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• Ivory Coast president dissolves 'unity' government (AP)
• US Marines, Afghan troops attack Taliban-held town (AP)
• Polanski film debuts, Swiss vow no extradition yet (AP)
• Carnival blasts off in Rio amid heat wave (AP)
• Tension among Haiti's religions grows after quake (AP)
• Why can't women ski jump in the Olympics? (Time.com)
• McQueen's death hurts London fashion scene (AP)
• Abbas aide in sex tape scandal urged to quit (AP)
• US lawmakers pledge more funding for Haiti (AP)
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• China says "most" melamine-tainted milk destroyed (Reuters)
• Shaw to buy control of Canwest TV operations (Reuters)
• 'Great white' attack was docile carpet shark (AFP)
• U.S., Afghan forces begin assault in Helmand Province (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Luge death of Nodar Kumaritashvili shows danger of Whistler track (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 25 Winter Olympic Athletes to Watch (Time.com)
• People of the Year: Shai Reshef (OneWorld.net)

Ivory Coast president dissolves 'unity' government (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:08 PM PST AP - Ivory Coast's president has dissolved the government and disbanded the election commission, throwing into doubt the political reconciliation process in a divided country that was about to hold elections.

US Marines, Afghan troops attack Taliban-held town (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:43 PM PST AP - Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines and Afghan troops swooped down on the Taliban-held town of Marjah before dawn on Saturday, launching a long-expected attack to re-establish government control and undermine support for the militants in their southern heartland.

Polanski film debuts, Swiss vow no extradition yet (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:36 PM PST AP - Roman Polanski's new film has premiered in Berlin and Swiss authorities have pledged not to extradite him to the U.S. as long as his appeal on a sex case was still being considered in Los Angeles.

Carnival blasts off in Rio amid heat wave (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST AP - Carnival erupted Friday in Rio with raucous street parties that brought together cheering, drum-beating locals with sweaty foreigners escaping snowbound cities.

Tension among Haiti's religions grows after quake (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:21 PM PST AP - Christian and Voodoo leaders put aside their differences for a moment Friday, joining hands under a canopy of tropical trees as some earthquake survivors on crutches and in wheelchairs mourned the more than 200,000 Haitians killed by an earthquake one month ago.

Why can't women ski jump in the Olympics? (Time.com) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:45 AM PST Time.com - Why Can't Women Ski Jump in the Olympics?

McQueen's death hurts London fashion scene (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 01:57 PM PST AP - Yes, there are other big names: Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney and Paul Smith come to mind. But the sudden death of Alexander McQueen leaves a gaping hole at the center of London's fashion universe.

Abbas aide in sex tape scandal urged to quit (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:21 PM PST AP - As sex tapes go, it's fairly tame — a man gets undressed in a bedroom, slides under the covers, plumps the pillows and calls to a woman to join him.

US lawmakers pledge more funding for Haiti (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:12 PM PST AP - A delegation of U.S. lawmakers led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Haiti's president Friday that they will seek increased funding for the country's recovery from the catastrophic earthquake.

(AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:23 PM PST AP - Ivory Coast's president says he is dissolving the government.

China says "most" melamine-tainted milk destroyed (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:28 PM PST Reuters - Most of the melamine-tainted dairy products which have resurfaced in China over the past few months have been destroyed, and none has hit shop shelves or been exported, state media said on Saturday.

Shaw to buy control of Canwest TV operations (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:03 PM PST Reuters - Cable operator Shaw Communications Inc has agreed to buy a controlling stake in the television business of debt-swamped Canwest Global Communications Corp, Canada's biggest media company, the two firms said on Friday.

'Great white' attack was docile carpet shark (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 08:03 PM PST AFP - A suspected attack by a feared great white shark in Sydney has been exposed as a bite from a docile wobbegong, a species that usually shuns humans, experts said Friday.

U.S., Afghan forces begin assault in Helmand Province (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:42 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. forces opened a major offensive in southern Afghanistan early Saturday, sending thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan and British soldiers against a Taliban stronghold in Helmand province.

Luge death of Nodar Kumaritashvili shows danger of Whistler track (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:08 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The luge death of Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili in a crash during training Friday opens the Vancouver Organizing Committee to criticism that it has built a sliding track that is recklessly unsafe.

25 Winter Olympic Athletes to Watch (Time.com) Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:45 AM PST Time.com - On Feb. 12, the world's best skiers, boarders and skaters will descend on Vancouver for the Winter Games. A TIME guide to all the fire on ice (and snow)

People of the Year: Shai Reshef (OneWorld.net) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:19 PM PST OneWorld.net - for adapting social networking principles in an effort to make higher education accessible to everyone, regardless of where they were born or how much money they have

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