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AP - "Crash" pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards
 history, winning best picture Sunday over the front-runner "Brokeback
 Mountain."

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AP - A string of explosions in Baghdad and north of the capital Monday
 killed at least 11 Iraqis and injured 47. An American soldier was
 reported killed in insurgency-plagued western Iraq.

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AP - The agency entrusted with protecting the U.S. homeland is having
 difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security
 guards at the complex.

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AP - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency expressed cautious
 optimism Monday on the chances of reaching an international agreement
 to defuse concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and make U.N.
 Security Council action unnecessary.

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Reuters - South Korea's new chief negotiator on North Korea's nuclear
 weapons programs met over the weekend with the top U.S. envoy to the
 discussions about how to resume stalled talks with the North.

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AP - The number of overweight children worldwide will increase
 significantly by the end of the decade, and scientists expect profound
 impacts on everything from public health care to economies, a study
 published Monday said.

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AP - While AT&T Inc.'s $67 billion bid for BellSouth Corp. would expand
 the number of voices using the country's largest telecommunications
 company, it may end up sounding more like a hang up for some employees.

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AP - Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest network equipment maker,
 said on Monday it's partnering with Microsoft Corp. to create a package
 of communications tools geared for businesses.

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AP - Keira Knightley proved to be fashion royalty at the Academy Awards.
 She wore a wine-colored, one-shoulder gown by Vera Wang that hit the
 right balance between youthful funkiness and movie-star glamour.

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AP - For at least a few more days, dozens of high-priced NFL players
 still have jobs.

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Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's chief said on Monday he was
 hopeful a deal over Iran's atomic program could be reached soon, citing
 a flurry of diplomacy involving Russia and European Union powers.

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Reuters - The Oscars opened the closet door to gay-themed films but shut
 it almost as quickly.

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Reuters - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Monday he would convene
 parliament in six days, but political wrangling and violence means
 there is little chance of forming a government of national unity any
 time soon.

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Reuters - Andrew Fastow, Enron Corp's former financial chief and the
 architect of its most devious accounting schemes, will the take the
 stand this week as the star witness at the trial of his former bosses
 Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.

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Reuters - A Pakistan anti-terrorism court sentenced two members of an al
 Qaeda-linked Islamic group to death on Monday for an attack on
 paramilitary troops two years ago.

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AFP - Tens of thousands of people have been held "arbitrarily" in Iraq
 since the start of the US-led invasion in March 2003, creating a
 situation that is ripe for abuse, Amnesty International said.

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AFP - UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said he hoped an
 agreement could be reached soon to ease Western fears over Iran's
 nuclear program and avert punitive UN Security Council action.

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AFP - South Africa's most explosive rape trial resumed with former
 deputy president Jacob Zuma saying he had consensual sex with an
 HIV-positive woman but the alleged victim insisted she was violated by
 a father figure.

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AFP - The low-budget racial drama "Crash" pulled off a stunning upset at
 the 78th annual Academy Awards by snatching the best picture Oscar from
 the favourite "Brokeback Mountain".

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AFP - The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu swept into Poland, a laboratory
 confirmed, as world health experts prepared for a feared mutation of
 the virus that could kill millions.

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