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• World

  • Vice President-Elect Arrives in Pakistan
  • Stocks slide after rise in unemployment rate
  • Gaza offensive continues despite UN cease-fire call

• Business

  • Get ready for more pain ahead
  • Hearst threatens to close Post-Intelligencer paper
  • Citigroup director Robert Rubin resigns as adviser

• Celebrity

  • Winnie-the-Pooh in comeback after 83 years
  • Ryan O'Neal pleads guilty to drug charge
  • Critics: 'Slumdog' Wins Five Awards

• Politics

  • Burris appointment valid, Illinois high court says
  • Blagojevich jogs while Illinois House votes to impeach him
  • Obama's green energy plans build hopes, skepticism

• Science

  • FDA finishes review of study, backs Vytorin
  • Mosquitoes are the insect world's Barry White, scientists discover
  • Explorers on Bacon Diet Set South Pole Trek Record

• Tech

  • Palm shares surge after new phone impresses at CES
  • CES: 100 high-def movies on a stamp-sized chip?
  • Microsoft's Ballmer: Windows 7 Almost Ready

• Sports

  • South Carolina QB Smelley to transfer
  • Red Sox finalize deal with RHP Brad Penny
  • More Exemptions in Baseball for Amphetamines

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

• Hot off the wire

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    A Chinese woman bargains for a fake blossoming tree at a market selling Chinese New Year decorations ahead of the Spring festival holiday season in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. The Year of the Ox according to the Chinese Zodiac begins this year on January 26.

    1 hour ago

    from AP Photo by Elizabeth Dalziel

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    Ted Haggard answers questions during the HBO panel for the documentary "The Trials of Ted Haggard" at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Los Angeles January 9, 2009. Haggard, the powerful U.S. evangelist who fell from grace in 2006 amid a gay sex scandal, returned to the spotlight on Friday saying his faith was stronger but he wished people had been more forgiving.

    13 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Members of a Jewish organization hold a sign reading "Peace in the Holy Land" during a demo in defense of Israel in front of Israel's Embassy at Las Americas square in San Salvador, on January 9, 2009. Around 200 members of Jewish organizations and churches participated in a march to support Israel.

    4 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is pictured on the cover of a special edition Marvel Comics' weekly Spider-Man comic, in this handout released January 8, 2009. Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada said the idea for the "Spidey meets the President!" edition came from a statement from Obama's campaign listing 10 little known facts about the Democrat who will be America's first black president.

    20 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    A woman holds a drawing during a protest by members of the Arab and Muslims communities and Romanian human rights activists in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. Hundreds gathered outside the Romanian government headquarters to protest against the ongoing Israeli military operation in Gaza Strip.

    14 hours ago

    from AP Photo by VADIM GHIRDA

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    Jellyfish gather in a marine lake in Palau in the Pacific in this undated handout. Huge swarms of stinging jellyfish and similar slimy animals are ruining beaches in Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, Australia and elsewhere, U.S. researchers reported on December 12, 2008. The report says 150 million people are exposed to jellyfish globally every year, with 500,000 people stung every year in the Chesapeake Bay, off the U.S. Atlantic Coast, alone.

    4 weeks ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is pictured on the cover of a special edition Marvel Comics' weekly Spider-Man comic, in this handout released January 8, 2009. Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada said the idea for the "Spidey meets the President!" edition came from a statement from Obama's campaign listing 10 little known facts about the Democrat who will be America's first black president.

    20 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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