today

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A soldier's cry for help

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CBS News

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Narrowed presidential fields hurtle toward big voting tests

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International Herald Tribune

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Romney, McCain trade blows at GOP debate

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NATION

Air your security gripes on TSA blog

Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? The federal government wants to hear your gripes at the "Evolution of Security" blog the Transportation Security Administration introduced.

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Des Moines Register

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Fewer Americans fear terrorist attack

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Angus Reid

Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick reports to work after public apology

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick reported for work at City Hall, the morning after his televised apology. Speaking about the text message scandal for the first time publicly, Kilpatrick apologized repeatedly.

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Detroit Free Press

POLITICS

Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger endorses McCain in GOP race

Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger officially endorsed Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, saying the Arizona senator "is an outstanding public servant" and "a great American hero."

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USA Today

The year of the youth vote

Frustrated by feckless Washington, energized by the unscripted, pundit-baffling freedom of a wide-open race, young people are voting in numbers rarely seen since the general election of 1972.

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TIME

BUSINESS

US economy still ticking, just barely

The US economy is losing its momentum, but is stubbornly refusing a recession. Consumer purchases of appliances and strength in the construction of commercial buildings have kept the economy going.

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Christian Science Monitor

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US economy stalls

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Reuters

US stocks rise, erasing decline, led by banks, chain stores

U.S. stocks rose, erasing earlier losses, after the nation's largest bond insurer said it expects to keep its AAA credit rating.

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Bloomberg

Fed cuts rates to avoid recession

The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the second time in nine days as it tries to keep the US economy from entering a recession.

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BBC

SPORTS

Brady's ankle not much of an issue

New England quarterback Tom Brady participated fully in practice, and his injured right ankle wasn't much of an issue. Despite Brady not seemingly affected by his ankle, Patriots coach Bill Belichick is a bit worried.

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The Sports Network

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All-time dumbest Super Bowl questions

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Sports Illustrated

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Brady: Plax prediction on Pats' points puzzling

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ESPN

Clemens shows up at Astros camp

Roger Clemens bounced up the steps of the Houston Astros dugout and faced a group of wide-eyed minor leaguers that included his oldest son.

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Super Bowl may increase heart attacks

According to German researchers, heart attacks doubled when Germans watched their soccer team play in the World Cup. With the Super Bowl coming up, they think people should be careful when watching.

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iTWire

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Sports fans' stress can be heart hazard

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NPR

Researcher admits to leaking drug data

A Texas researcher admitted he had leaked a sensitive and controversial report about the heart risks of the diabetes drug Avandia to its maker, GlaxoSmithKline, days before the report was due to be released.

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Reuters

RELIGION

Calls to lift child embryo ban

The British government is looking into calls to lift a ban on creating human or human-animal "hybrid" embryos from dying children to aid key research.

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BBC

Thomas Monson likely to be new leader of Mormon faith

Tradition dictates that Thomas Monson, a 44-year veteran of the Mormon hierarchy, will become the faith's next president and prophet.

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GOOD NEWS

Mass. man survives fall into frigid pond

A 27-year-old man who fell through the ice while walking home in the dark survived the frigid plunge thanks to a neighbor who skidded across the pond in a canoe.

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Examiner

Donor gives $130 million to Bangladesh

An unidentified person has donated $130 million to help rebuild hundreds of schools and storm shelters destroyed by a cyclone along Bangladesh's southwest coast, the government said.

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Kansas City Star

WORLD

West 'embraces sham democracies'

The United States, European Union and other democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections out of political expediency, Human Rights Watch says in its annual report.

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BBC

China seeks to improve workplace safety

When China's senior safety inspector shows up on prime-time TV, it usually means that more Chinese workers have died in an accident. Li Yizhong has been in front of the cameras a lot lately.

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USA Today

New focus on Pakistan's tribal belt

Since 9/11, Pakistan has been slow to react to the increasing influence of militants in its remote tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. But this is changing.

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Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Elusive wolves caught on camera

Footages of Arctic wolves hunting waterfowl are caught on camera for the first time; observing them is a difficult task as the wolves live in the Canadian Arctic and rarely interact with humans.

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BBC

Actions don't match 'green' attitudes

Just a slim majority of Americans consider global warming "a very serious problem," despite an avalanche of publicity on the issue, and many aren't even taking the "green" actions they support.

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USA Today

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Lawsuit delays Oakland plastic bag ban

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San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mercury data surprises scientists

Data received from NASA's MESSENGER Mercury probe has delivered some surprises for scientists studying the solar system's innermost planet.

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iTWire

Millions of iPhones go AWOL

The huge gap between units sold and iPhone buyers signed to AT&T may mean there are a lot more hacked iPhones out there than anyone expected.

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BusinessWeek

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Rise of the real people

Scott Schuman is prowling SoHo with his camera, looking for subjects for his photo blog of street fashion. He is part of a growing group of bloggers posting pictures of fashion as worn by real people.

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Newsweek

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The Sartorialist's exhibition at Danziger Projects

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Grammys get interim deal with writers

Life just got a lot easier for the head of the Recording Academy. Neil Portnow vowed to stage a full-scale Grammy Awards show with or without support from the striking writers guild.

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Examiner

EDUCATION

More graduates lack skills to win jobs

Almost half of leading companies failed to find suitable graduates to fill vacancies last year despite record numbers of students leaving university, a new study shows.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Comparing American students with those in China and India

While their peers in China and India study longer hours to sharpen their math and science skills, top students from one of the best high schools in the United States are playing video games and watching TV.

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U.S. News & World Report

South Korea to improve English ed

South Korea's next president proposed hiring thousands of new teachers to strengthen English education and improve national competitiveness.

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Associated Press

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

In San Francisco, presiding US Episcopal bishop affirms same-sex unions

On the deadline set by church leaders for the Episcopal Church to roll back support for same-sex unions, the U.S. church's presiding bishop said that there would be no retreat.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Photo of the Day

The Dome of the Rock Mosque is seen covered with snow through the window of the Church of Dominus Flevit outside Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo by Atta Awisat / AP)

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