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• Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town (AP)
• Apparent bomb kills 8 in Indian bakery, 42 injured (AP)
• Tymoshenko calls Ukraine vote rigged (AP)
• Ban forces rivals of Iraqi PM to halt campaign (AP)
• Why France's National Identity Debate Backfired (Time.com)
• Economists urge Britain to cut deficit faster (AFP)
• Yemen's northern rebels meeting cease-fire terms (AP)
• Bashir starts Sudan election campaign with a jig (Reuters)
• Obama getting briefed on Afghanistan operation (AP)
• Wary lugers train, balmy weather plagues Games (Reuters)
• Woman, 60, in serious condition after shark bite (AP)
• Surprise tactic in Afghanistan offensive befuddles Taliban (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Why Vancouver officials say luge track is now safe (The Christian Science Monitor)
• With Casinos Set to Open, Singapore Rolls The Dice (Time.com)

Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 05:00 PM PST AP - Bombs and booby traps slowed the advance of thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers moving Saturday through the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah — NATO's most ambitious effort yet to break the militants' grip over their southern heartland.

Apparent bomb kills 8 in Indian bakery, 42 injured (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:55 PM PST AP - An apparent bomb tore through a crowded bakery popular with foreigners in western India, killing at least eight people and wounding 42 near a famed meditation center.

Tymoshenko calls Ukraine vote rigged (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 02:06 PM PST AP - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko — apparently defeated by a narrow margin in last week's presidential vote — ended six days of silence Saturday by saying the election had been rigged and she would challenge the result in court.

Ban forces rivals of Iraqi PM to halt campaign (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 01:36 PM PST AP - A political coalition led by one of the Iraqi prime minister's fiercest critics temporarily halted its campaign Saturday for next month's parliamentary elections after a number of its candidates were barred from running.

Why France's National Identity Debate Backfired (Time.com) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 08:15 AM PST Time.com - Three months ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a major debate on what it means to be French in the 21st century. Now, it appears the much-criticized initiative may have done more harm than good

Economists urge Britain to cut deficit faster (AFP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:22 PM PST AFP - Leading economists warned Sunday that Britain lacks a credible plan to cut its budget deficit, in a damaging attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government just months before a tough election fight.

Yemen's northern rebels meeting cease-fire terms (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:12 AM PST AP - Yemen's northern rebels have withdrawn from an occupied airport and begun tearing down roadblocks, fulfilling the conditions of a cease-fire agreement with the government, a rebel spokesman said Saturday.

Bashir starts Sudan election campaign with a jig (Reuters) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 01:25 PM PST Reuters - Campaigning for Sudan's first truly multi-party elections in 24 years began on Saturday with President Omar Hassan al-Bashir dancing his trademark jig and mocking the war crimes prosecutor seeking his extradition.

Obama getting briefed on Afghanistan operation (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama is keeping a close watch on combat operations in Afghanistan, getting multiple updates as thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers storm a Taliban stronghold.

Wary lugers train, balmy weather plagues Games (Reuters) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:46 PM PST Reuters - Organizers shortened the world's fastest luge track for safety on Saturday after a crash killed a Georgian Olympian as Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann won the first gold medal at a Games plagued by warm, wet weather.

Woman, 60, in serious condition after shark bite (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:03 AM PST AP - A 60-year-old woman is in serious condition after being bitten by a shark off northeastern Australia and losing several pints (liters) of blood.

Surprise tactic in Afghanistan offensive befuddles Taliban (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 02:04 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - LASHKAR GAR, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines and Afghan forces airlifted over the Taliban-laid minefields into the center of Marjah town Saturday, apparently surprising the insurgents and taking strategic positions from them, according to military officials.

Why Vancouver officials say luge track is now safe (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:13 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - After Nodar Kumaritashvili’s fatal crash on the Whistler luge track Friday, officials from the International Luge Federation and the Vancouver organizing committee (VANOC) this morning firmly defended their decision to proceed with the men’s luge heats as planned today. Team captains were informed in a meeting this morning and raised no concerns, the officials said.

With Casinos Set to Open, Singapore Rolls The Dice (Time.com) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 08:15 AM PST Time.com - Just how much money has been poured in -- and how daunting the challenge of recouping that money will be -- are becoming clear as the first of Singapore's long-awaited casinos prepares to throw open its doors this month

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