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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:07:46 -0800 (PST)

Philippines: Rebels bomb electricity tower, official says
01/10/09 07:32 AM, EST
Separatist rebels bombed an electricity transmission tower in the
southern Philippines on Saturday, according to military spokesperson
Lt. Stefani Cacho.

Somali pirates free tanker after ransom
01/10/09 04:23 AM, EST
Pirates holding a Saudi-owned oil supertanker off the coast of Somalia
have set the vessel free after receiving a ransom payment, a piracy
monitor in neighboring Kenya said Saturday.

VP-elect Biden arrives in Afghanistan for talks
01/10/09 03:37 AM, EST
Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Sen. Lindsey Graham arrived in
Kabul on Saturday for meetings with U.S. military commanders and
Afghan leaders, a U.S. military spokesman said.

Analyst: China Internet move part of global trend
01/10/09 03:00 AM, EST
China this past week released a list of major online portals and Web
sits that it claims provide and spread pornographic or obscene
content, state media reported.