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    At Least 15 Die in Nigeria Cartoon Protest (AP)

AP - Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad
 attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least
 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim
 anger over the drawings.

    Philippine Rescue Teams Find More Bodies (AP)

AP - Weary rescue teams recovered only bodies Sunday at a Philippine
 village engulfed by a landslide, fearful of sinking beneath the
 unstable mud and losing hope in the search for survivors.

    4 Iraqi Truck Drivers Killed in Ambush (AP)

AP - Gunmen ambushed a convoy of trucks carrying construction material
 to U.S. military north of Baghdad Sunday, killing four Iraqi drivers.
 Search crews found the wreckage of a German plane in northern Iraq with
 the six Germans and an Iraqi on board dead, an official said.

    Thousands in Northeast Still Without Power (AP)

AP - A deep freeze stretched from Arkansas to New York as workers tried
 to restore power to 200,000 homes and businesses left dark by fierce
 winds that were also blamed in four deaths.

    West may have to live with low-level Iranian atom work (Reuters)

Reuters - The crisis over Iran's atomic agenda is deepening, but the
 world's nuclear watchdog chief has warned there may be no choice but to
 accept limited uranium enrichment by Tehran, diplomats say.

    Military: Troops Accounted for After Crash (AP)

AP - Rescue crews called off operations Saturday after the U.S. military
 said it has accounted for 10 American troops who went missing after two
 transport helicopters crashed into the sea but declined to reveal their
 fate until family members were notified.

    One Person Wins $365M Powerball Jackpot (AP)

AP - A Powerball ticket sold in Nebraska has the winning numbers for the
 largest jackpot in the nation's history -- $365 million -- lottery
 officials said Sunday.

    GI, Widow Win $102.6M Judgment for Attack (AP)

AP - A soldier wounded in Afghanistan and the widow of his slain comrade
 were awarded a $102.6 million judgment from the estate of a suspected
 al-Qaida financier.

    Rolling Stones Rock for Free in Brazil (AP)

AP - The spirit of carnival arrived a week early in Brazil with a free
 Rolling Stones concert before a crowd of over 1 million people at
 Copacabana Beach.

    Police Seize Materials in Austrians' Rooms (AP)

AP - Italian authorities seized materials in a surprise late-night sweep
 through the living quarters of the Austrian biathlon and cross-country
 teams, the first anti-doping police raid on athletes in Olympic
 history.

    Saudi papers publish Danish paper's cartoon apology (Reuters)

Reuters - Saudi Arabian newspapers on Sunday printed an apology by the
 Danish paper whose cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad have
 sparked deadly protests around the world.

    Olmert talks tough on Hamas, waters down restrictions (Reuters)

Reuters - Israel settled on Sunday for watered-down restrictions on the
 Palestinian Authority in an apparent nod to U.S. calls to avoid adding
 to Palestinian hardship after Hamas's election victory.

    Mass burials begin in Philippine landslide tragedy (Reuters)

Reuters - Philippine villagers began to bury their dead in a mass grave
 on Sunday as rescuers pulled only corpses from an entombed community of
 1,800 crushed under metres of mud by a landslide.

    Islamic protesters damage US embassy in Jakarta (Reuters)

Reuters - Islamic demonstrators angry at depictions of the Prophet
 Mohammad turned their wrath on the U.S. embassy in Jakarta on Sunday,
 beating on the gate with sticks and pelting the building with tomatoes,
 eggs and stones.

    EU to make new nukes appeal to Iran as rift deepens (Reuters)

Reuters - European officials will make a fresh appeal to Iran on Monday
 to halt sensitive nuclear activities, warning its foreign minister on a
 rare trip to Brussels that the West is fast running out of patience.

    Hope of survivors dim in Philippine landslide (AFP)

AFP - Rescuers are picking through a sea of mud in search of survivors
 after a massive landslide buried 1,400 Philippine villagers, but
 officials conceded hope was all but lost.

    Poultry farmer dies, chickens culled as bird flu hits India (AFP)

AFP - A poultry farmer has died of suspected bird flu while health
 workers have begun carrying out a mass cull of birds after India was
 hit by the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu.

    Nigeria seeks release of hostage oil workers (AFP)

AFP - Nigerian authorities are seeking to negotiate the safe release of
 nine foreign workers who were taken hostage during the latest wave of
 violence to rock Africa's biggest oil industry.

    US Mideast democracy plan backfiring: Iran president (AFP)

AFP - Washington's push for Middle East democracy is resulting in across
 the board victories for militant Islamic movements, Iran's hardline
 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has boasted in an interview.

    Newspaper apologises for cartoons as troops enforce curfews (AFP)

AFP - Nigeria and Pakistan have deployed troops to prevent a repeat of
 violent protests over Prophet Mohammed cartoons as the Danish newspaper
 that first published them apologised again to Muslims.

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