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Nobel peace laureate Elie Wiesel, second from left, stands among Jewish sympathizers and demonstrators after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered his speech during the opening of the Durban Review Conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo by Laurent Gillieron / Keystone / AP)

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Walkout at Iran leader's speech

Dozens of diplomats, including Britain's U.N. ambassador in Geneva, walked out of a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when the Iranian president accused Israel of being "a totally racist" regime.

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Guardian

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Dramatic walkout

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Times Online

Stakes high as Congress returns

Barack Obama's presidency has been a wild ride for the U.S. Congress and lawmakers are bracing for more turbulence when they begin returning to tackle an array of tough issues from healthcare to energy.

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Obama seeking $100 million in cuts

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Columbine's grief lingers on 10th anniversary

Hundreds of people streamed into Clement Park at sunset to honor those lost, to look back even as they move forward and to remember a day 10 years ago that none who was there can ever forget.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Survivors seek good from tragedy

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CBS News

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What schools learned since Columbine

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Christian Science Monitor

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Tragedy and heroism at Columbine

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MSNBC

Jamaica plane hijacker surrenders

A gunman who hijacked a passenger plane in the Jamaican resort of Montego Bay has surrendered, the country's information ministry has said.

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BBC

Oracle to buy Sun Micro for $7.4 billion

Oracle plans to enter the computer hardware market by buying Sun Microsystems for more than $7 billion, after Sun's talks with IBM fell apart.

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Financial Times

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IBM gets Sun-burned

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NATION

Southeast on storm watch as 2 die

Authorities say two people in northern Alabama have been killed in separate accidents as a band of violent weather brought high winds, hail and heavy rains across the South.

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CBS News

High-end coffee business slows during economic recession

The high-end specialty coffee industry isn't immune to the effects of a recession, but many companies are still doing well.

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CNN

POLITICS

Al-Qaida suspects waterboarded 266 times by CIA

Torture technique outlawed by Obama was used extensively on 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and alleged terror commander Abu Zubaydah.

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Guardian

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Obama torture policies slammed by critics

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Christian Science Monitor

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Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security

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CNN

Some in GOP call for gay marriage rights

Gay marriage has long been a divisive issue with the Republican Party. In the wake of recent state decisions in favor of gay marriage, some high profile members of the GOP are trying to change that.

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HEALTH

Newsman to donate brain after death for Parkinson's disease research

Newsman Jeremy Paxman has agreed to donate his brain for research into Parkinson's disease after he dies, as part of a new campaign to encourage others to do the same.

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Guardian

1 in 10 video gaming youths could be addicted, finds study

Nearly one in 10 children and teens who play video games showed signs of what could be considered addiction to games.

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USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Wildlife officers seize monitor lizards

Malaysian wildlife officers seized 210 clouded monitor lizards believed to be for sale at a village in the central Pahang state, officials said.

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Earth Times

Rainy weather forecasts often misunderstood by many

To bring an umbrella or not to bring an umbrella? That’s the perennial question on those days where the chance of rain is less than 100 percent.

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LiveScience

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Father denies 'Slumdog' child sale

The father of a "Slumdog Millionaire" child actress has denied trying to sell her in what he called a "dirty" undercover operation by a U.K. newspaper.

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BBC

Green Day announce summer tour

Bay Area punk band Green Day have announced a 38-date North American tour in support of their upcoming album, "21st Century Breakdown."

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Spin

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Sikhs celebrate spring harvest festival

In the Sikh religion, Baisakhi carries a special significance — a commemoration of the day, 310 years ago, when Guru Gobind Singh gathered followers in Punjab, India, and established the Sikh principle of purity.

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News Journal

Vatican in new rift with Jews

Pope Benedict's decision to send a Vatican delegation to a U.N. conference on racism has opened a new rift in relations with Jewish groups who fear it will be used as a platform to attack Israel.

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Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Operation Fairy Dust donated thousands of designer prom dresses

Hundreds of New York City High School girls walked away with their dream prom dresses after attending Fairy Dust's seventh annual Prom Dress Giveaway.

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Staying slim helps the planet

Staying slim is good for the planet because food production has a big impact on global warming, according to two researchers.

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Medical News Today

WORLD

UN says North Korea could restart its nuclear facilities

North Korea could restart its nuclear facilities within months, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned, but negotiations on halting its nuclear ambitions could be revived.

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Houston Chronicle

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IAEA urges talks with North Korea, Iran

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Reuters

North Korea wants talks with South Korea

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Christian Science Monitor

Iranian president says reporter must get full appeal

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered a potential olive branch to the United States over the spying conviction of an Iranian-American journalist by urging a full defense be allowed at her appeal.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Obama says US journalist in Iran is no spy

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The Hill

BUSINESS

Bank of America profit triples

Bank of America reported net income more than tripled to $4.2 billion in the first quarter, ahead of analysts’ expectations.

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Financial Times

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Stocks: After six weeks, a retreat

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CNNMoney

PepsiCo to buy bottlers for $6 billion

PepsiCo Inc. offered $6 billion to acquire its two largest bottlers in an effort to cut costs and become more efficient.

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Forbes

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What led to the economic collapse?

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China finds another 1,000 miles of the Great Wall

It is still not visible from space, but scientists have discovered that the Great Wall of China is about 1,000 miles longer than previously thought.

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Times Online

Noted physicist Stephen Hawking is 'ill'

Stephen Hawking, the British theoretical physicist most famous for his best-selling book “A Brief History of Time,” is “very ill,” the University of Cambridge said.

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Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Early learning is no game

Draft State Government regulations will make it compulsory for every child-care centre to employ a qualified kindergarten teacher, to improve quality.

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The Age

13-year-old's school strip-search case heads to Supreme Court

The case of a 13-year-old Arizona girl strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain-reliever will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

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CNN

SPORTS

Team that lost 21 horses withdraws from US Polo Open

The Lechuza Caracas Polo team has withdrawn from the U.S. Open Polo Championship after 21 horses died before a polo match.

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Palm Beach Post

Ainge told not to watch Celtics

Celtics GM Danny Ainge was released from a Massachusetts Hospital, two days after suffering a minor heart attack and having arterial surgery.

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ESPN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Study: Women less able to suppress hunger than men

Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females.

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Christian Orthodox pilgrims hold candles in front of the Edicule at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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