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    Bin Laden Vows Never to Be Captured Alive (AP)

AP - Osama bin Laden vowed never to be captured alive and said the U.S.
 military had become as "barbaric" as Saddam Hussein in an audiotape
 reposted on a militant Islamic Web site after first being broadcast
 last month.

    Workers Try to Reach Trapped Mexico Miners (AP)

AP - Rescue workers were burrowing through debris clogging a Mexican
 coal mine early Monday in a desperate effort to reach some 65 miners
 who were trapped for more than a day by a gas explosion.

    No Survivors Found Yet in Mudslide (AP)

AP - Rescuers using high-tech equipment have detected sounds at the site
 of an elementary school buried by a landslide in the Philippines, but
 it was unclear whether they were made by people trapped inside or
 shifting mud, officials said Monday.

    Lawmakers, White House at Odds Over Ports (AP)

AP - Members of Congress and the Bush administration are at odds over
 whether security is compromised by an Arab company's takeover of
 operations at six major American seaports.

    Bin Laden compares US "barbaric" acts to Saddam's (Reuters)

Reuters - Osama bin Laden accused U.S. forces of "barbaric" acts in Iraq
 comparable to those committed by Saddam Hussein, according to an audio
 tape first broadcast in January and posted on the Internet in full on
 Monday.

    Iraq Bombings Kill 24 People (AP)

AP - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned Iraqi politicians Monday they
 risk a loss of American support if they do not establish a genuine
 national unity government, saying the United States will not invest its
 resources in institutions run by sectarians.

    Israel Cuts Off Vital Palestinian Funds (AP)

AP - A moderate Gaza lawmaker was set to become the first Palestinian
 prime minister from the Islamic militant group Hamas, as Israel cut off
 vital funds and branded the new regime a "terrorist authority."

    Surviving Bee Gees Reunite for Charity (AP)

AP - Barry and Robin Gibb, two-thirds of the Bee Gees, reunited on stage
 for a Miami charity concert, their first performance since the death of
 brother Maurice three years ago.

    Winner of Record Jackpot Remains a Mystery (AP)

AP - Whoever won the nation's biggest jackpot has an open invitation to
 return to the convenience store where the winning ticket was bought and
 share the wealth.

    Trouble Follows Ski Coach Across Border (AP)

AP - Banned Austrian ski coach Walter Mayer left behind a tangle of
 trouble when he bolted the Turin Games after a doping raid on his team.
 He made it across the Italian border -- then ran into a whole lot more.

    Hope of Philippine survivor miracle dashed (Reuters)

Reuters - Hopes were raised and then dashed on Monday that 50 survivors
 had been pulled from a Philippine school three days after they had been
 buried in a landslide that has obliterated their village.

    Bombs kill 19 in Iraq after lull in violence (Reuters)

Reuters - Three bombs killed at least 19 people in Iraq on Monday,
 breaking a relative lull in guerrilla violence as the U.S. ambassador
 warned against sectarianism and militias in the new government.

    Rescuers dig for 65 trapped Mexican coal miners (Reuters)

Reuters - Rescue workers dug frantically on Monday to reach 65 miners
 trapped in tunnels underground after an explosion at a Mexican coal
 mine but there was little hope of finding them alive.

    Iran to pursue atomic research despite Russian plan (Reuters)

Reuters - Iran vowed on Monday to pursue nuclear research even if talks
 in Moscow lead to agreement on a Russian offer to enrich uranium for
 Iranian power plants -- a plan aimed at calming fears Tehran wants
 atomic bombs.

    Afghan cartoon protesters threaten to join al Qaeda (Reuters)

Reuters - Hundreds of Afghans shouted support on Monday for Osama bin
 Laden and threatened to join al Qaeda during a protest against cartoons
 of the Prophet Mohammad, while Pakistan Islamists vowed to broaden
 their campaign.

    Thousands of US troops to join landslide rescue as buried school is
     located (AFP)

AFP - The US military said it was committing up to 3,000 troops to help
 after a huge landslide in the Philippines, as the hunt for survivors
 became a grim search for bodies instead.

    Belgrade and Pristina begin UN-mediated delicate Kosovo talks (AFP)

AFP - Serbian and Kosovo Albanian leaders met face to face for the first
 time for the symbolic start of delicate UN-mediated talks on the future
 of Kosovo, the last major unresolved question from the Balkan wars of
 the 1990s.

    Iranian officials discuss nuclear compromise plan in Moscow (AFP)

AFP - Iranian officials arrived in Moscow for talks on a
 Russian-authored plan for resolving the Iranian nuclear crisis, but the
 chief Iranian delegate rejected any link with Western demands for
 Tehran to halt enrichment work.

    Rescuers race to free at least 65 trapped miners in Mexico (AFP)

AFP - Rescue workers scrambled against time to try to free at least 65
 miners trapped underground after an explosion inside a coal mine in
 northern Mexico.

    British Holocaust denier Irving appears in court (AFP)

AFP - British historian David Irving appeared in court at the start of
 his trial for denying the Holocaust, saying his views had changed since
 he denied the genocide in remarks 17 years ago.

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