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    Shi'ites fail to nominate Iraq PM again (Reuters)

Reuters - Iraq's ruling Islamist Shi'ite alliance failed to pick a
 candidate for prime minister again in talks on Saturday, with rivalries
 delaying negotiations on forming a government nearly two months after
 elections.

    Iran may reconsider nuclear NPT membership (Reuters)

Reuters - Iran may reconsider its membership of the nuclear
 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if it feels its enemies are using the
 accord to put unfair pressure on it, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said
 on Saturday.

    Pakistan finds suspected bomber's remains (Reuters)

Reuters - Pakistani investigators have found remains of a suspected
 suicide bomber who attacked a procession of minority Shi'ite Muslims,
 killing dozens of people and sparking sectarian clashes, police said on
 Saturday.

    Hamas delegates could visit Moscow by end Feb: Ifax (Reuters)

Reuters - Planned talks in Russia with a delegation from Palestinian
 group Hamas may take place before the end of this month, a Russian
 official was quoted as saying on Saturday by Interfax news agency.

    Preval's lead narrows in Haiti election (Reuters)

Reuters - Former President Rene Preval could be headed for a runoff in
 Haiti's first election since Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted two
 years ago, according to the latest election results issued on Friday.

    G-8 Ministers Discuss Energy Prices (AP)

AP - Finance ministers from the world's leading industrial countries
 said Saturday that they expect the world economy to continue to grow in
 2006, but warned that "high and volatile energy prices" could pose a
 risk.

    2 Policemen, Iraqi Army Spokesman Slain (AP)

AP - Drive-by gunmen killed two Iraqi policemen and a spokesman for the
 Iraqi army in three separate shootings across the country. Shiite
 leaders met Saturday in Baghdad to discuss who should be Iraq's next
 prime minister.

    FBI Says It Stopped Attack in Puerto Rico (AP)

AP - FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched five homes and a
 business to thwart what the agency said was a "domestic terrorist
 attack" planned by militants favoring independence for the U.S. island
 territory.

    Nigeria starts testing people for bird flu: WHO (Reuters)

Reuters - Nigeria has started testing people who have fallen ill close
 to where the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was found, a World Health
 Organization (WHO) official said on Saturday.

    Yuvraj leads India to one-day win over Pakistan (AFP)

AFP - Dashing left-hander Yuvraj Singh smashed an impressive unbeaten 82
 to help India beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the second one-day
 international here.

    B.C. border crossings closed after report armed U.S. fugitive
     heading north (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - SURREY, B.C. (CP) - Officers at the busy Peace Arch and
 Pacific Highway Canada-U.S. border crossings south of Vancouver walked
 off the job Friday over reports of an armed U.S. fugitive headed their
 way.

    Australian soldiers complain of 'glow-in-the-dark' combat jackets
     (AFP)

AFP - Australian troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are using defective
 equipment, including combat jackets that glow in the dark, a report
 says.

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