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In North Korea, young Kim Jong Eun will test age-old reliance on maturity

At 28 or 29, Kim Jong Eun, the new leader of North Korea, will be the youngest person ever to have authority over a nuclear arsenal.  read more »

U.S. Government Wins Access to Twitter Accounts of WikiLeaks Supporters

A federal judge today granted the U.S. government access to the Twitter accounts of three of WikiLeaks’s strongest supporters.  read more »

Is Harry Potter Partly to Blame for India's Pet Owl Crisis?

India is currently weathering an endangered owl crisis, and Harry Potter may be partly to blame.  read more »

The Iraq Archive: The Strands of a War

A huge trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of Iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths, detainee abuse and the involvement of Iran.  read more »

Awarding Liu Xiaobo Nobel peace prize may harm China-Norway relations, says FM spokesman

Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to China's Liu Xiaobo desecrated the prize and could harm China-Norway ties, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu on Friday.  read more »

Afghanistan's Election: A Look at the Diversity of Headlines

Afghans have voted in a key parliamentary election. There are a number of articles from various sources around the globe. Here is a list of some of the headlines and what agency they come from:  read more »

Facebook Working Hard To Avoid Google's Fate

Brick-and-motor biggie Target will start selling Facebook Credits gift cards in-stores nationwide September 5, the retail chain announced today.  read more »

Israel to open peace talks with security, water demands

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to open the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority this week with a discussion of the security arrangements in the West Bank and of water resources.  read more »

Teen Sues Mom for Hacking Facebook Account

An Arkansas boy is suing his mom because she allegedly hacked into his Facebook account and posted slanderous remarks.  read more »

Enormous Icebergs Could Affect Ocean Currents

A mammoth iceberg that struck a glacier off Antarctica, dislodged a newer chunk of ice that could affect ocean currents and also lower the levels of oxygen in the world’s oceans, according to Austra  read more »

Obama Details Small Business Lending Initiatives

President Obama, who has declared creating jobs one of his top priorities for 2010, has finally unveiled details of his $30 billion plan to increase small-business lending through community banks.  read more »

Fires Kill 2 and Leave a Massachusetts Town Anxious

BOSTON — A task force of local, state and federal officials on Monday began investigating a string of likely arsons that killed a father and son over the weekend in Northampton, Mass., and left the  read more »

'Balloon Boy' Parents Get Jail Time, 4 Years Probation

The judge prohibited Richard Heene from receiving any form of financial benefit, whether through the media, a book, or articles he might write steming from the balloon hoax.  read more »

Online churches draw believers, critics

(CNN) -- Hjalti á Lava was searching his iPhone for a Bible app when he stumbled across Church Online, a service of Web site LifeChurch.tv.  read more »

Wilson Taps "You Lie" Fundraising for Fellow Republicans

South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson has raised more than $1 million for his own campaign treasury since his "You lie" shout during President Obama's address to Congress two weeks ago.  read more »

Obama's speech to kids causes uproar in schools

When President Barack Obama gives a televised address to students in schools across the country on Tuesday, some metro Detroit school districts won't be broadcasting it.  read more »

Army used profiles to reject reporters (Afghanistan)

WASHINGTON — The secret profiles commissioned by the Pentagon to rate the work of journalists reporting from Afghanistan were used by military officials to deny disfavored reporters access to Americ  read more »

Twitter race between Ashton Kutcher and CNN narrows

The online popularity contest between celebrity Ashton Kutcher and CNN narrowed Thursday, with Kutcher's Twitter following growing considerably overnight.  read more »

Snakes escape on Qantas flight

An Australian airliner was grounded after four baby pythons escaped from their container in the aircraft's hold.  read more »

Buthelezi takes Dalai Lama issue to court

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has brought an urgent court application to order the government to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama "in the nearest future" to enable him to participate in a postponed pe  read more »

Opinion: Why South Carolina Doesn't Want 'Stimulus'

America's states are laboratories of democracy. They are both affected by, and relevant to, the larger national debate.  read more »

Obama speaks of 'reaching out' to Taliban

The US president admits that the 'anti-terror' operations in Afghanistan will not lead to victory, urging dialogue with insurgents as a cure.  read more »

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