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Top News
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1. Ransoms bring wealth to Somali pirate bases (Reuters)
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2. Karzai: Obama promises to fight terror in 'region' (AP)
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3. Surging Sooners rout No. 2 Tech 65-21 (AP)
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4. JFK anniversary marked at Dallas shooting site (AP)
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5. Venezuelans vote in local election test for Chavez (Reuters)
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6. DR Congo rebel leader slams planned beef-up of UN troops (AFP)
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7. South Korea stands firm as tension rises with North (Reuters)
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8. Historic Plymouth, Mass., hopes to become movie Mecca
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9. And the 2008 CNN Hero of the Year is ...
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10. Obama outlines plan to create 2.5 million jobs
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11. Tibet exiles back Dalai Lama's approach
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12. 'Tipping Point' author looks at 'outliers'
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13. A look out windows across the United States
Ransoms bring wealth to Somali pirate bases (Reuters)
Reuters - As dawn breaks over the Indian Ocean each morning, elders in Somali pirate bases sip strong coffee and clutch mobile phones to their ears, eager to hear the latest from the gunmen out at sea.
Karzai: Obama promises to fight terror in 'region' (AP)
AP - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama pledged in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and the region — an apparent reference to Pakistan — would be a top priority during his administration, Karzai's office said Sunday.
Surging Sooners rout No. 2 Tech 65-21 (AP)
AP - Sam Bradford jumped around as he took a victory lap at Owen Field, handing out high-fives along the way to a line of adoring fans who had yet another reason to love him.
JFK anniversary marked at Dallas shooting site (AP)
AP - About 500 people crowded Saturday into the plaza where John F. Kennedy was shot 45 years ago, all agreeing it was right to remember a pivotal moment in American history, even if they didn't all believe the official line.
Venezuelans vote in local election test for Chavez (Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuelans vote Sunday in state elections where President Hugo Chavez aims to consolidate his grip on the OPEC nation to re-energize his drive toward socialism a year after he suffered a referendum defeat.
DR Congo rebel leader slams planned beef-up of UN troops (AFP)
AFP - Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda slammed the planned deployment of extra UN troops in Democratic Republic of Congo saying they could not usher in peace as he held his first rally in an eastern town he seized last month.
South Korea stands firm as tension rises with North (Reuters)
Reuters - South Korea made clear on Sunday it will not back down in mounting tensions with North Korea, which has threatened to shut their heavily armed border next week over what it sees as Seoul's antagonistic approach to relations.
