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An Iranian demonstrator holds a caricature of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as others wave Iranian flags during a rally marking the 28th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The rally was held in Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran. (Photo by Vahid Salemi / AP)

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Iran's president remains defiant on nuclear program

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CBS News

North Korea talks 'stall over energy'

Talks on North Korea's nuclear program face problems due to Pyongyang's "excessive" energy demands, a Japanese delegate said.

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BBC

U.S. defense chief dismisses Putin remarks

Defense Secretary Robert Gates dismissed an attack on U.S. foreign policy by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the blunt talk of a former spy, and said it is vital to keep working with Moscow.

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Reuters

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Putin says Iran should fully answer IAEA questions

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he failed to understand why Iran has not answered all the U.N. nuclear watchdog's questions about its nuclear program.

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Reuters

Portugal votes in referendum on abortion law

Portugal is deciding in a national referendum whether to discard its strict abortion law and adopt a more liberal policy that would bring the country into line with most other European nations.

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International Herald Tribune

Gay MP weds in civil union

New Zealand's first openly gay Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister Chris Carter, tied the knot with his long-term partner in a civil union ceremony in Auckland.

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Sunday Star Times

POLITICS

Democrats seek to limit U.S. involvement in Iraq

Even before they cast symbolic votes against the Iraq war, newly empowered congressional Democrats are clamoring for a chance to limit and eventually end U.S. involvement in Iraq.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Clinton says Bush 'incompetent' in Iraq

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton called U.S. President George W. Bush's policy in Iraq incompetent but came under pressure to explain her own vote to authorize the war.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Two Gonzaga players suspended following drug arrest

Gonzaga players Josh Heytvelt and Theo Davis have been suspended from the team indefinitely after their arrest for suspicion of drug possession.

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ESPN

Pro Bowl is a pain for QB Drew Brees

Drew Brees lived every player's Pro Bowl nightmare, dislocating his left elbow on his second series as the NFC's starting quarterback.

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USA Today

HEALTH

Many lung cancer cases in nonsmokers: study

Up to 20 percent of women who develop lung cancer have never smoked, U.S. researchers found in a study that suggests secondhand smoke may be to blame.

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Reuters

U.S. autism rate higher than estimated

Approximately one in every 150 children in the United States has autism or a closely related disorder, a figure higher than most recent estimates, according to a federal survey.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Trees and crops reclaim desert in Niger

In a dust-choked region of Niger, long seen as a barren wasteland, millions of trees are flourishing, thanks in part to poor farmers whose simple methods cost little or nothing at all.

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International Herald Tribune

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 plants.

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Environmental News Network

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GOOD NEWS

Boss takes charge, saves day

A barking pet awoke a family, preventing a potential fire from causing a tragedy.

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Daily Herald

Japanese team finds ancient Egyptian coffins

A Japanese archaeological team has discovered three painted wooden coffins in Egypt, including two from the little-known Middle Kingdom period dating back more than 4,000 years.

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Middle East Times

NATION

An end to the snow is finally in sight

The snow got even deeper during the weekend, but the end was in sight after a weeklong series of squalls that have buried towns near Lake Ontario.

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Buffalo News

Astronaut's arrest tests NASA's mettle

NASA has experienced tragedies before, but the U.S. space agency finds itself in uncharted terrain as it deals with the fallout from the arrest of one of its elite astronauts.

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CNN

More than 1,000 mourn family killed in Kentucky fire

Nearly 1,500 people packed a high school gymnasium and a few hundred more huddled outside to mourn 10 members of an extended family who died in a house fire.

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Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Is this the year the CEO pay balloon bursts?

Will Robert Nardelli and Henry A. McKinnell do for executive pay what Enron Corp. did for corporate governance?

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Forbes

Nasdaq's bid for London Stock Exchange fails

The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has failed in its $5.3 billion hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange PLC, falling well short of the 50 percent it needed to begin taking control.

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Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

'Idol' winner has sights set on Grammy gold

The Grammy Awards ceremony no doubt will have Carrie Underwood on the edge of her seat. The winner of Season 4 of "American Idol" is up for two prizes.

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Showbuzz

Dark story shines light on new director

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is a novice at the Oscar game, but he is being recognized for his very first film, "The Lives of Others,'' a stark look at East Berlin under Communist rule.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Has the iPhone started a touch screen mobile phone war?

The iPhone is still months away but the competition is already rushing to unveil some "iPhone killers."

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Playfuls

Microsoft to unveil Windows Mobile 6

Microsoft has announced that the company will show its new version of Windows Mobile to the world on Feb. 12 at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona, Spain.

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eWeek

EDUCATION

Students get unusal lesson to chew on

It was a novel class exercise: Ask a room full of high school students to take turns chewing the same piece of gum, to demonstrate how sexually transmitted diseases are spread.

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MSNBC

Tennessee university offers support to devastated New Orleans school

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

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Surgeon's knife may offer hope in African AIDS fight

After years of relentlessly negative news about HIV/AIDS in Africa, health experts are nursing hopes that at long last there may be a simple step doctors can take to fight the epidemic -- male circumcision.

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Reuters

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Biathletes line up and prepare to start the women's 12.5 kilometer mass start competition at the biathlon World Championships in Anterselva, Italy. (Photo by Jens Meyer / AP)

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