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    Iraq Insurgents Attack Sunni Party Office (AP)

AP - Insurgents determined to derail this weekend's referendum carried
 out two attacks against Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political party on
 Friday, after the group dropped its opposition to the draft
 constitution.

    Rescue Efforts Wind Down in Pakistan (AP)

AP - Rescuers searching for survivors in the rubble of Pakistan's worst
 earthquake scaled back operations Friday, while aid workers held mass
 burials and rushed to set up tent camps for an estimated 2 million
 homeless before the harsh winter.

    Russians Storm Store to Free Hostages (AP)

AP - Russian security forces in an armored personnel carrier smashed
 through the wall of a store to rescue two hostages held by suspected
 Islamic militants Friday as authorities tried to clear out the last
 pockets of rebel resistance after more than a day of fighting that
 killed at least 108 people.

    Rice, French Official Warn Iran on Nukes (AP)

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her French counterpart
 warned Iran on Friday that Tehran faces referral to the powerful U.N.
 Security Council unless it backs away from its defiant stance on
 nuclear energy.

    UNICEF: Quake May Kill Thousands of Kids (AP)

AP - Thousands of children in regions devastated by South Asia's
 earthquake are at risk of death from cold, malnutrition and disease,
 UNICEF said.

    Putin: "We'll be ruthless with rebels" (Reuters)

Reuters - Rebels who try to attack Russian targets in future will be
 decisively crushed, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after his
 security forces killed scores of gunmen who attacked the southern town
 of Nalchik.

    WHO Urges Calm Over New Bird Flu Discovery (AP)

AP - The U.N. health agency expressed concern Friday about the spread of
 bird flu to Turkey and Romania, but said the risk of human infection
 was "very low."

    828 Missing in Guatemalan Flooding (AP)

AP - The number of people missing in Guatemala after last week's
 flooding and mudslides rose to 828, while the confirmed death toll held
 steady at 654, authorities said Thursday.

    Zimbabwe says US envoy lucky not to have been killed (Reuters)

Reuters - Zimbabwe's government said on Friday a U.S. envoy who was
 briefly detained after entering a security zone near President Robert
 Mugabe's residence would have been "a dead man" if the incident had
 happened elsewhere.

    China Insists on Gradual Currency Reforms (AP)

AP - China will loosen currency controls only gradually in order to
 preserve its economic stability, its finance minister said Friday ahead
 of a meeting with finance officials from the United States, Europe and
 other key trading partners.

    Judge orders B.C. teachers' union to stop strike pay for illegal
     walkout (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - VANCOUVER (CP) - A B.C. Supreme Court judge rejected
 demands to levy heavy fines for an illegal strike by the province's
 teachers Thursday, opting instead to handcuff the union's ability to
 pay pickets.

    Falconio girlfriend arrives in Australia (AFP)

AFP - The former girlfriend of missing British tourist Peter Falconio
 arrived in Australia to attend the murder trial of the man accused of
 killing her lover.

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