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Hamas officials signal willingness to negotiate (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2009 02:03 AM CST AP - Senior officials in the Islamic group Hamas are indicating a willingness to negotiate a deal for a long-term truce with Israel as long as the borders of Gaza are opened to the rest of the world.

Australian charged with daughter's death plunge (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:45 AM CST AP - A man pulled over on a highway bridge, took his 4-year-old daughter out of the car and dropped her over the side to her death Thursday in Australia's second-largest city, police said.

Arctic's thawing seas may bring new security risks (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2009 12:05 AM CST AP - NATO commanders and lawmakers from alliance nations were gathering Thursday to examine the risks posed by the thawing Arctic Circle and the prospect of standoffs among nations rushing to lay claim to the energy reserves there.

Afghan voters to decide Karzai's fate on Aug. 20 (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:33 AM CST AP - Afghanistan's election commission said Thursday that the country's presidential election will be held Aug. 20, when voters around the country will decide whether to keep President Hamid Karzai on the job.

UN to visit boat people detained in Thailand (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:34 AM CST AP - Thailand said Thursday it would grant the U.N. access to 66 boat people convicted of illegally entering the country following allegations that Thai officials had earlier abused asylum seekers beached on its shores.

Shell reports $2.81 billion loss in fourth quarter (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:57 AM CST AP - Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, has reported a $2.81 billion net loss for the fourth quarter as the price of oil fell sharply and it wrote down the value of its inventory.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,236 (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:39 PM CST AP - As of Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at least 4,236 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Bolivia seeks to rebuild strained ties with US (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:04 PM CST AP - Bolivia wants to rebuild strained relations with the United States and hopes to exchange ambassadors with the new U.S. administration soon, the South American nation's foreign minister said Wednesday.

Obama presses South Africa on Zimbabwe (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:17 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and said Pretoria had an important role to play in helping resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis, the White House said on Wednesday.

Afghan presidential vote set for August 20 (AFP) Posted: 29 Jan 2009 01:58 AM CST AFP - Afghanistan has postponed presidential elections until August 20 because the vote could not be organised by late May as scheduled, the country's election commission announced Thursday.

Asian immigration growing fast in Australia: census (AFP) Posted: 29 Jan 2009 12:53 AM CST AFP - Australia's Asian population is growing rapidly as more immigrants from across the region pour into a country once despised for its racially exclusive policies, official statistics showed Thursday.

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