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    Iraq Election Commission Checking Ballots (AP)

AP - A sandstorm that had closed Baghdad's airport cleared Tuesday,
 allowing officials to resume flying ballot boxes to the capital Tuesday
 so "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces can
 be checked by election officials.

    Military Copters Deliver Aid to Kashmir (AP)

AP - Pakistani and U.S. military helicopters delivered aid at a brisk
 pace to the earthquake-stricken region of Kashmir on Tuesday amid
 warnings from the World Food Program that a half-million survivors have
 yet to receive desperately needed help.

    Iraqi Court to Open Saddam Trial Wed. (AP)

AP - Saddam Hussein and seven senior members of his 23-year regime will
 go on trial Wednesday to face charges they ordered the 1982 killings of
 nearly 150 people from the mainly Shiite town of Dujail following a
 failed attempt on Saddam's life.

    Global Violence Has Decreased, U.N. Says (AP)

AP - Armed conflicts have declined by 40 percent since the end of the
 Cold War primarily because the United Nations was finally able to
 launch peacekeeping and conflict-prevention operations around the
 world, according to a new study.

    Coalition Forces Kill 4 Afghan Policemen (AP)

AP - U.S.-led coalition forces killed four police officers after
 mistaking them for militants during an operation in southern
 Afghanistan, a provincial spokesman said Tuesday. The coalition said it
 could not confirm the incident and was investigating.

    Infineon: Semiconductor Sales to Grow (AP)

AP - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG said Tuesday it expects
 worldwide semiconductor sales to increase between 5 percent and 7
 percent in 2006.

    Two U.S. Marines Killed in Western Iraq (AP)

AP - Two U.S. Marines were killed in fighting in western Iraq near the
 Jordanian border, the military said Tuesday.

    New Storm Gains Strength Near Caymans (AP)

AP - Residents were on alert but "not panicking" as the outer edge of
 Tropical Storm Wilma neared the Cayman Islands on Monday, the
 record-tying 21st named system of the season.

    Fierce clashes, shelling in North Darfur kills civilians: Sudanese
     government (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Artillery fire between rebels
 and Sudanese forces in North Darfur over the weekend killed a number of
 civilians, the Sudanese government said Monday.

    Pakistan races against winter (AFP)

AFP - Bulldozers broke open roads to push into the isolated Himalayas as
 the UN warned there were not enough tents in the world to keep warm the
 survivors of Pakistan's pulverising earthquake.

    Waiting times for medical treatment down slightly this year: Fraser
     Institute (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - VANCOUVER (CP) - A new study suggests waiting times for
 medical treatment were down slightly this year compared to 2004.

    Light plane crashes on New Zealand road; two pulled alive from
     wreckage (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A light airplane with
 two people aboard crash-landed on a main highway and burst into flames
 in northern New Zealand on Tuesday, police said.

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