Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Anti-war Democrats ponder next step AP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Democrats facing rejection of a proposal to cut off money for the Iraq war are deliberating their next step in trying to rebuild anti-war momentum.

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  Rice wins Chinese help on N. Korea nukes AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  BEIJING - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice won a verbal assurance Tuesday from China to use its influence to jump-start the stalled process of dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs. Yet it was unclear when or how the Chinese would follow through.

• ABC to offer shows via video-on-demand AP - 23 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - ABC said Monday it will release hit shows like "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" for free over video-on-demand cable services, with the hitch that viewers will have to sit through commercials without being able to fast-forward.

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  IBM rolls out new mainframe AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - IBM Corp. rolls out a new mainframe computer Tuesday boasting a 50 percent performance boost and dramatically lower energy costs than its predecessor.

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  Feds may probe Clemens over testimony AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - A draft letter asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Roger Clemens made false statements to Congress has been written by House staffers, The New York Times reported on its Web site Monday. The chief of staff for committee chairman Henry Waxman said no decision has been made on whether to ask for a criminal investigation.

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  Study doubts effectiveness of antidepressant drugs Reuters - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antidepressant medications appear to help only very severely depressed people and work no better than placebos in many patients, British researchers said.

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  North Korea tunes in to New York Philharmonic Reuters - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

  PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The United States' oldest symphony orchestra played an unprecedented concert on Tuesday in hermit North Korea that both sides say they hope will bring a little harmony to relations between the bitter Cold War foes.

• Rice urges China to use influence on North Korea Reuters - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged China on Tuesday to press North Korea to disclose its nuclear programs so that a stalled disarmament deal can move forward.

• Sen Dodd to endorse Obama in White House bid: source Reuters - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

  CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Former Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd will endorse Barack Obama in his bid for the White House on Tuesday, a source close to the Obama campaign said.

• Noah's ark for crop seeds opens in Arctic Norway Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (Reuters) - Norway launched a Noah's ark of the plant kingdom on Tuesday to protect crop seeds, among mankind's most valuable resources, from cataclysm inside an Arctic mountainside.

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  Iran's top cleric praises Ahmadinejad on atom issue Reuters - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's highest authority, said on Tuesday the Islamic Republic had won a victory in its nuclear program.

• Iraq condemns Turkish incursion, wants troops out Reuters - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Tuesday condemned Turkey's incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas in the strongest terms so far and demanded an immediate end to the violation of its sovereignty.

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  Nigeria tribunal upholds election of president Reuters - 20 minutes ago

  ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian tribunal upheld the 2007 election of President Umaru Yar'Adua on Tuesday, rejecting challenges from rivals who had demanded a re-run because they said the vote was massively rigged.

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  New York Philharmonic brings Gershwin, Dvorak to NKorea AFP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  PYONGYANG, Feb 26, 2008 (AFP) - The powerful melodies of Dvorak and Gershwin filled a Pyongyang concert hall Tuesday as the New York Philharmonic played an historic concert aimed at improving US ties with communist North Korea.

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  Nigeria court upholds Yar'Adua electoral victory AFP - 43 minutes ago

  ABUJA, Feb 26, 2008 (AFP) - A Nigerian court Tuesday upheld the April 2007 election of Umaru Yar'Adua as Nigeria's president.

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  Clinton battles to derail Obama in Ohio debate AFP - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Faltering Democrat Hillary Clinton Tuesday faced one of her last chances to derail Barack Obama's presidential express train at their final debate before make-or-break nominating contests next week.

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  Depression drugs 'little better than placebos' AFP - 14 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Best-selling anti-depressants like Prozac and Seroxat are barely more effective than placebos in treating most people with depression, according to a study published on Tuesday.

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  'Frozen garden of Eden' seed vault blooms in Arctic AFP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AFP) - A vault carved into the Arctic permafrost and filled with samples of the world's most important seeds was inaugurated Tuesday, providing a Noah's Ark of food crops in the event of a global catastrophe.

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  German tax probe targets Swiss bank subsidiary: report AFP - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago

  BERLIN (AFP) - German authorities have widened their probe into a massive tax evasion scandal to a subsidiary of Swiss banking group Vontobel based in Liechtenstein, a press report alleged on Tuesday.

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  Sarkozy hits out at Societe Generale chief: report AFP - Tue Feb 26, 2:40 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy sharply criticised the chairman of scandal-hit bank Societe Generale in an interview published Tuesday, saying his response to billion-euro losses was "not normal".

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  Bargain hunters may toss a lifeline to housing Reuters - Mon Feb 25, 8:11 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The distressed housing market should get a lift this spring as bargain prices lure prospective buyers out of hibernation, but tighter lending means no one should expect the boom days to return any time soon.

• Teachers strike back at students' online pranks The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Feb 25, 3:00 AM ET

  ATLANTA - Tech-savvy teenagers are increasingly paying a heavy price – including criminal arrest – for parodying their teachers on the Internet.

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  Obama targets NAFTA but says supports free trade Reuters - Mon Feb 25, 8:18 AM ET

  LORAIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama assured U.S. trading partners on Sunday that he did not oppose free trade despite making increasingly critical comments about multilateral deals such as NAFTA.

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  McCain retracts comment he could lose on Iraq Reuters - Mon Feb 25, 9:15 PM ET

  CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner John McCain on Monday retracted his earlier statement he would lose the November election if he did not convince Americans they were winning the war in Iraq.

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  Obesity more dangerous than terrorism: experts AFP - Mon Feb 25, 1:56 AM ET

  SYDNEY (AFP) - World governments focus too much on fighting terrorism while obesity and other "lifestyle diseases" are killing millions more people, an international conference heard Monday.