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  Medvedev: Putin should be prime minister AP - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

  MOSCOW - Dmitry Medvedev, the hand-picked candidate to succeed President Vladimir Putin, called Tuesday for Putin become prime minister after the March 2 election.

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  Colo. gunman's posting hinted of attacks AP - 6 minutes ago

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Authorities believe the man who killed four people at a church and missionary training center posted an anti-Christian diatribe online that closely repeated a rant by one of the Columbine killers, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

• Ask.com to unveil new privacy control AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - Hoping to establish itself as the Internet's least intrusive search engine, Ask.com is empowering people to prevent their search requests from being deposited in data banks.

• Led Zeppelin lets the 'Good Times' roll AP - 34 minutes ago

  LONDON - After that performance, Led Zeppelin really must go on tour.

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  Saints rough up emotional Falcons 34-14 AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - With Reggie Bush watching from the sideline, Drew Brees passed for 328 yards and three touchdowns as the New Orleans Saints bounced back from a devastating loss with a 34-14 rout of Atlanta on Monday night.

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  Twin car bombs kill 47 in Algiers Reuters - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  ALGIERS (Reuters) - At least forty-seven people were killed when two car bombs exploded in upscale districts of Algiers on Tuesday, a security source said, in the bloodiest attack since the 1990s on the capital of the OPEC member state.

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  Russia's Medvedev backs Putin to become PM Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, named by Russian President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, said on Tuesday he wanted Putin to become prime minister under him, mapping out a route for the outgoing leader to retain influence.

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  Row over emissions goal sours Bali talks Reuters - Tue Dec 11, 12:56 AM ET

  NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The European Union took a veiled swipe at the United States at climate talks in Bali on Tuesday over Washington's efforts to remove tough 2020 emissions guidelines for rich nations from draft text.

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  Tymoshenko fails in bid for Ukraine premiership Reuters - 29 minutes ago

  KIEV (Reuters) - Yulia Tymoshenko, leading force in Ukraine's 2004 "Orange Revolution," failed to win backing from parliament to restore her as prime minister on Tuesday, plunging the ex-Soviet state into new political uncertainty.

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  Group says Iran resumed nuclear arms program: report Reuters - 23 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran did shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003 but restarted it a year later, dispersing the equipment to thwart international inspectors, an overseas Iranian opposition group told the Wall Street Journal.

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  Iraq rejects permanent U.S. bases: adviser Reuters - 44 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will never allow the United States to have permanent military bases on its soil, the government's national security adviser said.

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  Boy shoots classmate dead in Indian school Reuters - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A schoolboy shot and killed a classmate on Tuesday in a private school in a suburb of the Indian capital, police said.

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  China and U.S. spar over trade, product safety Reuters - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China agreed to stiffer food and drug export controls on Tuesday after a day of trade talks with the United States which were strained by tensions over how to handle consumer alarm about the "made-in-China" tag.

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  Twin bomb blasts kill 52 in Algiers AFP - 48 minutes ago

  ALGIERS (AFP) - Two bomb attacks -- one on the UN refugee agency -- rocked the Algerian capital on Tuesday, killing at least 52 people with foreigners among the casualties, hospital sources and officials said.

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  Putin should be prime minister: Medvedev AFP - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin should become Russia's prime minister after leaving the Kremlin, Dmitry Medvedev, the main contender to replace Putin in an election next March, said Tuesday.

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  Four militants killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip AFP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three Palestinian militants were killed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as Israel launched its largest operation in months in the south of the Hamas-run territory, medics and witnesses said after another militant was killed by an air strike in the north.

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  First regular train service crosses inter-Korean border AFP - Tue Dec 11, 1:37 AM ET

  DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AFP) - The first regular train service between the two Koreas for over 50 years crossed the heavily fortified border on Tuesday, in the latest reconciliation project between the historic enemies.

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  Russia to demand UN annul any Kosovo independence: Interfax AFP - Tue Dec 11, 4:59 AM ET

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia will demand that the UN Security Council annul any unilateral declaration of independence by the Serbian province of Kosovo, Interfax quoted Russia's chief Kosovo negotiator as saying Tuesday.

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  Media mogul Black sentenced to 6.5 years AFP - Tue Dec 11, 3:45 AM ET

  CHICAGO (AFP) - Disgraced media baron Conrad Black was sentenced to six and half years in prison Monday for raiding the coffers of his once mighty newspaper empire and trying to cover up his crime.

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  Fed eyes rate cut, prepares for economic storm: analysts AFP - Tue Dec 11, 1:40 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy has sailed through a series of rough patches, but the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates Tuesday to guard against the effects of a brewing economic storm, analysts say.

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  Dutch debate building Tulip Island in North Sea Reuters - Sun Dec 9, 7:24 PM ET

  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands wants to redraw the map of Europe -- literally.

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  Disgraced football star Vick sentenced to 23 months Reuters - Mon Dec 10, 3:48 PM ET

  RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Disgraced U.S. football star Michael Vick was sentenced on Monday to 23 months in prison for his role in an illegal dogfighting ring in which he had admitted he was involved in the killing of at least eight dogs.

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  Obama and the 'Oprah Effect': can she sway voters? The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Dec 10, 3:00 AM ET

  DES MOINES, Iowa; and LOS ANGELES - Melanie White wasn't paying much attention to the presidential campaign. But when she heard Oprah Winfrey was coming to Des Moines to campaign for Barack Obama, politics suddenly mattered. She wanted to see Oprah.

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  South America launches rival to the IMF, World Bank AFP - Sun Dec 9, 11:28 PM ET

  BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Six South American presidents on Sunday launched the Bank of the South, the region's answer to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as a source for development funds.

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  Oprah tries to give Obama a lift with black voters Reuters - Sun Dec 9, 6:30 PM ET

  COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has long been a role model for black women because of her rags-to-riches story, her status as a tastemaker and her message of self improvement.