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Lieberman endorses Netanyahu for Israeli premier (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:28 PM CST AP - Benjamin Netanyahu won the endorsement Thursday of an anti-Arab politician who emerged from Israel's election as a kingmaker, virtually ensuring that the hawkish, U.S.-educated politician will once again become prime minister.

Argentina orders Holocaust-denying bishop out (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:13 PM CST AP - The traditionalist bishop whose denials of the Holocaust embarrassed the Vatican was ordered Thursday to leave Argentina within 10 days.

Kyrgyz president signs US base closure bill (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 01:05 AM CST AP - Kyrgyzstan's president signed a bill Friday to close a key U.S. air base used as a staging post for military operations in Afghanistan, a step that could impede American plans to send more troops to the Afghan war.

Bomb kills 6 at Shiite funeral in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 01:20 AM CST AP - A bomb tore through a huge funeral procession for a slain Shiite Muslim leader in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least six people and wounding several more, police said.

British reality TV star battles cancer on camera (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:32 PM CST AP - A brash British reality show star whose ups and downs captivated the nation is approaching her death the same way she has lived — on television.

French construction group to raise new capital, cut jobs (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 12:47 AM CST AFP - French construction group Saint Gobain announced Friday it would raise 1.5 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) in new capital and cut more jobs due to the global financial crisis.

Official: 5 dead in Ukrainian plane fire in Egypt (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 01:22 AM CST AP - An official in Egypt's aviation authority says 5 crew members of a Ukrainian cargo aircraft have been killed as fire swept through their plane on the tarmac in the southern city of Luxor.

Mexico: Army will stay, despite recent protests (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 09:39 PM CST AP - Mexico's president said Thursday the army will continue to battle the country's drug cartels, despite recent protests asking for the soldiers' withdrawal.

16 charged with palace attack in Equatorial Guinea (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 07:59 PM CST AP - Sixteen men from neighboring Nigeria were arrested in a mysterious attack on the presidential compound, Equatorial Guinea's government announced Thursday. It said several attackers drowned.

Suicide bomber kills 20, wounds 50 at Pakistan funeral (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 01:30 AM CST Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 50 during a funeral procession on Friday for a Shi'ite Muslim gunned down a day earlier in a northwestern Pakistani town, police said.

Australia wants to fast-track fire-safe cigarettes (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 01:27 AM CST AP - Australian officials said Friday they want to fast-track rules making cigarettes less likely to ignite fires as part of the government's response to this month's wildfires that killed at least 209 people.

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