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  BlackBerry outage frustrates users again AP - Tue Feb 12, 4:34 AM ET

  SAN JOSE, Calif. - BlackBerry outages are rare, but when they do hit, like one did Monday that wiped out service across United States and Canada, subscribers who have become addicted to the smart phones are quick to unleash their fury.

• China targets Internet in crime sweep AP - Tue Feb 12, 4:36 AM ET

  BEIJING - Seeking to ferret out online games considered overly violent or unhealthy, China has targeted illegal Web sites, computer markets and Internet cafes as part of a campaign to rein in juvenile crime.

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  Hollywood writers to vote on contract AP - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike. Membership meetings will be held Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles, said Patric Verrone, president of the guild's West Coast branch.

• Stores use sonic devices to chase kids AP - 18 minutes ago

  LONDON - England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in on a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas.

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  Clemens, McNamee focus of hearing AP - 14 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Now this much is undeniable: Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will be the focus of Wednesday's congressional hearing about the Mitchell Report. "I guess it's showtime, isn't it?" said Clemens' lead lawyer, Rusty Hardin.

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  Obama takes winning streak into Tuesday contests Reuters - Tue Feb 12, 5:13 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama hopes to extend his winning streak over rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, when voters in three battlegrounds make their choices in a close and bruising Democratic presidential race.

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  Olmert: Certain Iran secretly building nuclear arms Reuters - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

  BERLIN (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday he was convinced that Iran was leading a secret operation to build nuclear weapons and urged a greater international effort to prevent Tehran from succeeding.

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  Australian troops land to boost East Timor security Reuters - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

  DILI (Reuters) - Australian troops began arriving in East Timor on Tuesday to help enforce a state of emergency after the tiny nation's president was critically wounded in a double assassination attempt and flown to Darwin for treatment.

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  Japan PM calls Okinawa rape case "unforgivable" Reuters - Tue Feb 12, 4:35 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister on Tuesday denounced the suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine on the southern island of Okinawa, an episode with echoes of a 1995 case that jolted the U.S.-Japan alliance.

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  Man arrested for destroying S.Korea's top treasure Reuters - Tue Feb 12, 5:40 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said on Tuesday they arrested a pensioner who confessed to burning down a 600-year-old gate designated as the country's number one national treasure because he was angry about a compensation payment.

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  Kosovo independence move would hit security: Russia Reuters - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  GENEVA (Reuters) - A unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo would damage security in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

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  RIM reports "critical" BlackBerry outage Reuters - Tue Feb 12, 3:26 AM ET

  TORONTO (Reuters) - A major outage hit BlackBerry users in North America on Monday, cutting off wireless e-mail for everyone from busy executives to political campaign staff on the eve of three U.S. presidential primaries.

• U.S. Navy fires at Somali hijackers of Russian ship Reuters - Tue Feb 12, 2:49 AM ET

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has fired on Somali pirates who hijacked the Russian crew and British captain of a ship sailing off the Horn of Africa, a maritime official said on Tuesday.

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  Putin meets Ukraine leader as gas talks go down to wire AFP - 39 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday amid crunch talks on averting a cut in Russian gas supplies to the neighbouring state.

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  Ramos-Horta serious but stable after surgery: doctor AFP - Mon Feb 11, 6:47 PM ET

  DARWIN, Australia (AFP) - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was Tuesday in serious but stable condition following overnight surgery for bullet wounds sustained in an assassination bid, a doctor said.

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  Death penalty sought for 9/11 conspirators AFP - Tue Feb 12, 12:54 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Military prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against six Al-Qaeda detainees on murder and conspiracy charges in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the Pentagon announced Monday.

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  Clinton seeks to beat slump, but new defeats likely loom AFP - Mon Feb 11, 5:02 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hillary Clinton scrambled to bust out of a slump but her White House rival Barack Obama was tipped to sweep Tuesday's trio of Washington-area nominating contests to swell his growing momentum.

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  Gates eyes pause in US troop cuts in Iraq AFP - Mon Feb 11, 5:30 PM ET

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in Baghdad on Monday that he was in favour of a short pause in troop drawdowns from Iraq after about 30,000 soldiers have been sent home by July.

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  Google's Android debuts in Barcelona AFP - Mon Feb 11, 6:45 PM ET

  BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - The first mobile phones fitted with Google's Android software platform made their debut at an industry trade show on Monday, a milestone for the Internet giant as it looks to dominate the wireless world.

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  Eurozone tells France to balance budget by 2010 AFP - Mon Feb 11, 6:36 PM ET

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Paris' eurozone partners told France on Monday to respect a 2010 target for balancing its budget although President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned that it might not be possible before 2012.

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  Whites to be minority in US by 2050: study AFP - Mon Feb 11, 11:39 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Immigration will drive the population of the United States sharply upward between now and 2050, and will push whites into a minority, projections by the Pew Research Center showed Monday.

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  Castro, McCain spar over Cuban torture in Vietnam Reuters - Mon Feb 11, 11:41 AM ET

  HAVANA (Reuters) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro took on front-running U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Monday, accusing him of lying about Cubans torturing American prisoners of war in Vietnam.

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  Obama rides hot streak into next round Reuters - Mon Feb 11, 6:09 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama on Monday rode a weekend hot streak into the next round of presidential contests, but rival Hillary Clinton shrugged off the setbacks and expressed confidence about her prospects.

• RIM reports "critical" BlackBerry outage Reuters - Tue Feb 12, 3:26 AM ET

  TORONTO (Reuters) - A major outage hit BlackBerry users in North America on Monday, cutting off wireless e-mail for everyone from busy executives to political campaign staff on the eve of three U.S. presidential primaries.

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  Seoul's iconic ancient city gate destroyed by fire Reuters - Sun Feb 10, 7:58 PM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - A 600-year-old gate in central Seoul listed as South Korea's number one national treasure has been destroyed by a likely arsonist, police said.