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  Tata unveils world's cheapest car AP - 28 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI - India's Tata Motors on Thursday unveiled the world's cheapest car, bringing new mobility within the reach of tens of millions of people and nightmares to environmentalists, traffic engineers and safety advocates.

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  Wave to the PC! It's paying attention AP - 53 minutes ago

  LAS VEGAS - Nintendo Corp.'s Wii game console is a breakout hit in large part because users control the play by waving around a motion-sensing wireless controller. Many new gadgets are taking the idea of such an intuitive interface several steps further. Soon, you may be able to control computers, television sets, even cell phones with hand gestures alone.

• Company unveils bed with web, iPod, DVR AP - 48 minutes ago

  You're probably used to having a big-screen TV or a cell phone charger in the bedroom, but diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt Inc. wants to take things a step further by bringing tech gadgets right into your bed.

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  Honorary mayor of Hollywood dies at 84 AP - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Johnny Grant, the avuncular honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as Tinseltown's No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century, has died. He was 84.

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  Trail Blazers, Magic keep on winning AP - 58 minutes ago

  The Orlando Magic are tough to beat on the road. The Portland Trail Blazers are just tough to beat. The Blazers kept up their strong play, winning for the 17th time in 18 games — including 12 straight at the Rose Garden, while the Magic got their league-best 16th road victory of the season.

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  Bush sees Palestine state treaty within year Reuters - Thu Jan 10, 5:29 AM ET

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them their own state.

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  Suicide attack on Pakistani police kills 22 Reuters - Thu Jan 10, 4:57 AM ET

  LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomb attack killed at least 22 people, most of them policemen, in Pakistan on Thursday, deepening a sense of insecurity weeks before an election that could weaken President Pervez Musharraf's grip on power.

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  White House race enters new phase Reuters - Wed Jan 9, 10:38 PM ET

  MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The unpredictable fight for the White House went national on Wednesday as candidates fanned out across the United States and Democrat Barack Obama bounced back from a surprise loss to Hillary Clinton to grab a coveted union endorsement.

• Kenya parties to work with Africa panel: Kufuor Reuters - 18 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's feuding president and opposition leader have agreed to work with a panel of African personalities to seek resolution to a dispute over the December 27 election, the head of the African Union said on Thursday.

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  U.S. warplanes pound Baghdad's southern outskirts Reuters - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes dropped 40,000 pounds of bombs on Thursday in a sudden and massive strike on more than 40 al Qaeda targets clustered in date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts, the military said.

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  Iran releases own video of U.S. Gulf incident Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran released a video on Thursday which it said showed its boats did not threaten U.S. navy vessels in the Gulf, countering Washington's account of the event which President George W. Bush called "a provocative act."

• U.N. watchdog chief seeks nuclear clarity in Iran trip Reuters - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief heads for Iran on Thursday to push for full transparency over its past and present atomic activity amid simmering U.S.-Iranian tensions after a naval incident in the Gulf.

• Hollywood "mayor" Johnny Grant dies at 84 Reuters - Thu Jan 10, 2:22 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Johnny Grant, a tireless show business figure dubbed the "honorary mayor of Hollywood" for his devotion to the historic movie industry hub, died on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. He was 84.

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  Bush sees Mideast peace treaty in a year AFP - 55 minutes ago

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Thursday predicted that a Middle East peace treaty would be signed by the time he leaves office in a year, bringing the Palestinians their long-awaited state.

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  26 killed in suicide attack on Pakistan police AFP - 18 minutes ago

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - At least 22 police and four civilians were killed Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the high court in the commercial heart of Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city.

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  Colombia in new round of attempted hostage handover AFP - 13 minutes ago

  BOGOTA (AFP) - An airborne operation to pluck two hostages from their rebel captors deep in the Colombian jungle lurched back to life Thursday, after a botched handover attempt collapsed ten days ago.

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  Pentagon weighs sending 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan AFP - Thu Jan 10, 3:07 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering sending some 3,000 additional marines to Afghanistan to boost forces ahead of a Taliban spring offensive, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.

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  H5N1 bird flu virus reassuringly stable: animal health chief AFP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - The H5N1 virus that causes deadly avian flu has proven remarkably stable and action to curb outbreaks of the disease are highly effective, the head of the world's paramount agency for animal health said here Thursday.

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  India's Tata unveils world's cheapest car AFP - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Tata Group unveiled Thursday a 2,500-dollar car billed as the world's cheapest amid predictions the no-frills compact could revolutionise how the nation of 1.1 billion people travels.

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  Bank of England holds interest rate at 5.50 percent AFP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The Bank of England on Thursday left its key interest rate at 5.50 percent, opting against back-to-back cuts amid a gloomy economic outlook at home and abroad.

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  As housing slumps, realtors quit The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Jan 9, 3:00 AM ET

  ATLANTA - After three years showing houses in Atlanta's hilly suburbs, Dee McMahon is finished with real estate.

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  The latest tactic in Iraq: anthropology Reuters - Wed Jan 9, 8:08 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - As David Matsuda tells it, he's probably the last person you'd expect to see in a U.S. military uniform climbing out of an armored vehicle in Iraq.

• Europe's little 'Smart' car to hit U.S. streets The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Jan 9, 3:00 AM ET

  PARIS - Behold, with a microscope if necessary, the Smart car. The Mercedes-built European two-seater turns on half a dime, loves to park where even MINIs fear to fit, and is counterintuitively comfortable.

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  New Hampshire turning 'blue' The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Jan 8, 3:00 AM ET

  Exeter, N.H. - The Republican Party in New England's only "red state" may be going the way of the Old Man of the Mountain, the craggy icon of independence that crumbled a few years back in a rock slide.

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  Tony Blair to join JPMorgan: source Reuters - Wed Jan 9, 8:48 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair is expected on Thursday to join U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase & Co Inc as a senior adviser, according to a person familiar with the situation.