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Residents gather at the scene of car bomb attacks in Baghdad to survey the damage. (Photo by Namir Noor-Eldeen/Reuters)

Gaza battle rages on, at least 25 dead

Gunmen from the rival Hamas and Fatah movements battled each other in Gaza, continuing an increasingly bloody power struggle over the Palestinian government.

CNN

Israel appoints first Arab cabinet minister

Ha'aretz

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

Five killed in attack on Baghdad school

Yahoo! News

Industry ministry adviser among 17 killed in Iraq

CNN

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

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

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

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

POLITICS

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

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

Mike Huckabee launches presidential bid

Yahoo! 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

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

Scientists link paternal gene, autism

A study of autism in India has found that a gene passed on by fathers may be at least a contributing factor.

Science Daily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Intel, IBM will shrink chips and gadgets

Intel and IBM separately say they have solved a puzzle perplexing the semiconductor industry about how to reduce energy loss in microchip transistors as the technology shrinks.

CBS News

GoDaddy pulls security site after MySpace complaints

MySpace demanded that GoDaddy pull the plug on Seclists.org, because a list of thousands of MySpace usernames and passwords was archived on the site.

CNET News

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GOOD NEWS

SixDegress.org Web site networks for charity

Kevin Bacon has started SixDegrees.org, a social networking site for charity that trades on the famous game based on the actor's ubiquity.

London Free Press

YouTube may share revenue with users

YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley made news at a meeting of some of the globe's most powerful people, announcing that his wildly successful site will start sharing revenue with millions of users.

USA Today

NATION

Thousands gather in Washington to protest Iraq war

BBC

Fonda, Sarandon among Iraq war protesters

CNN

Navy calls off search for helicopter crash victims

The Navy called off a search for three missing crew members of a helicopter that crashed in the ocean about 50 miles off California's southern coast.

Yahoo! News

Prince Charles, Camilla on weekend visit to U.S.

Prince Charles arrived for a two-day trip in the U.S. and his first visit to Philadelphia, the city where American colonists declared their independence from British rule more than two centuries ago.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

More jobs, rising incomes boost spending

Employers in the U.S. added 145,000 workers to their payrolls this month and incomes grew, suggesting consumers will keep spending even after splurging during the holidays.

Bloomberg

Sanctions for hiring illegals worry firms

Business lobbyists are worried about sanctions against companies caught hiring illegal aliens, in legislation being considered to reform immigration.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

ENVIRONMENT

'Padre Nuestro' wins top honors at Sundance

Sundance Film Festival's grand-jury prize for best U.S. drama went to "Padre Nuestro," an immigrant saga about a Mexican teen's heartbreaking search for his father in America.

Yahoo! News

Beckham plays prince for Disney

David Beckham played Prince Charming in a new Disney campaign, his first showpiece endorsement since announcing his move to Los Angeles.

The Age

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

China admits to climate failings

China is failing to make progress on improving and protecting the environment, according to a new government report.

BBC

Gas substitutes boost the flex-fuel car

Following President Bush's call for a 20 percent cut in gasoline consumption, Congress has unveiled legislation that would require automakers to build cars that could burn alternative fuels.

Christian Science Monitor

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Austere version of Islam finding a home in India

The change came several years ago for Maryam Arrakal. Her husband brought a black, all-covering abaya back to this steamy, subtropical town from the desert sands of Saudi Arabia.

Los Angeles Times

The heart of Jewish life in Rome, under siege

Even as the number of Jews living in Europe's oldest Jewish community drops, Jewish life is thriving.

International Herald Tribune

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