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Hamas Consolidates Hold on Gaza Strip  Audio Clip Available
Militants overrun main security headquarters of Fatah organization Thursday and target remaining key facilities under Fatah control

Lebanon Mourns Assassinated Anti-Syrian Lawmaker
Walid Eido was among 10 people killed in car bomb attack in Beirut Wednesday

Six Sunni Mosques Attacked in Wake of Samarra Bombing in Iraq
Attack on Askariya shrine in Samarra Wednesday raises fears of escalation in sectarian violence

US Defense Chief Links Tehran to Arms in Afghanistan  Audio Clip Available
Robert Gates says he has seen new intelligence since his last, cautious, comments on this issue two weeks ago

Sri Lanka Navy Troops Shoot Foreign Aid Worker  Audio Clip Available
Officials say guards opened fire when Filipino staffer of Mercy Corps strayed too close to naval camp near port town of Trincomalee; man suffered minor wound

South Korea Approves Interim Food Aid to North
But Seoul holding back far larger food shipment until Pyongyang lives up to promise to start dismantling nuclear weapons programs

Russian Military Court Convicts Four Soldiers of Chechen Murders  Audio Clip Available
The case has been followed closely in Chechnya and by human rights activists in Russia and abroad

China Says G8 Climate Change Agreement Not Specific Enough  Audio Clip Available
Science and Technology minister notes agreement does not spell out which actions should be taken by specific countries

US Congress Subpoenas Former White House Officials  Audio Clip Available
Subpoenas to compel two former aides, including White House counsel Harriet Miers, to testify in public about controversial firing of eight federal prosecutors

Massive New Dinosaur Fossil Unearthed in China  Audio Clip Available
Chinese paleontologists say giant dinosaur belonged to family of bird-like dinosaurs that were fraction of its size

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