Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Egypt closes breached border with Gaza AP - 42 minutes ago

  RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Egyptian troops closed the last breach in Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip Sunday, ending 11 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory, witnesses and Hamas security officials said.

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  Candidates address young voters AP - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Democrat Barack Obama told young voters Saturday his multicultural background lets him "see through the eyes of other people" abroad in ways another president could not. Closer to home — and student pocketbooks — rival Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of aggressive steps to make college affordable.

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  Romney wins Maine caucuses AP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

  AUGUSTA, Maine - Mitt Romney coasted to a win in presidential preference voting by Maine Republicans on Saturday, claiming his third victory in a caucus state and fourth overall.

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  Source: Breakthrough in writers talks AP - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - A breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday.

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  Patriots, NFL deny new spying allegation AP - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago

  PHOENIX - A member of the New England Patriots' video staff taped the St. Louis Rams' last walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl, a Boston newspaper reported Saturday. The NFL, however, said it was satisfied this was not another Spygate.

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  Clinton, Obama in close Super Tuesday races Reuters - Sun Feb 3, 1:15 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are running neck-and-neck in California, New Jersey and Missouri two days before the sprawling "Super Tuesday" presidential showdown, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.

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  Fighting rages around palace in Chad's capital Reuters - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

  N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Fighting raged for the second day on Sunday in the Chadian capital after rebels intent on toppling President Idriss Deby battled their way into the city and surrounded his palace and loyalist troops.

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  Giants stand between Patriots and the history books Reuters - Sun Feb 3, 2:25 AM ET

  PHOENIX (Reuters) - The New York Giants stand between the New England Patriots and their date with destiny when the two teams square off in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

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  Major progress reported in writers talks Reuters - Sun Feb 3, 12:15 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's striking writers and its major studios made "significant progress" in recent talks aimed at ending their labor dispute, a source briefed on the discussions said on Saturday, raising hopes a settlement may be near.

• African quakes kill at least 30 Reuters - 26 minutes ago

  KIGALI (Reuters) - Earthquakes struck Rwanda and neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and seriously injuring 350 more, officials said.

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  Ten killed in Sri Lankan rail station blast Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding around 100, the military said.

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  Bush budget seen renewing battle with Congress Reuters - 4 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will on Monday unveil a $3 trillion budget that likely will spark anew the wrangling between the White House and the Democratic-led Congress over Iraq war funding, tax cuts and the sagging economy.

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  North Korea missiles get boost from outside: report Reuters - Sun Feb 3, 2:33 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea received a huge boost from Soviet technology to develop its ballistic missiles and still relies on foreign suppliers for key components, a report obtained on the weekend said.

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  Chad president and rebels fight for control of capital AFP - 44 minutes ago

  NDJAMENA (AFP) - A second day of fierce fighting rocked the Chad capital Sunday as rebels surrounded President Idriss Deby in his palace and hundreds of foreigners fled the country.

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  13 killed as western Kenya fighting intensifies: police AFP - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (AFP) - At least 13 people were killed in western Kenya as tribal fighting and a police crackdown intensified, police said Sunday, bringing the death toll to 70 since Friday.

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  10 dead, 100 hurt in Sri Lanka train suicide blast AFP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

  COLOMBO (AFP) - A suicide bomber attacked a train at Colombo's main rail station Sunday, killing at least 10 and injuring more than 100 others on the eve of Sri Lanka's independence day celebrations, officials said.

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  Serbia votes for president amid Kosovo tensions AFP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

  BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia voted Sunday in a watershed presidential election runoff that pits a pro-European against an extremist bolstered by anti-Western feelings over Kosovo's looming independence.

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  Democrats, Republicans seek votes on Super Bowl Sunday AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AFP) - Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls on Sunday continue their intense campaign schedule ahead of the key "Super Tuesday" vote, even as millions in the United States turn their attention to the American football national championship game.

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  China's army of migrant workers stranded in winter freeze AFP - Sat Feb 2, 11:51 PM ET

  GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) - For Luo Qingming, returning to his village in central China for the New Year holiday is the one bright spot in a year full of back-breaking work and low pay.

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  ECB expected to stand firm on rates, despite concerns AFP - Sat Feb 2, 11:09 PM ET

  FRANKFURT (AFP) - Faced with record inflation, the European Central Bank is expected to resist pressure for an interest rate cut when its governing council meets this week, in the wake of moves by the US Federal Reserve.

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  Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells Reuters - Fri Feb 1, 1:47 PM ET

  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient's upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.

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  Sitting on wet sand too long may cause stomach bug: study AFP - Sat Feb 2, 11:47 AM ET

  MIAMI (AFP) - Beachgoers should take notice: sitting on the wet sand or swimming in the sea for too long may increase the risk of catching an unpleasant stomach bug, a new study found.

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  Huge pro-secular protest in Turkey AFP - Sat Feb 2, 4:33 PM ET

  ANKARA (AFP) - More than 100,000 Turks took to the streets on Saturday to protest against government plans to lift an Islamic headscarf ban at universities and to defend the country's strong secular tradition.

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  Microsoft bids $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo Reuters - Fri Feb 1, 7:24 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp offered to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion, in a bold bid to transform two ailing Internet businesses into a worthy competitor for market leader Google Inc.

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  Good food in early childhood improves adult wages: study AFP - Fri Feb 1, 12:24 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Poor children given a nutritional boost during the first two years of life earned adult wages nearly 50 percent higher than peers deprived of a food supplement, a study has shown Friday.