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• Yanukovych declares victory in Ukrainian vote (AP)
• Drs.: Argentine ex-leader OK after rush surgery (AP)
• Costa Rica votes, could elect 1st woman president (AP)
• Hundreds flee south Afghan town ahead of offensive (AP)
• A Year After Fires, Australia Debates What Went Wrong (Time.com)
• Opposition's Yanukovich claims win in Ukraine poll (Reuters)
• Israeli forces detain pro-Palestinian activists (AP)
• Amid drug war, Mexico less deadly than decade ago (AP)
• Private schools sprout in Zimbabwe as public system struggles (AFP)
• Envoys head to North Korea to push for nuclear talks (Reuters)
• Give a home to us not the Olympics, say protesters (Reuters)
• Australia marks anniversary of deadly firestorm (AFP)
• European Vacation: Pope Talks Tough in His Own Backyard (Time.com)

Yanukovych declares victory in Ukrainian vote (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:08 PM PST AP - Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych declared victory in Ukraine's presidential runoff but his opponent rejected the claim, saying the vote was too close to call.

Drs.: Argentine ex-leader OK after rush surgery (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:05 PM PST AP - Ex-President Nestor Kirchner, husband of Argentina's current leader and a hopeful to resume the office, emerged successfully from emergency surgery on a key artery to his brain Sunday, his doctors said.

Costa Rica votes, could elect 1st woman president (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:02 PM PST AP - Costa Ricans appeared likely to elect their first woman president Sunday as Central America's most politically and economically stable country chose between a career politician from the ruling party and an anti-taxation Libertarian.

Hundreds flee south Afghan town ahead of offensive (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:33 PM PST AP - Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan.

A Year After Fires, Australia Debates What Went Wrong (Time.com) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST Time.com - On Feb. 7, Australia will mark the one-year anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, the worst natural disaster in the continent's recorded history

Opposition's Yanukovich claims win in Ukraine poll (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 06:04 PM PST Reuters - Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich headed for a slender victory on Monday in a presidential election but bitter rival Yulia Tymoshenko refused to concede and her camp said she was ahead.

Israeli forces detain pro-Palestinian activists (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:51 AM PST AP - Israeli troops broke down the door of an apartment in the Palestinian-ruled West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday and arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Spain and Australia, their roommate said.

Amid drug war, Mexico less deadly than decade ago (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:44 PM PST AP - Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a decade ago.

Private schools sprout in Zimbabwe as public system struggles (AFP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 01:10 PM PST AFP - "No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms, backyards and plots across Harare.

Envoys head to North Korea to push for nuclear talks (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:04 PM PST Reuters - A senior Chinese envoy was in North Korea to prod the reclusive state back to stalled nuclear talks while the South sent a team across the border on Monday for talks to restart tourism projects halted due to political wrangling.

Give a home to us not the Olympics, say protesters (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:47 PM PST Reuters - Robert Bonner is not impressed that Vancouver is hosting the Winter Olympics and thinks the millions of dollars spent on the event would have better gone on alleviating problems like poverty and homelessness.

Australia marks anniversary of deadly firestorm (AFP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:53 PM PST AFP - Australians marked the first anniversary of devastating wildfires that killed 173 people, grieving for those who lost their lives and praying for the survivors in a national day of mourning Sunday.

European Vacation: Pope Talks Tough in His Own Backyard (Time.com) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST Time.com - For his next two trips abroad, Pope Benedict XVI is traveling to Britain andPortugal to try to counter the forces of secularism sweeping the continent

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