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Students hold Kurdish flags as they protest the Turkish military incursion in Kirkuk, Iraq. The Iraqi government denounced Turkish incursion and demanded Turkey's immediate withdrawal from northern Iraq. (Photo by Emad Matti / AP)

Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes near Sumatra, Indonesia

An earthquake measuring 6.9 hit the Kepulauan Mentawai region near the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the third quake to strike the region in about 12 hours, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Bloomberg

Existing home sales decline to 9-year low

Sales of existing homes in the United States fell to the lowest level since records began nine years ago, posing a threat to consumer spending, the largest part of the economy.

Bloomberg

Surprise! Home sales spark hope

Forbes

US expects 140,000 troops in Iraq after surge

The United States expects to have 140,000 troops in Iraq in July after withdrawing five combat brigades, leaving a force larger than before it began pouring in troops last year.

Reuters

140,000 troop level by July

Yahoo! News

Turkey continues Iraq assault

BBC

Kenya peace talks reach impasse

Former U.N. Chief Kofi Annan has said rival parties in Kenya appear unable to resolve their differences, despite weeks of talks between the two sides.

BBC

Special section:

People and places: Kenya

National Geographic

'No Country for Old Men' wins 4 Oscars

On a night when the acting awards had a distinctly international flavor, a quintessentially American story of violence — "No Country for Old Men" — made an impression on Oscar voters.

NPR

Special section:

And the winners are...

Vanity Fair

NATION

Calls rise at Pentagon help hotline

The number of troops and their relatives seeking help from a Pentagon employee-assistance hotline has grown 40 percent every year since 2004, say Pentagon officials and hotline operators.

USA Today

High oil prices take a toll on middle class

Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to propel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is squeezing this region's middle class.

International Herald Tribune

Crude oil rises a second day on concerns of supply disruptions

Bloomberg

United Airlines planes clip wings

Two United Airlines planes were being inspected after their wings touched at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.

MSNBC

POLITICS

John McCain, prisoner of war: a first-person account

Navy flier McCain was taken prisoner with fractures in his right leg and both arms. He received minimal care and was kept in wretched conditions that he describes vividly in a special report.

U.S. News & World Report

DNC to file FEC complaint against McCain

The Democratic National Committee will file a complaint against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with the Federal Election Commission, charging that the nominee is breaking the law on a public financing agreement.

The Hill

BUSINESS

Online auction listings down 13 percent in boycott of eBay

The biggest boycott by eBay sellers concluded, capping a week of acrimony after the online-auction site raised fees and changed its feedback policy.

USA Today

Alarm bells as inflation pressures mount

Inflation alarm bells are ringing in financial markets as soaring energy and commodity prices unsettle investors already nervous about an economic downturn.

International Herald Tribune

6 ways to thrive during a recession

U.S. News & World Report

HEALTH

Games therapy for burn victims

The Nintendo Wii games console is being used as part of physiotherapy treatment for patients in southeast England.

BBC

Study finds depression drugs don’t work

Millions of people taking commonly prescribed antidepressants such as Prozac and Seroxat might as well be taking a placebo, according to the first study to include unpublished evidence.

Times Online

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The tragedy of Britney Spears

If there is one thing that has become clear in the past year of Britney's collapse — the most public downfall of any star in history — it's that she doesn't want anything to do with the person the world thought she was.

Rolling Stone

Beyond the fading glitz, a question of hard cash at stake for Britney Spears

International Herald Tribune

Oscars draw record low TV ratings

Films about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to U.S. television viewers as this year's Oscars show hit record low ratings.

ABC News

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova 'Falling Slowly'

YouTube

RELIGION

Protestants on the verge of becoming statistical minorities

For four centuries Protestant have been the country's dominant religious group. Now they verge of becoming a statistical minority in the United States.

U.S. News & World Report

Survey: Americans freely change, or drop, their religions

USA Today

Hippies had it right: Kids need spirituality

Four years ago, two American psychologists asked a simple question: What do you want for your children? More than 10,000 adults in 48 countries across six continents responded.

canada.com

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GOOD NEWS

NY Philharmonic tries Dvorak diplomacy with North Korea

The New York Philharmonic arrived in a snowy Pyongyang to play the symphony "From the New World" to thaw still frozen ties from the Cold War era between the United States and North Korea.

Reuters

Cultural diplomacy in North Korea

MSNBC

WORLD

UN warns over food aid rationing

The director of the U.N.'s World Food Program has said it is considering plans to ration food aid because of rising prices and a shortage of funds.

BBC

China speaks out on Darfur crisis

Keen not to taint Olympics, and under pressure from the West, Beijing sends envoy to Khartoum, Sudan, with strong words.

Christian Science Monitor

Bomber kills Pakistan's top army medic

A suicide bomber struck Pakistan's military headquarters in Rawalpindi, killing at least eight people, including the army's top ranking medical officer, officials said.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic

Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Japan launches experimental satellite

Japan launched an experimental communications satellite as part of a space program that could help ensure super high-speed Internet access in remote parts of Japan and Asia.

Yahoo! News

Chinese scientists find fossil of new dinosaur species

Scientists have found the fossil of a new herbivorous dinosaur species that stood 5.5 yards high and lived 60 million years ago, the official Xinhua agency reported.

Yahoo! News

Robots set to overhaul service industry, low-level jobs

In the next decade, robots will increasingly take over low-level jobs, experts say, displacing human employees.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Dominant Woods reflects on fine line in Match Play game

Moments after dazzling the golfing world with his 63rd PGA Tour victory, the remarkable Tiger Woods pondered the fine line between success and failure in the head-to-head format.

Guardian

Edwards storms to Auto Club 500 win

Under blue skies, some 21 hours after the race had started, Carl Edwards put the finishing touches on the rain-delayed Auto Club 500 at beleaguered Auto Club Speedway.

Sporting News

EDUCATION

Teachers strike back at students

Teachers and principals are fighting back against digital ridicule and slander by their students — often with civil lawsuits and long-term suspensions or permanent expulsions.

Christian Science Monitor

Results appraisals upset teachers

New York City has started a pilot project to assess teachers on how well their students do in annual standard mathematics and reading tests.

BBC

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