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AFP – Indian students rallied in Melbourne on Sunday as Australia scrambled to contain outrage over a wave of attacks that has seen it labelled racist and strained diplomatic relations with New Delhi.
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AP – The program begins with upbeat music that sounds like a game show theme. Colors shimmer across the screen, and the title appears: “Hello, President.”
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Time.com – If President Barack Obama thought he could deliver the promise of a few Israeli concessions on settlements during his upcoming Cairo speech to the Muslim world, he was sorely mistaken
Read More: Israeli Rejection of Settlement Freeze Bodes Ill for Obama's Cairo Outreach
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AP – A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that began Sunday will likely show the difficulties President Barack Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January.
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McClatchy Newspapers – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Waziristan, the remote area that’s the epicenter of Taliban and al Qaida militants in Pakistan, is set to become the next war zone in the nation’s fight against Islamic extremists, where clashes between insurgents and the army erupted over the weekend.
Read More: Pakistan to attack the fountainhead of extremism: Rugged Waziristan
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The Christian Science Monitor – In a highly anticipated visit to Cairo next week, US President Barack Obama will deliver an address to the Muslim world meant to open a new chapter in its ties with the United States.
Read More: Egyptian reform activists wary of Obama's visit to Cairo
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AFP – The Dalai Lama left Copenhagen on Sunday under the cheers of an adoring throng of hundreds bidding farewell to Tibet’s spiritual leader, whose latest trip to Europe has angered China again.
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AP – As a young poet, Cui Weiping was not much interested in politics. But she says she could never shake the image of her husband returning home on a June night 20 years ago, his pants mottled with the blood of people shot by the Chinese army.
Read More: Tiananmen: A battle of remembering vs. forgetting
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AP – Fats Domino rarely emerges from his Louisiana home and many wondered if he’d show up for “The Domino Effect,” his namesake concert that raises funds to help rebuild schools and playgrounds damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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AP – The animated action comedy “Up” took flight with a $68.2 million opening weekend, maintaining a perfect box-office track record for Pixar Animation, whose 10 films all have been commercial and critical hits.
Read More: Pixar goes `Up' with $68.2 million debut weekend
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AP – The long-rumored e-book boom at last has arrived. But publishers still wait, and wait, for another supposed surge: Spanish-language titles.
Read More: Lost in translation: The Spanish-language puzzle
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AP – Police in Los Angeles say “Point Break” actress Lori Petty has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after she struck and injured a skateboarder.
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AP – A popular Miami priest nicknamed “Father Oprah” said Sunday that “church is about forgiveness” during his first sermon since leaving the Roman Catholic Church to become Episcopal amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach.
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E! Online – She “Dreamed a Dream,” but unfortunately it wasn’t enough.
Read More: Shocker! Susan Boyle Don't Got Talent
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Reuters – The tale of a gruff widower borne “Up” by a bunch of colored balloons soared to the top of the North American box office in the third best opening for a movie from the Pixar stable.
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E! Online – It’s supposed to be the young and fun awards show, but tonight’s MTV Movie Awards seems to be the same old clash of bloated Hollywood egos—at least judging by the pre-show seating arrangement squabbles.
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E! Online – Apparently not even going into labor can keep celebs from tweeting.
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Playbill – Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, announced changes to the Basic Showcase and Seasonal Showcase codes for small-budget independent productions in New York City.
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AP – The Southern California woman who gave birth to the world’s longest-surviving set of octuplets has signed a deal to star in a reality television series, her lawyer said Sunday.
Read More: Calif. octuplets mom and her 14 kids get TV show
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PlanetOut – “I have had three partners die as a result of the HIV virus since the mid 80âs and I am still negative.
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