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  Israel on high alert after bombing AP - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM - Israeli security forces were on high alert Tuesday, sending beefed-up patrols to public areas such as shopping malls, bus stations and train depots after the first Palestinian suicide attack in more than a year.

• Google selling more e-mail security AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. is adding more e-mail security and storage products for businesses, sharpening its aim on a Microsoft Corp. stronghold while the competition between the two rivals also heats up in Internet search and advertising.

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  TV-movie writers deal may come this week AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - An agreement to end the three-month-old Hollywood writers strike could be ready in time to avoid disrupting the Oscars but studios and the union are still haggling over the precise language, two people familiar with the talks said.

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  Spears' father retained as conservator AP - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears' father was granted control of her finances until Valentine's Day by a judge who also barred the troubled pop star from contacting her friend and sometime manager, Sam Lutfi.

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  Clemens heads to Capitol Hill today AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Roger Clemens has chosen various ways to strongly deny using steroids or human growth hormone: a taped TV interview, a live news conference and, repeatedly, through his lawyers.

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  A Super Tuesday showdown in 24 states Reuters - 50 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in 24 states make their choices in an unpredictable U.S. presidential campaign on Tuesday, with Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in a close fight and Republican John McCain aiming for a knockout blow against Mitt Romney.

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  Obama, Romney lead in California on Super Tuesday Reuters - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama surged to a big lead over Hillary Clinton in California hours before "Super Tuesday" voting began in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.

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  Kenya death toll hits 1,000, parties talk Reuters - Tue Feb 5, 4:10 AM ET

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - The death toll from Kenya's post-election bloodletting has risen to 1,000, the Red Cross said on Tuesday, as political rivals began the toughest part of their negotiations so far.

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  Millions in China to greet new year without power Reuters - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

  KAILI, China (Reuters) - Railways and highways were returning to normal across China on Tuesday, but millions are likely to spend the biggest holiday of the year without power and water in what for some is the coldest winter in a century.

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  Israeli lawmaker urges killing of Hamas leaders Reuters - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior member of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's party urged the Israeli government on Tuesday to order the assassination of Hamas political leaders in response to a bombing in Israel claimed by the Islamist group.

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  Bhutto said in will husband should lead party Reuters - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto published her political will on Tuesday in which she called for her husband to lead the party and said she feared for the country's future.

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  Britain's Prince Andrew attacks Bush on Iraq Reuters - Tue Feb 5, 3:22 AM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew launched a sharp attack on Tuesday on President George W. Bush for failing to listen to Britain during the conflict in Iraq.

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  U.S. soldiers help war against rebels in Colombia Reuters - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

  FLORENCIA, Colombia (Reuters) - When spies spotted a guerrilla chief camped on a jungle riverbank one afternoon late last year, Colombia's army quickly turned to U.S. soldiers to help plan his capture.

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  Voters flock to polls on historic 'Super Tuesday' AFP - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugged out a neck-and-neck tussle and John McCain aimed to close out the Republican race, as voting began on "Super Tuesday," a historic 24-state White House nominating showdown.

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  Rebels in Chad accept ceasefire; refugees still fleeing AFP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  NDJAMENA (AFP) - Rebels in Chad trying to overthrow President Idriss Deby agreed Tuesday to an immediate ceasefire, as refugees streamed into neighbouring Cameroon by the thousands for fear of renewed fighting.

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  Zimbabwe's Mugabe to face polls challenge from ex-minister AFP - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's former finance minister Simba Makoni, a senior member of the ruling ZANU-PF party, announced Tuesday he would challenge President Robert Mugabe as an independent in elections next month.

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  Hypersonic jet could reach Australia in under five hours AFP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - British engineers unveiled plans Tuesday for a hypersonic jet which could fly from Europe to Australia in less than five hours.

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  France's unveils super-fast train AFP - 37 minutes ago

  LA ROCHELLE, France (AFP) - French engineering giant Alstom, creator of the high-speed TGV train, unveiled Tuesday a new-generation, super-fast prototype: quicker, cleaner, bigger -- and tailored specially for export.

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  Microsoft urges Yahoo to accept 'generous' takeover offer AFP - Mon Feb 4, 9:12 PM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - Yahoo remained coy on Monday as Microsoft publicly touted the virtues of its 44.6-billion-dollar bid to take over the Internet firm and Google maneuvered behind the scenes to thwart it.

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  Chinese professor named World Bank chief economist AFP - Tue Feb 5, 3:01 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The World Bank has named Justin Lin Yifu, who defected from Taiwan and rose to become a top economic strategist for communist China, its chief economist -- the first time a Chinese has held the job.

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  "Tipping point" on horizon for Greenland ice Reuters - Mon Feb 4, 5:09 PM ET

  OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming this century could trigger a runaway thaw of Greenland's ice sheet and other abrupt shifts such as a dieback of the Amazon rainforest, scientists said on Monday.

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  China battles "coldest winter in 100 years" Reuters - Mon Feb 4, 11:21 AM ET

  CHENZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as parts of the country suffered their coldest winter in a century.

• FBI probes purchases of US aircraft by drug lords Reuters - Mon Feb 4, 7:37 PM ET

  MIAMI (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man has been charged with laundering drug profits to buy U.S. aircraft to smuggle cocaine, according to U.S. court documents, as the FBI broadens a probe into South American cocaine kings.

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  How to untangle the politics of Super Tuesday primaries The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Feb 4, 3:00 AM ET

  Washington - A handful of candidates are competing in almost two dozen states, spread across the country.

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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.