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Mourners walk behind the Turkish flag-wrapped coffin of Pvt. Ibrahim Gedik during a funeral ceremony in the Black Sea city of Trabzon, northeastern Turkey. Pvt. Gedik was killed during the clashes with Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. (Photo by Tekin Atay / AP)

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Obama knocks Clinton, but wouldn't repeal NAFTA

Appealing to union voters, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said that even though he has repeatedly said the passage of NAFTA was bad for the country, he would not try to repeal it.

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ABC News

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Clinton slams Obama on NAFTA

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Reuters

Cuba's new president, Raul Castro

Cuba's National Assembly chose Raul Castro as Cuba's new president.

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CNN

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Cuba gets new leader

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Reuters

Gates calls on Turkey to talk with rebels

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates reportedly urged Turkey to keep its incursions into northern Iraq to hit Kurdish separatists as short as possible.

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United Press International

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Turkey continues Northern Iraq incursion

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Voice of America

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Iraq in pictures

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Yahoo! News

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Turkish raid strains U.S.-Kurd ties

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Christian Science Monitor

United Airlines planes clip wings

Two United Airlines planes were being inspected after their wings touched at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.

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MSNBC

High oil prices take a toll on middle class

Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to propel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is squeezing this region's middle class.

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International Herald Tribune

NATION

Nader running for president, hopes third time is a charm

Ralph Nader is launching a third-party campaign for president. The consumer advocate made the announcement on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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Houston Chronicle

US clunkers irk environmentalists, dealers in Mexico

While some Americans are congratulating themselves on switching to fuel-sipping cars, their old gas guzzlers just won't die. U.S. trade policy is giving them new life south of the border.

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San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Mike Huckabee: going nowhere

For a guy who promises not to “overstay his welcome’’ in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee was having a hard time leaving the "Saturday Night Live" stage.

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McCain aides lobby on campaign bus

Sen. Barack Obama said that presidential nominee in waiting, Sen. John McCain, has lobbyists as top aides and "many of them have been running their business on the campaign bus while helping him."

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CBS News

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Clinton tells Obama: 'Shame on you'; Obama fires back

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CNN

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In Texas, Clinton has history and Obama has buzz

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Alarm bells as inflation pressures mount

Inflation alarm bells are ringing in financial markets as soaring energy and commodity prices unsettle investors already nervous about an economic downturn.

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International Herald Tribune

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Crude oil rises a second day on concerns of supply disruptions

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Bloomberg

What is it like being an oil trader?

The most popular software among oil traders is not an oil trading package or even a news service such as Reuters — it is Yahoo! Instant Messenger.

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BBC

HEALTH

Fear of insurance trouble leads many to shun or hide DNA tests

Victoria Grove wanted to find out if she was destined to develop the form of emphysema that ran in her family, but she did not want to ask her doctor for the DNA test that would tell her.

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Sarasota Herald-Tribume

FDA changes all 3 strains in flu vaccine

The FDA has completed its selection of the three strains to be included in next season's flu vaccine, the first time in 20 years that its called for a complete reformulation.

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Newsday

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

He's 0 for 19: Can he take home an Oscar?

Sound mixer Kevin O'Connell is enjoying his 20th nomination. Can he finally win one?

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ABC News

Overlooked by Oscar

Culled from hundreds of candidates, the list of Oscar-nominated movies contains fewer than 60 titles. Narrow it to full-length features, and you're looking at 44. And the winners' list is shorter than that.

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Akron Beacon Journal

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Oscar's Best Actress nominees

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TIME

RELIGION

Hippies had it right: Kids need spirituality

Four years ago, two American psychologists asked a simple question: What do you want for your children? More than 10,000 adults in 48 countries across six continents responded.

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canada.com

Multi-faith radio marks birthday

An online radio station run jointly by members of the Jewish and Muslim faiths is celebrating its first anniversary.

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Georgia pair wins $270M prize

A couple from Bulloch County, Ga., revealed themselves as ticket holders for one of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history.

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USA Today

Ancestral human skull found in China

A human skull tentatively dating back 80,000 to 100,000 years may shed light on a murky chapter of evolutionary history, its discoverers say.

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National Geographic

WORLD

Inside North Korea's nuclear site

An unprecedented tour of the country's main nuclear site.

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ABC News

Japanese man arrested 26 years after infamous slaying in LA

More than a quarter-century after a Japanese tourist was killed and her husband injured in a downtown attack that sparked an international uproar, the man will be visiting again -- as the suspect.

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San Jose Mercury News

Pakistan Taliban warn new government to keep clear

Pakistan militants linked to al-Qaeda warned any incoming civilian government that they would strike even more viciously if President Pervez Musharraf's war on terror was continued in tribal areas.

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Reuters

Ahmadinejad to US: say 'sorry'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the U.S. and its allies to "apologize" to Iran for accusing it of seeking nuclear weapons.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Antarctic mud yields climate change insight for scientists

Geologists from around the world indulge, of all things, their collective love of petrified mud.

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ABC News

Worldwide, rats cause seabird decline

The global analysis found that non-native rats have been observed preying on roughly a quarter of all seabird species, often with disastrous consequences.

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National Geographic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

After HD DVD drop, Toshiba spends $835M to back PS3

A new twist has emerged with the death of HD DVD. After Warner, Best Buy, Walmart and Netflix jumped on the Blu bandwagon, the fate of HD DVD was already sealed.

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Daily Tech

Microsoft nixes HD DVD drive for Xbox 360

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CNET News

Mysterious pyramid discovered in Peru

The remnants of at least 10 pyramids have been discovered on the coast of Peru, marking what could be a vast ceremonial site of an ancient, little-known culture, archaeologists say.

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National Geographic

SPORTS

Grossman re-signs 1-year deal

Rex Grossman has signed a one-year deal to remain as the starting quarterback of the Chicago Bears.

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ESPN

No. 2 Tennessee stuns No. 1 Memphis

Memphis wanted to prove it really was the best team in the country, maybe even make a run at perfection. Turns out, the Tigers aren't even best in their own state.

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2nd ranked Tennessee beats number one Memphis

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Yahoo! News

EDUCATION

Results appraisals upset teachers

New York City has started a pilot project to assess teachers on how well their students do in annual standard mathematics and reading tests.

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BBC

Plan busts school mold

Geometry teachers from a Denver high school have created a course that's all the rage at Loveland High — a house-building class where students learn the slope of a line by determining the pitch of a roof.

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Denver Post

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Blair knew US had no post-war plan for Iraq

Tony Blair agreed to commit British troops to battle in Iraq in the full knowledge that Washington had failed to make adequate preparations for the postwar reconstruction of the country.

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Observer

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A Tibetan who lives in Taiwan raises Tibet's flag high at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, in Taipei, as part of the torch relay for the Tibetan Olympics to be held in Dharamsala in India. (Photo by Chiang Ying-ying / AP)

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