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Sir Richard Branson, left, playfully tosses a globe as former U.S. Vice President Al Gore looks on, at the London announcement of the Virgin Earth Challenge -- a $25 million global science and technology prize that will be awarded to an individual or group who finds a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)

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IAEA halts half of technical aid to Iran

The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency suspended nearly half of the technical aid it now provides Iran, in line with sanctions imposed on the country for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

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Yahoo! News

Autopsy results: Smith death not foul play

Anna Nicole Smith did not appear to be a victim of foul play, according to preliminary results of an autopsy. The cause and manner of death were not determined.

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CNN

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Anna Nicole Smith's mother blames drugs for her death

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Sun-Sentinel

Democrats may seek Guantanamo shutdown

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said he may seek to close the Guantanamo facility in Cuba by including a requirement in the spending bill for Iraq the Congress will vote on next month.

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MSNBC

Iraqi insurgents offer peace for concessions

For the first time, one of Iraq's principal insurgent groups has set out the terms of a ceasefire that would allow American and British forces to leave the country they invaded almost four years ago.

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London Independent

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Official's key pre-war report on Iraq is faulted

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Washington Post

Gates: U.S. can prove Iran's role in Iraq

Serial numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide evidence that Iran is providing either weapons or technology for militants there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted.

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U.S. News & World Report

Rice OKs talks on Iraqi refugees

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she authorized the U.S. embassy in Syria to talk to Damascus about Iraqi refugees but downplayed expectations about a wider dialogue.

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CNN

Group names top 10 polluting refineries

Environmental activists said more stringent air-quality regulations are needed for oil refineries along the Gulf Coast, a region densely populated with petroleum industry plants.

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Examiner

Spain to hand judge documents on secret CIA flights

Spain agreed to hand a judge intelligence documents about secret CIA flights that transported terrorism suspects to third countries where investigators say they may have faced torture or abuse.

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Reuters

NATION

North Korea talks resume on positive note

South Korea's nuclear envoy said a Chinese draft agreement, with North Korea accepting in principle steps for disarmament, is a good start for discussion.

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Guardian

South Africa's president vows war on crime and poverty

In a speech focusing on the country's most glaring social ills, South African President Thabo Mbeki pledged to tackle poverty and crime, speed up land redistribution to blacks and fight AIDS.

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Reuters

Jerusalem 'tense' after clashes at mosque

A tense calm is reported in the Old City of Jerusalem, after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians erupted at a contested holy site.

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BBC

POLITICS

Congress to hear sex slaves' testimony

Three women who were forced into sexual servitude by Japanese soldiers in World War II will testify before a U.S. congressional committee next week.

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AOL News

Obama touts non-political resume

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who will announce that he's running for the Democratic presidential nomination, says the brevity of his political resume is his "greatest strength."

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USA Today

Candidates blaze the campaign trail - online

Blogs, podcast, Web video - these and other Internet technologies have fast become must-have political tools for the 2008 presidential candidates.

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ABC News

SPORTS

Ex-Yankees great Hank Bauer dies at 84

Hank Bauer, the tough ex-Marine who set a World Series record with a 17-game hitting streak for the New York Yankees and later managed the Baltimore Orioles to the 1966 title, has died.

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Sports Illustrated

Disputed phone call with Bush has USC investigating

The University of Southern California is looking into whether it may have violated NCAA recruiting rules while pursuing highly rated recruit Joe McKnight, a university official said.

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ESPN

HEALTH

'Missing link' in process leading to Alzheimer's disease identified

Scientists at the University of Virginia have identified what appears to be a major missing link in the process that destroys nerve cells in Alzheimer’s disease.

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'Natural' remedies may interfere with clinical trials

Patients in phase one cancer trials may be skewing the results if they are also taking vitamins, herbal preparations, minerals and other dietary supplements, researchers report.

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HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Branson offers millions for climate change solutions

Sir Richard Branson, the British tycoon who founded the Virgin Group empire, has announced a $25 million prize for the scientist who finds a way to extract greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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International Herald Tribune

House puts energy technology onus on EPA

Determining how best to speed ethanol and other alternative fuels from refinery to gas pump would rest with the government under new legislation passed by the House.

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Examiner

Columns And Op-Ed

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Too soon to require cancer vaccine

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USA Today

Snack-ad attack

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Christian Science Monitor

Pander-bear eager to work with columnists

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Seattle Post Intelligencer

Wanted: A new sheriff in Gaza

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TIME

When you tax profits, you tax people

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Real Clear Politics

Column (Sidney Blumenthal):

The Pentagon's not-so-little secret

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Salon

Ideology vs. justice

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A loser for states, national security

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Miami Herald

Column (Daniel Byman):

Saudi Arabia's own Iraq nightmare

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Salon

Next stop Iran?

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Economist

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GOOD NEWS

U.S. makes grant to help Vietnam dioxin cleanup

The United States is donating $400,000 to Vietnam toward cleaning up poisonous dioxin from a wartime airbase, in what officials called an important step in healing a bitter war legacy.

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Reuters

Fire makes hero out of neighbor

Marta Ibarra lowered her 8-month-old baby from the second-story window as smoke filled their bedroom. A man stood on a white van right below the window, begging her to drop her baby.

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Contra Costa Times

NATION

6 feet of snow, and more on the way

While the northern Plains and Northeast shiver in dangerously cold temperatures, folks in upstate New York are keeping warm shoveling snow — lots of snow.

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USA Today

LA police probe 'homeless dumping'

LA police are investigating allegations that a hospital van dropped off a paraplegic man on Skid Row, with nothing more than a soiled gown and a broken colostomy bag.

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Yahoo! News

Plant nursery accused of human trafficking

A dozen Guatemalans filed a federal lawsuit against a large nursery, claiming they were taken to Connecticut without their consent, forced to work nearly 80 hours a week.

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CBS News

BUSINESS

Road-travel icon has new British owner

Britain's biggest bus company, FirstGroup Plc, has agreed to buy Laidlaw International Inc. -- the U.S. company that runs Greyhound buses -- for $2.8 billion plus debt.

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Reuters

Oil prices sit above $59 a barrel

Oil prices briefly rose above $60 a barrel for the first time since early January, lifted by Iran-U.S. tension, violence in Nigeria and frigid U.S. temperatures.

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Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

James Brown's partner granted access to home

The woman who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife will be allowed to return to the home she shared with the singer to retrieve her belongings, a judge ruled.

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Columbian

The Who's Townshend and Daltrey to tour

More than four decades after they first hit the road, The Who gave an impromptu performance to show they're in fighting form for a 28-city European tour.

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Showbuzz

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Museum combines DNA, fossils to show human ancestry

The traditional museum showpieces of human evolution are being nudged aside at the famed American Museum of Natural History by a newcomer that appears to be an empty test tube.

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Reuters

Corporate computer threats 'moving to Adobe'

The launch of Microsoft Office 2007 is likely to force malicious hackers to focus more attention on looking for vulnerabilities in other desktop applications.

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CNET News

EDUCATION

Harvard poised to select woman as president-Crimson

Harvard University will likely appoint its first female president this weekend, ending a one-year search for a new leader at America's oldest university, the student newspaper reported.

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Reuters

Tennessee university offers support to devastated New Orleans school

Middle Tennessee State University has announced an academic partnership to help rebuild the New Orleans branch of the historically black Southern University system.

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CNN

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Thai drafters meditate over state religion

The question of whether Buddhism should officially be declared the national religion has prompted fierce debate in Thailand.

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Bangkok Post

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

N.H. to offer girls free cancer vaccine

New Hampshire announced plans Wednesday to become the first state to offer the new cervical-cancer vaccine free to all girls.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Palestinian children peer from a house window in the Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, as they watch a demonstration against the Palestinian internal fighting between Fatah and Hamas groups and against the Israeli government's construction work outside the disputed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in east Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo by Adel Hana)

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