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Iraqi soldiers take up positions at Zarqa, 12 miles northeast of Najaf, Iraq. Iraqi troops backed by U.S. helicopters battled insurgents northeast of the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraqi officials said. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/AP)

Pentagon trying to cut forced extensions

In an action branded a backdoor draft by some critics, the military over the past several years has held tens of thousands of soldiers on the job beyond their retirement dates and enlistment length.

ABC News

No clear winner in deadly Gaza clashes between Hamas, Fatah

No clear winner is emerging from the deadly fighting in Gaza between the Hamas and Fatah movements, a sign that neither is strong enough to knock the other out.

Day

Sinn Fein vote puts peace back on track

Members of the Republican Sinn Fein party have voted overwhelmingly to begin cooperating with the Northern Ireland police.

CBC

Iraq clashes kill 250; two U.S. troops killed in helicopter crash

U.S.-backed Iraqi troops attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a Shiite Muslim festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 militants died in the battle near Najaf.

USA Today

Five killed in attack on Baghdad school

Yahoo! News

The true cost of war

Newsweek

Cheney: U.S. carrier to Gulf sends 'strong signal'

By deploying a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, the U.S. has sent a "strong signal" that it is in the region to stay, Vice President Dick Cheney said.

Reuters

U.S. embassy employee's wife killed in Kenya carjacking

Gunmen carjacked a U.S. embassy vehicle on the outskirts of Nairobi and killed the wife of an embassy employee and his mother-in-law. Police later killed two of the carjackers.

CNN

Saudis signal efforts to control oil prices

Saudi Arabia, which benefited immensely from record oil prices last year, has sent signals in the last two weeks it's committed to keeping oil at $50 a barrel.

International Herald Tribune

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Chinese performers take part in the opening ceremony of the 6th Asian Winter Games in Changchun, China. The Games have drawn a record number of competitors from northern Asia to the Middle East. (Photo by Ng Han / AP)	A Haitian woman searches a Port-au-Prince garbage dump for anything of value. Haiti, a former French colony, is one of the poorest countries in the world, with most people living on less than $2 per day. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa / AP)	In a stunt maneuver, Chris Burandt of Kremmling, Colo., flies independently from his snowmobile in the freestyle competition at the 11th Winter X Games, at Buttermilk Ski Area near Aspen, Colo. (Photo by Nathan Bilow / AP)

NATION

Iran official denies earlier reports on nuclear plants

An Iranian nuclear agency official has denied claims made by a top lawmaker that the Islamic Republic had begun installing 3,000 centrifuges at an uranium enrichment plant.

U.S. News & World Report

Global court to decide on launching first trial

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is to decide soon whether there is enough evidence to try a Congolese militiaman for using children as soldiers in what would be the new court's first trial.

Reuters

Israel's use of cluster bombs from U.S. examined

The White House will notify Congress that Israel may have violated agreements with Washington when it fired U.S.-supplied cluster munitions into Lebanon last summer, The New York Times reported.

CNN

Israel appoints first Arab cabinet minister

Ha'aretz

POLITICS

Clinton calls for U.S. exit from Iraq by '09

Hillary Rodham Clinton said President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be "the height of irresponsibility" to pass the war along to the next commander-in-chief.

Rapid City Journal

Mike Huckabee launches presidential bid

Yahoo! News

Pelosi meets with troops in Afghanistan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ate breakfast with soldiers from California and met briefly with top military leaders at the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan, an official said.

U.S. News & World Report

Congress pressured to ban racial profiling

The repercussions of an airline's decision to remove a group of imams from a commercial flight in Minneapolis could be heard in Congress this year.

AOL News

SPORTS

Federer seizes Aussie Open for 10th Grand Slam title

Roger Federer captured his 10th Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set at the Australian Open, beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4.

USA Today

Meissner gets help in U.S. skating title win

Kimmie Meissner has a national title, and that's all anybody needs to know. Never mind that the world champion finished third in the free skate, and won only because Emily Hughes fell.

AOL

HEALTH

New food pyramid offers building blocks to good nutrition

The new and improved U.S. Department of Agriculture's food guide pyramid - called MyPyramid - is helping Americans, young and old, to better understand how to eat healthfully, dietitians say.

HealthDay

Virulent TB in South Africa may imperil millions, experts warn

More than a year after a virulent strain of tuberculosis killed 53 infected patients in a rural South African hospital, experts say the disease has most likely spread to neighboring countries.

International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Apollo 1 astronauts honored at Cape

Back before Columbia and Challenger, three American astronauts died in a flash of fire. The Apollo 1 disaster occurred 40 years ago and knocked NASA to its knees.

Palm Beach Post

New process improves efficiency of ethanol production

Carnegie Mellon University chemical engineers have devised a new process that can improve the efficiency of ethanol production, a major component in making biofuels.

Science Daily

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

American Civil Rights Leader

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Editorial:

Sticks, stones, and Mr. Obama

Washington Post

Column (Joe Copeland):

Army officer points out our responsibilities

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

The hidden cost of free congressional trips to Israel

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

To attack Iran

Baltimore Sun

Column (Les Payne):

Bush can't dodge Webb's critique

Newsday

Editorial:

Deduction no reduction

Houston Chronicle

Column (Robert Fisk):

World ignores signs of civil war in Lebanon

London Independent

Editorial:

Bush's bait-and-switch

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

FBI lax in Foley scandal

Houston Chronicle

Column:

A Hispanic who would be president

San Diego Union-Tribune

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Media backtalk: Howard Kurtz

Washington Post

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Washington Post

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Hillary and women voters: Linda Hirshman

Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Volunteers shoulder much of post-Katrina rebuilding

In Gulf communities, charity groups and do-it-yourself efforts are filling in the very large void left by the lack of government aid and insurance.

MSNBC

Marcia Wallace honored by cancer center

Marcia Wallace of "The Bob Newhart Show" fame was honored by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute for helping educate Americans about the importance of early cancer detection.

Forbes

NATION

A deal in the desert for Sen. Reid?

It's hard to buy undeveloped land in northern Arizona for $166 an acre. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid effectively did just that when a longtime friend decided to sell him property.

Los Angeles Times

Navy calls off search for helicopter crash victims