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US fears Pakistani role in India attacks
AP - U.S. officials are worried about a possible surge in violence between India and Pakistan after the bloody attacks in Mumbai that killed at least 195 people, including five Americans. To ease tensions, intelligence officials are searching urgently for clues that might identify the attackers even as Indian officials claim 'elements in Pakistan' were involved.
Cholera kills 412 in Zimbabwe, spreads across borders: UN
AFP - Cholera has killed 412 people in Zimbabwe to date and the disease is also spreading into neighbouring Botswana and South Africa, the United Nations warned Friday.
U.N.'s Ban urges world to think big on global crises
Reuters - The world needs 'to think big' to solve the global financial crisis while helping reduce poverty, the U.N. secretary-general said on Friday.
Sarah Palin: A digital superstar
Politico - Three weeks after the Republican ticket suffered a sweeping defeat at the polls, Sarah Palin continues to dominate search engine queries, cable news and online video sites.
UN forum backs harsher penalties for sex tourists
AP - Tourists who go abroad to abuse children should face the prospect of prosecution in their home countries if they are caught having sex with kids in nations with lax penalties, participants at a U.N.-backed conference concluded Friday.
Bush discusses India with diplomats, security team
AP - President George W. Bush conferred with diplomatic officials Saturday at Camp David about the attacks in India that have raised tensions in the region.
Justice Stevens shows no signs he is ready to quit
AP - Only one Supreme Court justice was at Chicago's Wrigley Field to see Babe Ruth supposedly point to the spot where he would hit a home run in the 1932 World Series.
Obama team repackaging Clinton after campaign digs
AP - It wasn't too long ago that Barack Obama and his advisers were tripping over one another to tear down Hillary Rodham Clinton's foreign policy credentials. She was dismissed as a commander in chief wanna-be who did little more than sip tea and make small talk with foreign leaders during her days as first lady.
Ages of Supreme Court justices and recent retirees
AP - The members of the Supreme Court, by age:
Hariri tribunal expected to start on March 1
AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he expects the international tribunal that will prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to start operating on March 1, 2009.
Iraq's top Shiite cleric has concerns over US pact
AP - Iraq's top Shiite cleric has expressed concern about the country's security pact with the United States, fearing it gives too much power to the Americans and does not protect Iraqi sovereignty, an official at his office said Saturday.
Two UN contractors killed in Baghdad rocket attack
AFP - Two foreign UN contractors were killed and another 15 wounded when a rocket slammed into Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone on Saturday, according to the United Nations.
A White House family reunion
Politico - When Barack Obama takes office on January 20, Americans will see a new first family move into the White House. But the Obamas won’t be the only family decamping to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue when power turns over on Inauguration Day.
Georgia cuts ties to Nicaragua
AP - Georgia says it is cutting diplomatic relations with Nicaragua after the Central American nation recognized the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Publishers bet big on 'Obama as hero'
Politico - The publishing industry is betting on Barack Obama like no president in decades. Since Election Day alone, more than half a dozen book deals have been signed to exploit Obamania.
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