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Prince Harry due to arrive back in Britain (Reuters)

Britain's Prince Harry speaks with a Gurkha soldier at the observation post on JTAC Hill, close to FOB Delhi (forward operating base), in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan January 2, 2008. The government is reviewing Prince Harry's presence in Afghanistan, where he has been deployed with the army for 2-1/2 months, following leaks in the international media that he was deployed there, the Defence Ministry said on February 28, 2008. REUTERS/John Stillwell/PoolReuters - Prince Harry was due to arrive back in
Britain on Saturday after news leaked that he had been secretly
fighting on the frontline in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, defense
sources said.

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Casualties rise in Iraq after Qaeda bombs (Reuters)

A member of a local citizens group listens during a meeting with U.S. military forces in Salman Pak, about 45 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, February 16, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf MahmoudReuters - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq rose by
36 percent in February from the previous month after a series
of large-scale bombings blamed on al Qaeda, Iraqi government
figures showed on Saturday.

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Armenian police disperse protest (AFP)

Supporters of Armenian opposition presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian in Yerevan. Police on Saturday dispersed opposition protestors from the capital Yerevan's Freedom Square, sweeping away a tent camp after 11 days of non-stop demonstrations against alleged vote rigging(AFP/Karen Minasyan)AFP - Armenian police on Saturday dispersed opposition protestors from the capital Yerevan’s Freedom Square, sweeping away a tent camp after 11 days of non-stop demonstrations against alleged vote rigging.

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South Africa shatter world record against Bangladesh (AFP)

South African openers Graeme Smith (left) and Neil McKenzie after setting a world record on March 1, 2008. Smith and McKenzie broke the world record for the highest opening stand as the South African run juggernaut continued to roll in the second Test against Bangladesh.(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie broke the world record for the highest opening stand as the South African run juggernaut continued to roll in the second Test against Bangladesh here on Saturday.

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Broadway actor sentenced in sex case (AP)

Actor James Barbour enters Manhattan criminal court, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006, in New York.  The Broadway actor who played the beast in Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' was sentenced Friday Feb. 29, 2008 to 60 days in jail and three years' probation for sexual encounters with a 15-year-old drama student. Because the charges are misdemeanors, Barbour will not have to register as a sex offender. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)AP - A Broadway actor who played the beast in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail and three years’ probation for sexual encounters with a 15-year-old drama student.

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Armenian riot police break up election protest (Reuters)

Reuters - Armenian riot police used truncheons on
Saturday to break up a 10-day protest in the capital Yerevan by
opposition supporters who say last month’s presidential
election was rigged, witnesses said.

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Ex-Socialist International official dies (AP)

AP - Hans Janitschek, an Austrian journalist who spent years as a U.N. consultant and also served as secretary general of the Socialist International organization, died suddenly at U.N. headquarters. He was 73.

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Australia to propose closing ’scientific’ whaling loophole (AFP)

The Japanese whaling boat Yushin Maru in the Southern Ocean. Australia said Saturday it hoped to close a loophole in International Whaling Commission (IWC) rules that allows Japan to conduct whaling as long as it is carried out for scientific research(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Australia said Saturday it hoped to close a loophole in International Whaling Commission (IWC) rules that allows Japan to conduct whaling as long as it is carried out for scientific research.

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Obama and Clinton deadlocked (Reuters)

Reuters - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton are deadlocked in Texas and Ohio heading into
potentially decisive presidential showdowns, according to a
Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Saturday.

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Obama and Clinton deadlocked (Reuters)

Reuters - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton are deadlocked in Texas and Ohio heading into
potentially decisive presidential showdowns, according to a
Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Saturday.

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