Latest news from around the web, updated 10 minutes ago.

• World

  • Talks Fail to Resolve Gazprom Dispute
  • Russia and Ukraine gas officials hold talks
  • Bank of England Cuts Rates to Record Low of 1.5%

• Business

  • U.S. retailers report dismal sales
  • Zavvi announces 22 store closures
  • Lenovo to cut 2,500 jobs, restructure

• Celebrity

  • "24" off to strong start after dud season
  • What if Sundance isn't about the sales anymore?
  • 'Dark Knight' Sweeps at People's Choice Awards

• Politics

  • Obama: Pass stimulus or recession lasts 'years'
  • Reid: Illinois court may clear way for Burris
  • Obama set for presidential lunch

• Science

  • Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says
  • Obama wax figure free for Yanks in London Jan. 20
  • Everest trip helps critically ill

• Tech

  • Intel Lowers Its Forecast for a 2nd Time
  • Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google and Yahoo
  • Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta as a Free Download

• Sports

  • Nuggets deal Atkins, first-round pick to Thunder
  • BC fires coach after Jets interview
  • AP Source: Browns to Hire Eric Mangini as Coach

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

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    BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.

    2 months ago

    from Getty Images

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    Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.

    3 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by Reuters

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    A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    4 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

    4 months ago

    from Getty Images

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    French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, gestures during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. French President Nicolas Sarkozy hit out Thursday at financial speculators for having "perverted" capitalism, which he said should be overhauled with a new role for governments and moral values. Speaking alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a conference on the future of global finances in Paris, Sarkozy criticized "an immoral system where the logic of the markets excuses everything, where money follows money."

    9 mins ago

    from AP Photo by Michel Euler

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    Children hold placards during a protest outside the French embassy in Amman January 8, 2009 against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. The sign (L) reads: "One will become angry."

    12 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid (L) gestures with UCI ProTour manager Alain Rumpf during a press conference on January 8, 2009 in Geneva. Cycling's world governing body the UCI unveiled a provisional united world calendar for 2009, thus ending a rift which had threatened to permanently split the sport. The Tour de France, Italy's Giro and the Vuelta in Spain, as well as one day races like Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege have joined a line-up of 24 races for the coming year modelled around the 2005 to 2007 Pro Tour.

    13 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    WASHINGTON - JANUARY 07: U.S. President George W. Bush (C) meets with President-elect Barack Obama (2nd-L), former President Bill Clinton (2nd-R), former President Jimmy Carter (R) and former President George H.W. Bush (L) in the Oval Office January 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nations�s 44th president.

    1 day ago

    from Getty Images

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd R in the front row) visits the Chollima Steel Complex at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated picture released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) December 25, 2008.

    2 weeks ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Balloons with anti-North Korea leaflets released by former North Korean defectors and anti-North Korea activists fly towards the North in Imjinkak pavilion, near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, December 3, 2008. Dozens of activists, who demanded improvements of North Korea's human rights and the release of South Koreans abducted by the North, launched about 90,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets in helium-filled balloons near DMZ on Wednesday.

    1 month ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    An Israeli woman and her two children take cover during a rocket attack near Kfar Aza, just outside the northern Gaza Strip January 7, 2009. The woman came to meet her husband, an Israeli army officer currently serving on the Gaza border. Rockets exploded as they were waiting for him. Israel postponed on Wednesday a decision on whether to order its armed forces to storm the Gaza Strip's urban centres, an Israeli official said, citing Egyptian- and French-led efforts to secure a truce with Hamas.

    21 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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