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    Landslide Slams Village, 1,500 Missing (AP)

AP - A rain-soaked mountainside disintegrated into a torrent of mud,
 swallowing hundreds of houses and an elementary school in the eastern
 Philippines on Friday. At least 23 people were confirmed dead, and
 1,500 were missing.

    Israel Threatens Tough Economic Sanctions (AP)

AP - Israel will clamp down on Palestinian areas, cutting the West Bank
 off from Gaza, banning Gaza workers from Israel and halting most
 funding, in a campaign to weaken the violent Hamas as it assumes power.

    Gunmen Kidnap Iraqi Bank Boss, His Son (AP)

AP - Gunmen wearing Iraqi special forces uniforms have kidnapped a
 wealthy banker and his son after killing five of their bodyguards,
 police said Friday. Police found the bodies of three men who had been
 shot execution-style in northern Baghdad.

    Birth-Control Patch Users Face Clot Risk (AP)

AP - Women who use the Ortho Evra birth-control patch face twice the
 risk of developing blood clots than those who take the pill, the
 patch's manufacturer said late Thursday, citing recent company-funded
 research.

    Pakistani riots about more than cartoons (The Christian Science
     Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - As elsewhere in the Muslim world,
 Pakistan has seen an upswing in violence following the publication in
 Danish and other newspapers of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad.

    Dell 4Q Profit Soars 52 Percent to $1.01B (AP)

AP - The heady days of double-digit growth at Dell Inc. may be numbered.
 The personal computer giant said Thursday that profit jumped 52
 percent, to about $1 billion in the three months that ended Feb. 3,
 helped by strong sales to businesses and international customers.

    Apple Hackers Encounter a Poetic Warning (AP)

AP - Apple Computer Inc. has resorted to a poetic broadside in the
 inevitable cat-and-mouse game between hackers and high-tech companies.

    Man Charged With Pirating Oscar Screener (AP)

AP - A man accused of uploading a copy of the film "Walk the Line" that
 was intended for an Academy Award voter has been charged with copyright
 infringement.

    Vietnam Bans Alcohol in Karaoke Bars (AP)

AP - Karaoke bars in Vietnam will no longer be allowed to sell or have
 alcohol on their premises as part of the country's continued campaign
 against so-called 'social evils,' a government official said Friday.

    Czech Goalie Hasek Out of the Olympics (AP)

AP - Czech Republic star goalie Dominik Hasek is out of the Olympics
 because of an injury that happened minutes into his first game in
 Turin. Hasek told Czech team officials Friday that he was heading home,
 without a second Olympic medal.

    Hundreds feared dead in mudslide (Reuters)

Reuters - Hundreds of people were feared dead in the central Philippines
 after mudslides triggered by heavy rains buried houses and an
 elementary school packed with children on Friday, officials and
 witnesses said.

    Two China ships sink, 57 missing (Reuters)

Reuters - Two ships sank in high winds in the same stretch of the Taiwan
 Strait off eastern China, leaving 57 people missing, Xinhua news agency
 said on Friday.

    Iran calls on UK troops to pull out of Basra (Reuters)

Reuters - Iran's foreign minister called on Britain on Friday to pull
 its troops out of the southern Iraqi city of Basra, saying their
 presence was destabilizing the city.

    Russia to sell Palestinians arms if Israel agrees (Reuters)

Reuters - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday Moscow
 would supply military hardware to the Palestinian Authority only if
 Israel agreed.

    Anger in Asia as cartoon protests flare (Reuters)

Reuters - Muslim anger against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad flared
 anew in Asia on Friday with thousands rallying for a fifth day in
 Pakistan and police in Bangladesh blocking demonstrators heading for
 the Danish embassy in Dhaka.

    200 dead, 1,500 missing in Philippines landslide (AFP)

AFP - About 200 people were believed killed and 1,500 others were
 missing in the central Philippines when an entire village was buried in
 a landslide.

    Israel readies reprisals for Hamas government (AFP)

AFP - Israel was poised to adopt a range of reprisals intended to
 isolate a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority, a day before the radical
 Islamist faction is sworn into parliament for the first time.

    Europe puts poultry indoors as bird flu cases multipy (AFP)

AFP - Europe threw up protective zones to keep the ever-expanding bird
 flu from spreading to humans and devastating the continent's poultry
 industry, even as researchers warned a future pandemic could kill 142
 million people worldwide.

    Pakistan detains Islamic firebrand, 150 others, ahead of protests
     (AFP)

AFP - Pakistani police have put a firebrand Islamic leader under house
 arrest and detained nearly 150 others as violent new protests against
 cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed broke out.

    US rejects calls to shut Guantanamo (AFP)

AFP - The United States has angrily rejected calls by UN human rights
 monitors to close the Guantanamo detention camp calling their report "a
 discredit" to the world body.

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