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About 10,000 anti-government protesters gathered in Yangon, Myanmar despite a violent crackdown by security forces that drew international appeals for restraint by Myanmar's ruling junta. (Photo by The Mandalay Gazette, HO / AP)

Myanmar generals use violence on protesters

The government of Myanmar began a violent crackdown after tolerating more than a month of ever-larger protests in cities around the country.

International Herald Tribune

Monks defy military crackdown

Yahoo! News

Climate talks draw biggest polluters

Reuters

2 Patriot Act provisions ruled unlawful

Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled.

Associated Press

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Domestic surveillance

CBS News

Bush seeks nearly $50B more for wars

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will ask Congress to approve nearly $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third.

MSNBC

Iraqi government plans to regulate contractors

Christian Science Monitor

Food crisis looms after Africa floods

The Red Cross warned that a food crisis could be looming across east and west Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding.

AFP

Africa floods food crisis

BBC

NATION

Another 269,000 Thomas toys recalled for lead paint

RC2 Corp. is voluntarily recalling 269,000 Chinese-made Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway products because lead in the paint may exceed government levels.

Daily Herald

Mattel toy recall hits hard at mom and pop stores

WBBM

'Jena 6' parents take plea to Capitol Hill

The parents of one of six black Louisiana teens facing the possibility of years in prison for beating a white classmate have taken their plea for help to Congress.

USA Today

POLITICS

Washington sees an opportunity on Iran

President George W. Bush told aides he feared choosing between acquiescing to Iran's nuclear ambitions and ordering military action. Now, the search for an effective alternative enters a new phase.

International Herald Tribune

Dems can't make guarantee on Iraq troops

The leading Democratic White House hopefuls conceded they cannot guarantee to pull all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential term in 2013.

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

British Airways buys airplanes from Boeing and Airbus

British Airways has ordered 24 Boeing 787 aircraft and a dozen Airbus A380s, all to be equipped with Rolls-Royce engines, the company announced.

International Herald Tribune

Nike designs shoes for Native Americans

Nike unveiled the Air Native N7 — its first shoe designed for the Native American foot — with the stated goal of improving health on U.S. tribal lands.

The Oregonian

Nike tailors sneaker for Native American buyers

NPR

HEALTH

All types of alcohol raise cancer risk

All types of alcohol — wine, beer or liquor — add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said.

Yahoo! News

Bringing lifesaving vaccines to children

A doctor, a banker, an engineer and a scientist are working to bring lifesaving vaccines to children around the world.

Newsweek

House votes to expand health insurance program for children

San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Vick fails drug test, confined to home

Stricter release conditions were imposed on Michael Vick after he tested positive for having used marijuana on Sept. 13.

WGCL

How will the NFL deal with Vick's postive test?

ESPN

U.S. makes goalkeeping switch ahead of FIFA semifinal

Briana Scurry will replace Hope Solo as starting goalkeeper when the United States meets Brazil in the semifinals of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Hangzhou, China.

CBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Amish show the world how to forgive

A new book by three scholars of Amish life, "Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy," explains how the Amish practice forgiveness and why it's so central to their lives.

Beliefnet

U.S. Anglicans agree not to ordain gay bishops or bless gay couples

Episcopal leaders, pressured to roll back their support for gays, affirmed that they will "exercise restraint" in approving another gay bishop and will not approve prayers to bless same-sex couples.

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Rare white rhino goes on show

A rare baby white rhinoceros is meeting the public just 12 days after being born at a Scottish safari park. There were just five white rhinos born in Europe last year.

CBBC

One-day-old rare white rhino makes debut

CNN

'Dying' giant sequoia tree makes amazing recovery

A giant sequoia tree thought to be more than 2,900 years old is sprouting new shoots and branches in what park rangers are calling a landmark recovery.

KNBC

WORLD

Iraqi oil exports to north rise

A campaign to stop sabotage on the key Iraqi oil pipeline running north from Kirkuk to Turkey has led to sustained oil exports for the first time since the war began, say U.S. and Iraqi officials.

Christian Science Monitor

Somalia teeters on edge of survival

Nine months into a U.N.-sponsored transition, the country Somalia has changed little, with hundreds of thousands of people on the verge of starvation.

International Herald Tribune

Zimbabwe orders 'white firm grab'

The Zimbabwean parliament has passed a bill to move majority control of foreign-owned companies operating in the country to black Zimbabweans.

BBC

Uprooting Zimbabwe's shantytowns

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

White House ‘stacked the deck’ against clean-air effort

The White House approved a Transportation Department campaign to lobby against California’s application for tough auto-emissions limits, a lawmaker charged.

Kansas City Star

Chinese admit that Three Gorges Dam is an ecological disaster

The Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River in China may prove to be an environmental catastrophe, officials have said in an unprecedented admission.

Times Online

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Anorexic actress provokes controversy with naked posters

At 27, the French actress Isabelle Caro weighs 68 pounds and has suffered from anorexia for 15 years. Her decision to appear naked on billboards to promote a fashion label has sparked controversy.

Times Online

Anti-anorexia billboard shocks Italy

KCAL

MIstrial in Spector murder case

With the jury deadlocked 10-2 after 12 days of deliberations, the judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame producer Phil Spector.

E! Online

Phil Spector on trial for murder

KCAL

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NZ police let public write laws

New Zealanders have been given the chance to write their own laws, with a new online tool launched by police.

BBC

Stone Age rice paddy fields discovered in China swamp

Stone Age paddy fields tended by the world's earliest known rice farmers have been uncovered in a swamp in China, scientists say.

National Geographic

EDUCATION

Little Rock celebrates anniversary of civil rights pioneers

On the golden anniversary of a national shame, the heartfelt tributes rightly focused on six women and three men who have become genuine, living American heroes.

Toronto Star

Little Rock 9 Member: I Was Brave

ABC News

Gunman wearing mask arrested at St. John's University

Fears of another Virginia Tech massacre gripped St. John's University when a student was arrested after he was spotting walking through the campus carrying a powerful .50 caliber rifle.

Newsday

St. John's locked down, cops search gunman's home

WCBS

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