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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:08:28 -0800 (PST)

Missing pilot fled on motorcycle, authorities say
01/13/09 11:16 AM, EST
An Indiana financial manager who apparently tried to fake his death by
crashing his airplane left on a motorcycle he had stashed in his
parachute landing zone, authorities said Tuesday.

Cholera deaths near 2,000 in Zimbabwe
01/13/09 10:25 AM, EST
Deaths in Zimbabwe related to the cholera epidemic are approaching
2,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, and close to 40,000
people have been affected by the preventable water-borne disease.

The world's finest airports
01/13/09 10:23 AM, EST
Identifying the world's finest airports is easy. Hong Kong
International Airport, Singapore's Changi and Seoul's Incheon have
topped the ranks of airport awards for the last decade.

Obama to make case on bailout, rally support for recovery plan
01/13/09 09:26 AM, EST
President-elect Barack Obama will go to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to
meet with Senate Democrats and make his case for how he wants to spend
the second half of the $700 billion bailout, two Democratic sources
said.

Australian dog food pulled from Chinese stores in health scare
01/13/09 08:27 AM, EST
A brand of imported pet food is being pulled off store shelves in
China after reports of dogs being sickened by it, a company official
said Tuesday.

Protesters buy up land for Heathrow runway
01/13/09 07:38 AM, EST
Environmental campaigners say they have dealt a blow to the proposed
expansion of London's Heathrow Airport by buying up land earmarked for
the construction of a controversial third runway.