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World News
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Warships from the Chinese navy have begun a landmark mission to protect ships from pirates in the waters off Somalia. Two destroyers escorted their first four Chinese vessels in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
News 07 Jan 2009 - CNN's Gupta approached about surgeon general post, cable news network reports (Los Angeles Times)
President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country's next surgeon general, the cable news network said today.
News 07 Jan 2009 - News (The West Australian)
A man suspected of robbing four banks has died after being shot by US police following a high-speed chase captured by a local news photographer.
News 07 Jan 2009 - UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News (UPI)
Travolta, Preston bring Jett's ashes home ... Swayze admits he's 'going through hell' ... Polanski wants sex case moved from L.A. ... Craig Ferguson marries art dealer ... News from United Press International.
News 07 Jan 2009 - News from around the web: (ArabicNews.com)
Daily Arab News about the Arabic world, Arabic news for Country by country news coverage. Politics, culture, recipes, book reviews, weather, sports, arts. Covers Egypt, Egyptian life, pyramids, Lebanon, Iraq, the Gulf, its oil, Arabian horses & camel races.
News 07 Jan 2009 - Detroit News columnist Rob Parker resigns following Marinelli controversy (Detroit Free Press)
Detroit News sports columnist Rob Parker has left the paper, two weeks after he was criticized for asking Lions coach Rod Marinelli if he had wished his daughter had married a better defensive coordinator.
News 07 Jan 2009 - Investors brush off bad economic news, send stocks moderately higher (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
NEW YORK ? Wall Street brushed off more bad economic news Tuesday to finish with a moderate advance that left broad stock indexes at their highest levels in two months. Stocks gained after stumbling in the early going because of mixed readings on the service sector, factory orders and pending home sales. Investors expected further deterioration but hoped that the pace of the declines would ...
News 07 Jan 2009 - Gunmen throw grenade at Mexican TV news station (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Gunmen threw a grenade and opened fire outside a news television station during its evening broadcast in Mexico on Tuesday and left a message warning journalists from reporting on drug war violence.
News 07 Jan 2009 - UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)
Bush names three marine national monuments ... New poisonous spider species found ... Mayo Clinic violated U.S. regs on research ... Early trauma, chronic fatigue link found ... Health/Science news from UPI.
News 07 Jan 2009 - Muzzle off, Biden makes news (Politico via Yahoo! News)
Joe Biden hasn?t said much in public since the election, but one of Washington?s most prolific talkers is back ? and making news whenever he speaks.
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