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    Bombers' Identities Key in Bali Probe (AP)

AP - Police recovered bomb scraps -- including pellets, batteries,
 cables and detonators -- that might yield clues about who masterminded
 the deadly attacks on three restaurants on the resort island of Bali,
 officials said Tuesday.

    U.S. Military Launches New Iraq Offensive (AP)

AP - The U.S. military launched a major offensive early Tuesday in a
 cluster of cities in the Euphrates River valley, an operation aimed at
 insurgents using the area as a safe haven in a region where 20 Marines
 were killed in August.

    Americans, German Win Nobel Physics Prize (AP)

AP - Americans John L. Hall and Roy J. Glauber and German Theodor W.
 Haensch won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for work that could
 lead to better long-distance communication and more precise navigation
 worldwide and beyond.

    EU Opens Membership Talks With Turkey (AP)

AP - The European Union overcame last-minute doubts and opened
 membership talks Tuesday with Turkey -- a historic move to include a
 predominantly Muslim nation that both sides said would benefit all of
 Europe.

    Peacekeepers Prepare to Leave Sierra Leone (AP)

AP - U.N. peacekeepers preparing to pull out of Sierra Leone say they
 have completed the mission they began six years ago but warn the
 country still has a long way to go before it recovers from one of
 Africa's most brutal wars.

    EU trumpets new era as talks open with Turkey (AFP)

AFP - The European Union has opened momentous entry talks with Turkey
 but prospects for expanding the EU up to the borders of the Middle East
 were clouded by a sceptical public and divisions in the bloc itself.

    Suicide Car Bomb Kills Two Iraqi Police (AP)

AP - A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint at the main entrance of
 Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday, killing two Iraqi policemen and
 wounding one, police said. The high-security area is home to Iraq's
 parliament and the U.S. Embassy.

    Landslides Kill 31 in El Salvador (AP)

AP - Heavy rains triggered landslides that killed at least 31 people in
 El Salvador on Monday, while rising rivers forced the evacuation of
 dozens of people there and in neighboring Guatemala.

    Violence Still Plagues Desert Peninsula (AP)

AP - Naima Mohammed's life has turned upside down since her son was
 named a suspect in last fall's deadly Sinai resort bombings: Security
 forces detained her, she and her husband were summoned for DNA tests,
 and relatives fearful of police stopped visiting.

    Japan to Cut 10 Percent of Government Jobs (AP)

AP - Japan decided Tuesday to cut about 33,230 jobs, or 10 percent of
 its current civilian work force, over the next five years.

    B.C. teachers' union says Liberals used legislative hammer to punish
     teachers (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - VICTORIA (CP) - The B.C. government has introduced
 legislation aimed at settling its dispute with the province's 42,000
 public school teachers.

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