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  Caution urged on icy Southern roads AP - 53 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - Meteorologists warned the mixture of rain and snow that fell across the South a day earlier could make for icy roads early Sunday, with overnight temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s.

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  'Newhart' actress Suzanne Pleshette dies AP - 52 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70.

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  Report: Sears to reorganize into units AP - 51 minutes ago

  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - Sears Holdings Corp. plans to reorganize into several companies in another bid to pull the ailing 121-year-old retailer out the doldrums, according to a report published Saturday.

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  New generation of homeless vets emerge AP - 47 minutes ago

  LEEDS, Mass. - Peter Mohan traces the path from the Iraqi battlefield to this lifeless conference room, where he sits in a kilt and a Camp Kill Yourself T-shirt and calmly describes how he became a sad cliche: a homeless veteran.

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  Nadal advances when Mathieu retires AP - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

  MELBOURNE, Australia - Even Rafael Nadal was through the fourth round in two sets at the Australian Open on Sunday, when quick results were the norm following the longest day in Grand Slam history.

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  McCain and Clinton look to next battle Reuters - 38 minutes ago

  COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in a chaotic White House race after scoring tough wins in the first presidential voting in the U.S. South and West.

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  Romney says stimulus proposal would rescue economy Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 7:56 PM ET

  JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said on Saturday his $233.4 billion U.S. economic stimulus plan would rescue an economy on the "tipping point" of recession.

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  UK's Brown wants more India cooperation on terrorism Reuters - Sun Jan 20, 4:59 AM ET

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for greater cooperation with India on combating terrorism as he began a visit to New Delhi on Sunday.

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  At least three killed in fresh Kenya clashes Reuters - 57 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least three people were hacked to death with machetes in a slum in Kenya's capital on Sunday in ethnic clashes triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election last month, witnesses said.

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  Pakistan forces press attack on militant stronghold Reuters - Sun Jan 20, 3:14 AM ET

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani villagers said gunship helicopters launched strikes on Sunday in an area regarded as a stronghold of a Taliban commander linked with the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

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  Gaza power plant begins shutting down Reuters - 4 minutes ago

  GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the Hamas-controlled territory's borders, a move taken in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.

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  Millions mark Shi'ite ritual in Iraq after clashes Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 3:06 PM ET

  KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - A major Shi'ite ritual ended peacefully in the southern city of Kerbala on Saturday after Iraqi forces imposed tight security around 2.5 million pilgrims, but attacks in the north killed nine worshippers.

• U.S. tells embassy staff to raise Algiers security Reuters - Sun Jan 20, 3:48 AM ET

  ALGIERS (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Algeria has instructed employees in Algiers to tighten security due to a risk of terrorist attacks in the city, a message to U.S. expatriates said.

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  Serbians vote for president amid rising Kosovo tensions AFP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

  BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbians voted Sunday in a presidential election seen as crucial for the Balkan state's future in Europe with tensions rising as its breakaway province of Kosovo heads toward independence.

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  McCain scoops South Carolina as Clinton wins tight Nevada race AFP - Sun Jan 20, 3:18 AM ET

  COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AFP) - Republican White House hopeful John McCain scooped a sweet victory in South Carolina late Saturday as Democrat Hillary Clinton took Nevada handing the two front-running candidates big wins.

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  British PM visits India in trade and climate change push AFP - 22 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (AFP) - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in India on Sunday hailing relations between the two countries as a "partnership of equals" as he looked to further boost links.

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  Georgian president sworn in as opposition rallies AFP - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago

  TBILISI (AFP) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in Sunday to lead this strategic Black Sea nation for a second five-year term as his opponents rallied for his election win to be overturned.

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  Power outages as Gaza reels from Israeli lockdown AFP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  GAZA CITY (AFP) - Gaza reeled from power outages on Sunday as Israel continued to seal off the Hamas-run territory in retaliation for rocket fire, despite warnings that the closure could spark a humanitarian crisis.

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  India software giants wary of US slowdown AFP - Sun Jan 20, 5:01 AM ET

  BANGALORE, India (AFP) - India's major software firms say a US economic slowdown may bring more customers seeking cost savings, but analysts warn that the once red-hot sector faces tough times in 2008.

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  Despite ECB threats, a new interest rate hike is unlikely: analysts AFP - Sat Jan 19, 10:41 PM ET

  FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Central bank threatens to raise interest rates to parry inflation risks but its next move will probably be a cut owing to a global economic slowdown, analysts say.

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  Chess legend Bobby Fischer dies in Iceland Reuters - Fri Jan 18, 4:51 PM ET

  REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Bobby Fischer, the eccentric genius who became America's only world chess champion by humbling the Soviet Union's best but who spent his last years as a fugitive from U.S. authorities, has died at 64.

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  Huckabee links gay sex to bestiality, abortion to slavery AFP - Fri Jan 18, 2:56 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican presidential hopeful and former Baptist pastor Mike Huckabee linked gay sex to bestiality and abortion to slavery in an interview Thursday, explaining why, if elected, he would try to amend the constitution.

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  Hezbollah has Israeli soldiers' body parts: Nasrallah Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 1:06 PM ET

  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, making a rare public appearance, said on Saturday his guerrilla group possessed body parts of Israeli soldiers left on southern Lebanon's battlefields during the war in 2006.

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  Pakistan authorities arrest two over Bhutto plot Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 2:21 PM ET

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide bomber to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto had other militants failed to kill her, in the first arrests in the case, a security official said.

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  Clinton slams pro-Obama ad in Nevada Reuters - Sat Jan 19, 2:12 AM ET

  ELKO, Nevada (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called on her chief rival Barack Obama on Friday to denounce ads being run on Spanish-language radio that accuse Clinton of not respecting Hispanic people.