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Morning News


Feb.18   West Bank     Hamas takes power vowing no talks
  Palestinian Authority President addressed the opening session of the new Hamas-majority parliament


  Philippines   1,800 feared dead in mudslide
  Only 56 of the remote village's 1,875 residents had been found alive


  Rio de Janeiro Rolling Stones in giant gig  More than one million rock fans have enjoyed the concert on Copacabana Beach

  Northern Italy Veteran Aamodt takes super-G gold  Seasoned champion Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway is becoming the first Alpine skier to win 4 career gold medals

  Baghdad Roadside bombings kill 6  A civilian, a security guard, 3 local police officers and a U.S. soldier were killed in a spate of bomb attacks

  Northern Italy Kostelic claims 4th career gold  24-year-old Croatian Janica Kostelic won the women's combined at the Torino Olympics

  Italy Cartoon row minister quits  The reform minister Roberto Calderoli was by wearing a T-shirt decorated with cartoons satirising Muhammad

Day News


  Philippines   Rains hit mudslide rescues
  Heavy rains, deep mud and the threat of a typhoon are hampering rescue and recovery 2 days after a mudslide


  Nigeria     16 die in cartoon protests  11 churches were burned as part of the continuing violence over cartoons of Islam's Prophet Mohammed

  France     France confirms presence of H5N1  The deadly strain of bird flu has continued to spread around the world

  Nigeria 9 abducted in Niger delta  The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta abducted foreign workers

  Italy Davis makes history  Shani Davis became the first black to claim an individual gold medal in Winter Olympic history

  Berlin Bosnian film triumphs  Grbavica, by director Jasmila Zbanic, has won the Golden Bear award at the 56th Berlin Film Festival

Evening News


  Philippines   Mudslide traps kids in school  So far, 56 bodies have been found and 906 people are officially listed as missing

  Washington Bush: Work to re-energize nuclear energy  President hoped to promote greater use of nuclear power both at home and abroad

  Iraq On tape, Hussein talks of WMDs  Iraqi leader told his Cabinet in the mid-1990s that the U.S. would fall victim to terrorists possessing WMDs
San Francisco Bay Area , February 18, 2006 Timeline