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    Hope Fades in Philippine Mudslide (AP)

AP - Rescue workers dug grimly Tuesday for a mud-swamped elementary
 school, but in a different spot from where they excitedly detected
 underground sounds a day earlier that they hoped were signs of life.

    Kin of Mexican Miners Growing Desperate (AP)

AP - Relatives of 65 Mexican coal miners trapped underground for almost
 two days by a gas explosion grew increasingly desperate as hopes dimmed
 that any survivors would be found.

    Iraqi Bombers Target Hair Dressers (AP)

AP - Britain's foreign secretary told Iraqi leaders Tuesday they must
 form a national unity government free of domination by a single group,
 reinforcing U.S. pressure on political leaders to put aside ethnic and
 sectarian differences in the interest of the nation.

    Protesters Rally in Pakistan, Iraq (AP)

AP - About 2,000 people chanted "Death to America" and "Death to
 Denmark" as they rallied in a small town near the Afghan border to
 protest the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that have sparked violent
 demonstrations in Muslim countries.

    11 Islamic Militants Sentenced to Death (AP)

AP - Eleven Islamic militants were sentenced to death Tuesday for an
 assassination attempt on a Pakistani army general that killed 10 people
 in 2004.

    E.On Launches Takeover Bid for Endesa SA (AP)

AP - German utility E.On AG launched a surprise 29.1 billion euro
 ($34.72 billion) bid Tuesday for Spain's Endesa SA, coming in above an
 existing offer from Spain's Gas Natural and threatening to disrupt
 carefully laid plans for Spanish power market consolidation.

    Abbas Picks Hamas Leader to Form New Govt (AP)

AP - Hamas presented its choice for Palestinian prime minister -- a
 pragmatic former university administrator -- and the Islamic militant
 group reached out to other factions, including Fatah, to join a
 broad-based Cabinet that might stand a chance of gaining international
 approval.

    Shining Path Guerrilla Commander Killed (AP)

AP - A Shining Path guerrilla commander believed responsible for an
 ambush that killed eight policemen in December has died in a shootout
 with authorities in Peru's jungle, police said Monday.

    Doomed Egyptian ferry black box recovered (AFP)

AFP - The black box from an Egyptian ferry that sank in the Red Sea
 leaving some 1,000 people dead was recovered, Transport Minister
 Mohammed Mansour announced.

    China blood test lapses fuel "hidden AIDS epidemic" (Reuters)

Reuters - Blood for transfusions in China is still not routinely tested
 for HIV/AIDS despite a legal requirement to do so, triggering a "hidden
 epidemic," an AIDS activist said on Tuesday.

    Harper switches communications directors two weeks into his job
     (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Stephen Harper has been prime minister
 for two weeks and already has his second director of communications
 after replacing his chief spin doctor Monday with a former lobbyist.

    Australia to send 200 more troops to Afghanistan (AFP)

AFP - Australia will send an additional 200 troops to Afghanistan to
 work with Dutch-led reconstruction teams to help rebuild the war-torn
 nation, Prime Minister John Howard said.

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