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• World

  • Mexico to citizens: Swallow your gum
  • Ukraine shuts off all gas supplies to Europe
  • India: Mumbai gunmen directed by phone

• Business

  • Monsanto profit more than doubles
  • Satyam boss Raju admits accounting fraud, quits
  • A new, more compassionate IRS?

• Celebrity

  • Betty Freeman, Patron of New Music, Dies at 87
  • Little known actor lands lead in "Tron" sequel
  • Review: Just say `I don't' to `Bride Wars'

• Politics

  • House to vote Friday on two pay fairness bills
  • Congressional Black Caucus OKs Burris
  • Senate Dems Will Seat Burris(update: Leaders Dispute Reports of Seating Burris)

• Science

  • Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports
  • Teen birth rates up in 26 states
  • Beijing Woman Dies of Avian Flu

• Tech

  • ITunes to Change Pricing Strategy
  • Apple Cuts Copy Protection, Prices On iTunes Store
  • Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes

• Sports

  • Grizzlies waive Darius Miles after two games
  • BC follows through with Jagodzinski's firing
  • Georgia's Stafford, Moreno to enter NFL draft

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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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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    Derby County's Andy Todd, right, tackles Manchester United's Carlos Tevez, left, during their English League Cup semi-final first leg soccer match at Pride Park Stadium, Derby, England, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.

    9 mins ago

    from AP Photo by Jon Super

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    Spain's Carlos Sainz and co-driver Michel Perin compete in their Volkswagen during the 763 km (474 miles) fifth stage of the South American edition of the Dakar 2009 from Neuquen to San Rafael, January 7, 2009.

    11 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    French soldiers send a friendly message using an optical signal to Chinese destroyer DDG-169 Wuhan (pictured background) from French Frigate Le Floreal on January 7, 2009. A Chinese naval convoy arrived on January 6, 2009 in the Gulf of Aden on a landmark mission to protect the country's shipping from Somali pirates and escorted its first four vessels, state media reported. The four ships escorted were Chinese merchant vessels, including one from Hong Kong, Xinhua news agency said in a dispatch filed from aboard the destroyer Wuhan. The naval task force, deploying two destroyers and a supply ship, marks China's first potential combat mission beyond its territorial waters in centuries.

    22 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.

    22 hours 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.

    1 week 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.

    5 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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