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Report: Iraq, U.S. finalize draft deal for troop pullout starting next June

Deal still requires formal approval by Bush, Iraqi leaders

Rights groups want corporal punishment banned in U.S. schools

‘This is the way it's always been done in these communities. They see good discipline as a way of getting a good education,' says the author of a recent report

153 dead in Madrid plane crash

Spanair Flight JK5022 bound for Canary Islands sped off runway at Barajas airport, crashed and broke into pieces, leaving only 19 survivors

U.S. and Poland sign controversial missile deal

Moscow issues fresh warning of a possible military response

White House missing as many as 225 days of e-mail

Internal draft document invites companies to bid on a project to recover the missing electronic messages

Russia to cut military ties with NATO

Norway's Defence Ministry says Russia has informed it that it plans to cut all military ties with NATO

Russians dig in, not pull back, in Georgia

Russian soldiers were setting up camp Wednesday in at least three positions in west-central Georgia

Former Chinese leader Hua Guofeng dies at 87

Became Communist Party chairman in September 1976 after Mao Tsetung was quoted as saying on his death bed: "With you in charge my heart is at ease"

The perils of Mr. Uribe's success

Success presents Colombia president with a new set of challenges that risk undoing most of his achievements

The party's over for Europe: The bear is back

One way or the other, Europe's holiday from serious geopolitics is over

From: FOXNews.com

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Facebook Plans Ads for Members' Personal Pages

Analysts not sure Web 2.0 darling's members will appreciate seeing ads on personal pages.

Low-Cost Laptops Begin Mass Production

So-called '$100 laptop,' now $200, starts rolling off assembly lines in China.

Super-Fast Non-Profit Networks Still Won't Merge

Internet2, National LambdaRail both supply research institutions, universities, but decide to stay separate.

Japanese PC Use Shrinks as Consumers Move On

Domestic PC market has, um, matured as Japanese consumers turn to cell phones, game consoles for digital entertainment.

Google Maps to Give Driving Directions at Gas Stations

Interactive screens to be built right into fuel pumps.

Yahoo Executives Defend Role in Journalist's Arrest

Two top officials on Tuesday defended the company's role in giving the Chinese government information about a man's online activities that led to his jailing.

Survey: Most Radiohead Fans Paid Nothing for Album

Sixty-two percent of those who downloaded 'In Rainbows' last month chose not to pay anything at all, per comScore.

MIT Developers Plan Collapsible Car for City Driving

MIT developers are giving gas to an idea they hope will reduce traffic and parking woes: Lithium-ion batteries would power the City Car, a collapsible, stackable vehicle, with six to eight fitting in one parking spot, CNET.com reports.

YouTube Launches Canadian Version

Video-sharing site's Canadian version to highlight homegrown material.

Google Announces 'Android' Mobile-Phone System

Google confirms the rumors: It's making a cell-phone operating system, but it's not making the phones, which won't be called 'Gphones.'

Xbox Live Starts Selling NCAA ESPN Game Downloads

Complete college football, hoops games cost $3, or $4.50 for hi-def versions.

Hacker Puts Peru's Flag on Chilean President's Web Page

Intruder breaks into Chilean president's site, puts up image of Peruvian flag and words 'Viva Peru' followed by expletive.

Lousy Controls Mar 'Simpsons' Video Game

The artwork, plot and spoofs of other games are terrific -- too bad controls are terrible.

Ratchet and Clank Rule Game-Mascot Roost

Dynamic duo's new outing is most fun PS3 game yet; Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the dragon suffer from being ditched by original studios.

Hackers Unlock Ultra-Violent Bits of 'Manhunt 2'

Homicidal maniac's blurred killings suddenly sharper, at least on some PlayStation Portables.

Macintoshes Targeted by Porn-Based Computer Virus

Higher Mac sales mean higher profile for virus writers, who use old social-networking trick to get users to install malware.

Report: Al Qaeda to Launch Cyber-Attack on Nov. 11

Story popped up on Israeli military-intelligence site DEBKAfile, but tech, terrorism experts are very skeptical.

From: Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News

Madrid Airport Horror: 153 Dead

A devastating plane crash at Madrid's Barajas airport has left 153 people dead.

Sharif: Put Musharraf On Trial

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has insisted in an exclusive interview with Sky News that the ex-president, Pervez Musharraf, should not be allowed safe passage out of the country but be put on trial.

Rice Signs Poland Missile Treaty

Condoleezza Rice has formally signed the controversial missile defence shield treaty with Poland, ramping up diplomatic tensions between Washington and Moscow.

Russian Pledge On Georgia Troops

Russia has said it will withdraw most of its troops from Georgia before the weekend as Moscow's relations with Nato hit their lowest ebb in years.

Bodies Of French Troops Returned

The bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan have been brought home.

Another Pirate Attack Off Somalia

A Malaysian palm oil tanker has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, the fourth piracy attack in a month.

Ever Heard Of A Four-Eared Feline?

Unlike the cruel and unusual punishment of the cat o'nine tails, this cute cat o' four ears is nothing to be afraid of.

Sore Hurdle Hero Says 'I'm Sorry'

China's Olympic hero Liu Xiang has apologised to his distraught fans for the Achilles injury that forced him out of the 110m hurdles.

You Schwein! Pig Plague Hits Berlin

Residents of Berlin are becoming fed up with wild animals hogging their roads and ham-pering the growth of their gardens.

Four Dead After Typhoon Landslides

Three young brothers and an elderly woman were killed landslides in the Philippines as a powerful typhoon swept over the archipelago.

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More than 200 relief workers buried in mudslide as China mourns earthquake victims

More than 200 relief workers have been buried by a mudslide in China's Sichuan province, a week after a massive earthquake devastated the country. The official Xinhua news agency said it did not have any other details of the accident, which took place as the hunt for survivors continued. The mudslide comes as flags flew at half-mast across China as the country's 1.3 billion population observed three minutes of silence in honour of the victims of the earthquake.

Military junta allows foreign aid into Burma for the first time - two weeks after cyclone devastates the country

Burma's military regime today allowed a United Nations envoy into the devastated Irrawaddy delta for the first time after barring almost all foreigners from the cyclone disaster zone for days. John Holmes, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, flew by helicopter into the area where hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from hunger, disease and lack of shelter. Mr Holmes spent a few hours in the stricken region before meeting international aid agencies in Burma's largest city, Rangoon

Pictured: The moment a U. S. Marine escapes death as a Taliban bullet whistles past his head

A Marine just millimetres from death as a bullet whistled past his head had the moment of his miraculous survival caught in a dramatic series of pictures. Under fire from Taliban fighters on the Afghan frontline, the American solider shelters in a muddy trench. The unit were engaged in a brutal exchange of fire with Afghan insurgents near the town of Garmser. As the bullet hits the top of the trench it sends up a cloud of dust and rock

'The military tried to kill me using 18 snipers', says Tsvangirai after attempted assassination plot

Zimbabwe's opposition party has accused the country's military of plotting to assassinate presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai using snipers. Secretary-General Tendai Biti, of the Movement for Democratic Change, made the allegation in Kenya's capital

'The media is jumping the gun by giving ticket to Obama', says fiery Clinton

Hillary Clinton has turned her fire on the US media in an attempt to whip up voting interest in the final four primaries and keep alive her White House bid. Instead of attacking her rival Barack Obama she has focused on those who have written off her campaign. A series of TV adverts running in Kentucky and Oregon blasts political pundits who say her bid for the White House is over

The return of the 'necklace': Anti-immigrant violence sweeps South Africa's townships

South Africa has been rocked by scenes of hatred and savagery as poor township blacks turn on the migrants they claim have taken their jobs. More than 20 have been killed and thousands forced to flee by gangs wielding guns, clubs and machetes

German army officers allow top Taliban commander to escape ... because they are not allowed to use lethal force

A Taliban commander with links to the killers of several British soldiers has escaped from German special forces because they were not allowed to shoot. Elite soldiers from the German KSK had been charged with capturing the terrorist. After spending weeks searching for him, in cooperation with the Afghan army and secret service, they discovered that he was located near the town of Pol-e-Khomri in the north of Afghanistan

Sarkozy is at war with his own party as demands grow to end France's 35-hour working week

President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling centre-right party has demanded the abolition of France's 35-hour work week, taking aim at the controversial labour law 10 years after its introduction by a Socialist government. Sarkozy has called the law an 'economic catastrophe' but appears reluctant to scrap it entirely for fear of angering both unions and voters

Global warming 'not to blame' for rise in hurricanes in the Atlantic, say experts

Fears of an epidemic of hurricanes due to global warming are unfounded, experts said today. New research suggests that hurricanes will become less common by the end of the century, but possibly more destructive

Ted Kennedy recovering in hospital after suffering 'unexplained' seizures

Senator Edward Kennedy is recovering in hospital and waiting on test results that could explain why the 76-year-old giant of American politics suffered a seizure. A top aide said Democrat senator Mr Kennedy was resting, but doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital said it would be today at the earliest before the tests were complete

Disgruntled Germans invade Poland (again) as locals leave homeland in record numbers

More Germans left the country in 2007 than in any year since reunification in 1990, new figures from the Federal Statistics Office reveal. The figures showed 165,180 German citizens migrated elsewhere last year, an increase of nearly 10,000 from 2006, with Switzerland, the United States, Poland and Austria the top destinations

Three wildlife species die out every hour because of habitat destruction and pollution

An international environment conference opened in Germany today with the grim news that three species of life on earth die out every single hour

The Saudi woman who wants a divorce - because her husband tried to sneak one look at her face after 30 years of marriage

After 30 years of marriage, cynics might say most husbands and wives would have seen quite enough of each other, thank you very much. But not in the case of one Saudi Arabian man who managed to live with his wife for three decades without setting eyes on her face

Global warming 'not to blame' for rise in hurricanes in the Atlantic, say experts

Sex dungeon victim Elisabeth Fritzl to give dramatic TV interview about her 24-year ordeal

Elisabeth Fritzl is to talk about the 24 years she was imprisoned in her father's dungeon on Austrian TV. Miss Fritzl, 42, is thought to have chosen the same interviewer who spoke to Natascha Kampusch about the eight and a half years she was imprisoned in a cellar. Miss Kampusch, now 20, escaped in August 2006 and told of her ordeal on Austrian ORF TV. Miss Fritzl could make millions of pounds in rights for the interview

US military forced to apologise after soldier in Iraq used the Koran for target practice

The U.S. military has been forced to apologise after one of its soldiers in Iraq used a copy of the Koran for target practice. The Muslim holy book was found peppered with 14 bullet holes and with offensive scrawls inside at a shooting range near Baghdad

Pictured: Shocked wedding couple stand in front of wrecked church moments after China quake struck

Dazed and plastered in dust, a bride and groom stand moments after China's earthquake in the shattered ruin of the church where they had been having their wedding photos taken. This is the latest picture to emerge from the disaster that has killed up to 50,000 - as survivors fled in their thousands today amid fears that a river blocked by landslides could flood

Blade Runner sprinter with no legs wins the right to compete in Olympics

The amputee athlete known as the Blade Runner has won his fight to compete at Beijing's Olympics. Oscar Pistorius had been barred from the games over fears that his carbon fibre limbs gave him an advantage over able-bodied competitors

Last Russian cult members quit cave where they awaited the end of the world

The nine remaining members of a Russian doomsday cult today abandoned the cave where they have spent six months awaiting the end of the world - after authorities found two members dead. The nine were the last of a group of 35 men, women and children who had holed up underground near the Volga town of Penza in November and threatened to blow themselves up with gas canisters if authorities tried to eject them

Bin Laden vows to fight Israel on 60th anniversary in new internet tape

Osama bin Laden issued threats today against Israel on its 60th anniversary in a new audio tape released on an extremist website. The al Qaeda leader vowed to continue the fight against the Jewish state and its allies and said the Palestinian cause had been an inspiration to the 9/11 suicide terrorists

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