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AP - Kenya's political rivals announced on Friday a 10-point plan to resolve their political crisis after weeks of negotiations but they remained deadlocked over power sharing.
AP - A showdown is shaping up in Pakistan's turbulent northwest between secular-minded ethnic Pashtuns and those who support Taliban-style Islamists — a conflict that is likely to sharpen regardless of which side wins Monday's elections.
AP - The U.N.'s top humanitarian affairs official visited Gaza Friday and said he was shocked by the "grim and miserable" humanitarian situation there. He urged that the territory's borders be opened to relieve the suffering.
AP - Judges have rejected an attempt to re-arrest a Dutch college student in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, a prosecutor said Friday.
AFP - Candidates for Zimbabwe's March presidential elections were confirmed on Friday by a nominations court in Harare.
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave here February 23 for South Korea, China and Japan as part of diplomatic efforts to scrap North Korea's nuclear arms program, her spokesman said Friday.
AP - Representatives for Australian Aborigines confirmed plans Friday to launch the first compensation lawsuits since a landmark government apology earlier this week for past abuses.