January 31, 2006

US leads world powers toward new compact with Afghanistan (AFP)

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Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrive together for the first day of a two-day conference on Afghanistan at Lancaster House in London. Blair has vowed that the world would stand firm alongside Afghanistan in its fight for freedom, moderation and democracy.(AFP/Pool/Matt Dunham)AFP - The United States pledged an extra 1.1 billion dollars in financial aid as it led world powers toward a new compact aimed at helping Afghanistan defeat a resurgent Taliban and opium traffickers.


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Quartet gives Hamas time to make radical change (AFP)

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw (R) greet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 10 Downing Street in London. The United States and Europe have agreed to continue critical funding to Palestinians but warned election victors Hamas that its future government must give up violence and recognize Israel.(AFP/Pool/Carl De Souza)AFP - The United States and Europe have agreed to continue critical funding to Palestinians but warned election victors Hamas that its future government must give up violence and recognize Israel.


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Tearful kidnapped US journalist pleads for life (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

A video grab from a clip -- dated January 28 -- broadcast by Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera television shows kidnapped US journalist Jill Carroll making a harrowing appeal for her release. Carroll tearfully pleaded for her life in the latest video released by her captors as Saddam Hussein's defense team was set to boycott the next hearing of his rocky trial on Wednesday.(AFP/Al-Jazeera)AFP - Kidnapped US reporter Jill Carroll tearfully pleaded for her life in the latest video released by her captors as Saddam Hussein's defense team was set to boycott the next hearing of his rocky trial on Wednesday.


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Fourteen Hong Kong tourists killed in Egypt bus crash (AFP)

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Map of Egypt locating Hurghada where 14 Chinese tourists from Hong Kong were killed and 30 wounded in a coach crash.(AFP/Graphic/Martin Megino)AFP - Fourteen Chinese tourists from Hong Kong were killed and 30 others wounded in a bus accident in southeast Egypt, an Egyptian security official said.


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Bush to Touch on Iraq, Domestic Priorities (AP)

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President Bush, with Sec. of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, in background, makes remarks to the media after meeting with his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - President Bush will deliver his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday after arguably the worst year of his presidency, looking to reinvigorate confidence in his leadership and the U.S. role in the world.


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‘Brokeback Mountain’ Gets 8 Oscar Nods (AP)

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This undated photo provided by Focus Features, shows actors Heath Ledger, left, and Michelle Williams in a scene from 'Brokeback Mountain.' The cowboy love story led the Academy Awards field Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, with eight nominations, among them best picture and honors for actors Ledger, Williams and Jake Gyllenhaal and director Ang Lee. The winners will be announced at the Oscar ceremony on March 5. (AP Photo/ Focus Features/ Kimberly French)AP - The cowboy love story "Brokeback Mountain" led the Academy Awards field Tuesday with eight nominations, among them best picture and honors for actor Heath Ledger and director Ang Lee.


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Coretta Scott King Dies at 78 (AP)

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Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is seen at her home in Atlanta, Ga., in this May 28, 1968 file photo. Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died, former mayor Andrew Young told NBC Tuesday morning, Jan. 31, 2006. She was 78. (AP Photo)AP - Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died. She was 78.


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Blog-O-Potamia (Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone)

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Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - In the midst of ancient ruins and modern political drama, Syrian bloggers beat out the rhythms of their own lives.

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Wages Up by Smallest Amount in Nine Years (AP)

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AP - Wages and benefits paid to civilian workers rose last year by the smallest amount in nine years, the government reported Tuesday.

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Greenspan Faces Last Rate-Setting Meeting (AP)

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in a file photo from July 21, 2005. Greenspan delivered the Federal Reserve's semiannual Monetary Policy Report. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is going out the way he came in nearly two decades ago — quietly tending to business.


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