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  1. Three people - two of whom are believed to be children - have been killed in a crash near Aviemore in the Highlands. Two vehicles were involved in the collision, which happened on the A95 at about 0920 GMT. Full Article at BBC News

  2. CAIRO An Egyptian security official says two motorboats have collided in the Nile in northern Egypt and dozens of passengers are missing. Full Article at FOX News

  3. Pregnant women are to be educated about the importance of taking vitamin D supplements thanks to a campaign by a 14-year-old Glasgow schoolboy. Full Article at BBC News

  4. TEHRAN, Iran Iran's vice president said Saturday his country needs 20 industrial-scale uranium enrichment facilities, a potentially dramatic expansion of its nuclear program in defiance of U.N. demands. Full Article at FOX News

  5. KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Marines pressed into a remote Taliban stronghold on Saturday with their first major assault in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama earmarked 30,000 more troops to try to turn the tide on the Taliban insurgency. Full Article at Reuters

  6. Mario Balotelli

    One of the highlights of the Italian football season is in danger of being overshadowed by a row over racist abuse against one of Italy's young stars. The clash in Turin between Juventus and league leaders Inter Milan should be a match to relish. Full Article at BBC News

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  8. Algeria coach Rabah Saadane

    Advertisement England's group 'not so bad' - Capello England coach Fabio Capello is pleased with his side's draw for the group stage of the 2010 World Cup finals but is not expecting any easy matches. Full Article at BBC News

  9. TEXAS CITY, Texas One worker was killed and two others were injured when a boiler failed at a Valero petroleum refinery in eastern Texas. Full Article at FOX News

  10. She arrived in Washington with more of a splash than any White House social secretary before her, and no wonder: Desiree Rogers had obvious style, wealth, a Harvard MBA, years of corporate experience, and friends at the top, most importantly Barack and... Full Article at FOX News

  11. KEYSTONE, Colo. Sheriff's officials say a woman caught trying to use a man's ski pass at Keystone Resort in Colorado claimed she was in the middle of a sex change. Season passes have the holders' names and photos on them. Full Article at FOX News

  12. A bomb has exploded near a KFC restaurant in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. Reports quoting police say at least one person has been killed. Vehicles were damaged and the windows of nearby stores were broken in the blast. Full Article at BBC News

  13. Morrill Worcester, center, with Andrea Shea King at Arlington National Cemetery in December 2007. Morrill Worcester, center, with Andrea Shea King at Arlington National Cemetery in December 2007. Full Article at FOX News

  14. George Washington letter

    A letter written by the first US President, George Washington, has sold at auction for $3.2m (£1.9m). The sale, at Christie's in New York, was a record for a letter written by Washington. Full Article at BBC News

  15. Toy creator Russell Hornsby, at center with his daughters and development team, hit it big with the Zhu Zhu.

    Hornsby bet big this year on a toy version of the one pet that he figured kids loved and parents hated: messy, squeaky, small-brained hamsters. He called them Zhu Zhus. You know what happened next. Full Article at The Washington Post

  16. The number of jobless Americans stood at 15.4 million in November, down slightly from October but still more than double the number at the start of the economic slowdown. Full Article at The Washington Post

  17. WASHINGTON Paula Hawkins, a tart-tongued conservative Republican who served a single term as a senator from Florida, fighting to protect children and blazing a trail for women while shunning the label of “feminist,” died Friday in Orlando, Fla. Full Article at The New York Times

  18. A petition in New Jersey signed by more than 2,300 Democratic officials, advocates and residents has helped sway members of the State Senate Judiciary Committee to call for a vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Full Article at The New York Times