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    Rescuers Search for Landslide Survivors (AP)

AP - Rescue workers searched a sea of mud in vain Saturday for survivors
 of a landslide that killed up to 1,800 people. People fled nearby
 villages, heeding warnings that the disaster threatened to repeat
 itself.

    Libyans Riot Over Prophet Cartoon; 10 Dead (AP)

AP - Libyans set fire to the Italian consulate in a riot that left at
 least 10 people dead, the bloodiest protest yet against the Prophet
 Muhammad cartoons that have roiled the Muslim world.

    Roadside Bombs Kill U.S. Soldier, 9 Iraqis (AP)

AP - A spate of roadside bombings killed a U.S. soldier and at least
 nine Iraqis in Baghdad and north of the capital Saturday, officials
 said. Two Macedonians were kidnapped in southern Iraq, while a search
 was underway for a private German plane missing in the north.

    Abbas Asks Hamas to Form the Next Gov't (AP)

AP - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday asked Hamas to form
 the next Palestinian government, but demanded that the Islamic
 militants recognize existing peace deals and fall in line with his
 moderate policies, including negotiations with Israel.

    Shots wound 4 during Pakistan cartoon protest (Reuters)

Reuters - Four people were wounded on Saturday when shots were fired
 during a protest in central Pakistan over publication of cartoons
 lampooning the Prophet Mohammad, police said.

    Rescuers Search for Missing Helicopters (AP)

AP - Rescuers searched the waters off Djibouti's coast Saturday for 10
 missing crew of two U.S. Marine Corps transport helicopters that
 crashed into the sea, a military spokeswoman said.

    Thousands Lose Power After Storm Hits N.E. (AP)

AP - Thousands of people remained without power Saturday after a winter
 storm packing wind gusts of up to 77 mph rolled across the Northeast,
 downing trees and power lines. Three people were killed.

    Study: Watching Calories Takes Commitment (AP)

AP - Losing that extra weight is one thing. Keeping it off requires a
 lifetime of counting calories. That's the message from a more than
 two-decade study of monkeys conducted by Barbara Hansen of the
 University of South Florida, Tampa.

    Lachey Seeks Support, Jewelry From Simpson (AP)

AP - In divorce papers, Nick Lachey is seeking spousal support from
 Jessica Simpson, and he wants his jewelry back.

    Men's Super-G Rescheduled Amid Heavy Snow (AP)

AP - Deteriorating weather conditions Saturday forced race officials to
 reschedule the men's Olympic super-G after the first racers down had
 trouble seeing and skiing through increasingly heavy snow and fog.

    Hopes fade for Philippine villagers (Reuters)

Reuters - The stench of death hung over a village of 1,800 people in the
 central Philippines on Saturday, a day after a torrent of mud and rock
 from a rain-soaked mountainside engulfed homes and a crowded school.

    Ten still missing in US helicopter crash (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. and allied forces searched on Saturday for 10 crew
 members still missing a day after two Marine Corps helicopters crashed
 off the coast of Djibouti, the hub of U.S. counterterrorism operations
 in the Horn of Africa.

    Hamas takes over Palestinian parliament (Reuters)

Reuters - Islamist group Hamas took over as the dominant party in the
 Palestinian parliament on Saturday and swiftly rejected President
 Mahmoud Abbas's call to pursue his peacemaking efforts with Israel.

    Nine foreigners abducted in Nigerian oil attacks (Reuters)

Reuters - Nigerian militants launched a string of attacks on the world's
 eighth largest oil exporter on Saturday, abducting nine foreign
 workers, bombing a major oil tanker terminal and sabotaging two
 pipelines.

    Vioxx jury says Merck not liable in death (Reuters)

Reuters - A federal jury said on Friday that drugmaker Merck Co. Inc.
 was not liable in the 2001 death of a Florida man who used the recalled
 painkiller Vioxx.

    Hope fades of rescue in Philippine mudslide (AFP)

AFP - Rescuers dug in vain for more survivors after an estimated 1,400
 people were buried by a massive Philippine landslide, including some
 200 schoolchildren trapped under the mud.

    Don't punish Palestinians for electing Hamas: Abbas (AFP)

AFP - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas told the new Hamas-dominated
 parliament that he would continue working towards a negotiated Middle
 East peace agreement while urging Israel and the international
 community not to "punish" voters for their democratic choice.

    Libya blames Italy for deadly cartoon protest (AFP)

AFP - Libya blamed Italy for a deadly riot that left 10 people dead and
 Rome's consulate in the city of Benghazi ablaze, the deadliest protest
 yet against the Prophet Mohammed cartoons.

    UN in bitter fight over peacekeeping corruption (AFP)

AFP - A US call for Security Council scrutiny of fraud and waste in UN
 peacekeeping has triggered a bitter fight with nonaligned nations that
 could set back delicate talks on key overall reforms.

    Nine foreign oil workers kidnapped in Niger Delta (AFP)

AFP - Rebel guerrillas kidnapped nine foreign oil workers in an attack
 on one of Africa's largest export terminals, and vowed to step up
 assaults on wells and pipelines across the Niger Delta.

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