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Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif talks to journalists at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan's opposition leader defied house arrest to join anti-government protests that quickly descended into violence and chaos. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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Pakistan protests: The pitch rises

Thousands of protesters in Lahore defied a government crackdown that shocked Pakistanis and further isolated President Asif Ali Zardari.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Profile: Nawaz Sharif

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Al Jazeera

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Pakistan protests

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BBC

Madagascar president offers poll

Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana said he is prepared to hold a referendum to end the country's political crisis.

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BBC

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Showdown for control in Madagascar

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International Herald Tribune

AIG to pay $165 million in bonuses

American International Group is giving its executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses, but the troubled insurance giant agreed to administration requests to restrain future payments.

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Forbes

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Summers: AIG bonuses 'outrageous'

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ABC News

Obama's stem cell policy hasn't reversed legislative restrictions

President Obama may have abolished contentious Bush-era restraints on federal funding of stem cell research, but a legislative obstacle remains for scientists seeking more money.

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FOX News

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The politics of stem cells

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PBS

Obama open to taxing health benefits

The Obama administration is signaling to Congress that the president could support taxing some employee health benefits to help pay for overhauling the U.S. health care system.

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International Herald Tribune

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Is Obama becoming less popular?

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Daily Telegraph

NATION

Space shuttle Discovery launches

The space shuttle Discovery lifted off on a mission to the International Space Station, where Discovery will deliver supplies needed to expand the station's crew to six people.

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CNN

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Space shuttle Discovery launch photos

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Newsday

Language and laws a challenge for indigenous migrants

When immigration agents arrested 16 farmworkers in a mass arrest of illegal immigrants early this year, advocates raced to find interpreters for some who spoke only a language called Mixtec.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Survey finds many states lagging

Most parents can easily learn about their state songs and state flowers on the Internet, but it is harder to check to see if your children's school buses are safe or a local gas station charges too much.

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Associated Press

POLITICS

Congress considers FLAME fund to fight catastrophic wildfires

Legislation that would establish a permanent fund for fighting catastrophic wildland fires was reintroduced in Congress in anticipation of what is projected to be yet another record fire season.

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Environment News Service

Battle brews over Bush library

Former President George W. Bush is preparing for one final struggle against the odds: raising $300 million for a presidential library at a time when skepticism about his presidency runs high.

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Politico

ENVIRONMENT

Global forum seeks to avert water crisis

Government ministers from 120 countries, scientists and campaigners meet in Istanbul to discuss how to avert a global water crisis and ease tensions between states fighting over rivers, lakes and glaciers.

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Reuters

Australia spill '10 times worse'

An oil spill along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia is 10 times worse than originally thought, state authorities said.

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BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

More focus on traffic jam in space

A close encounter between the Inter- national Space Station and a speeding piece of space junk is adding urgency to the efforts to improve collision alerts and reduce risks from space debris.

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Christian Science Monitor

Computer makers prepare to stake bigger claim in phones

Emboldened by Apple's success with its iPhone, many PC makers are charging into the mobile-phone business, promising new devices that can pack the horsepower of computers into palm-size packages.

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International Herald Tribune

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Yet another memoir raises doubts

It’s becoming an old story – the fabricated memoir. Although this time it involves neither the Holocaust nor Wall Street, the memoir in question is about a year spent playing baseball.

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Christian Science Monitor

Poetry being used to unify Iraq

An American says he is working with an Iraqi arts professor to use poetry and other art forms to help unify war-torn Iraq.

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United Press International

EDUCATION

State colleges get look as good value

As students seek less-costly school alternatives during the economic downturn, many are turning to state schools.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Where education and assimilation collide

A record influx of immigrants has put classrooms on the front lines of America's battles over whether and how to assimilate the newcomers and their children.

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International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Fairy tale for prom-goers

Cash-strapped prom-goers are get the Cinderella treatment from local charities. The Massachusetts Fairy Godmother Project has 2,500 gowns to distribute.

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‘Wounded warriors’ conquer the slopes

Disabled Sports USA offers sports outings with adaptive equipment for those injured or born with disabilities.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

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Amputee vets learn more than skiing

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San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

G20 summit 'critical for economy'

The upcoming G20 meeting is critical for the world to avoid economic turbulence of the 1930s, the UK government warned.

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BBC

Beheadings shake Mexico town

The sleepy village of Ixtlahuacan in Mexico has been touched by narco-terrorism and its associated violence. Five human heads were recently found along the highway that runs through the town.

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Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

Dealers to GM: We need a national advertising campaign

Beleaguered dealers frustrated with General Motors Corp. are clamoring for a national ad campaign to counteract the daily drumbeat of negative news about whether the company will go belly up.

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Advertising Age

Obama plans to boost small biz

President Barack Obama is looking for some sector of the economy to lead the nation out of recession, and he's putting down a $730 million dollar bet on small businesses.

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Politico

SPORTS

Mickelson treated for exhaustion as title chase heats up

Phil Mickelson's hopes of victory at the WGC-CA Championship today were dealt a blow when it emerged he had been treated overnight for heat exhaustion.

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Guardian

WGC-CA Championship live blog

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ESPN

Puerto Rico embarrasses US

Puerto Rico mercy ruled the U.S. squad in seven innings in an embarrassing blowout in the second round of the World Baseball Classic.

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Report: Costs for predatory Catholic priests keep rising

The price for failing to rein in predatory clergy keeps rising for the U.S. Roman Catholic Church. The church has paid more than $2.6 billion in settlements and related expenses since 1950.

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Newsday

Benedict XVI to make his first trip to Africa as pope

When Pope Benedict XVI embarks on his first trip to Africa as pontiff, traveling to Cameroon and Angola, he will be visiting the future of the church, if not its present.

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International Herald Tribune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The US army's mind-control project

The Army launches a program to harness brain waves in hopes of issuing silent commands to soldiers on the battlefield.

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TIME

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A billy goat named "Ushika" is fed at Yume Bokujyo in Narita, Japan. The name of the three-month old goat is translated from Japanese as "Are you a cow?" (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)

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