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Iraqi Shiite worshippers attacked; 4 die (AP)
<p>AP - Two suicide bombers, one armed with a grenade as well as an explosive vest, killed at least four people and wounded 17 as worshippers left a Shiite mosque after Friday prayers in the northwestern city of Tal Afar.



Kenya rivals agree to review election (AP)

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.



Secular-Islamist clash in NW Pakistan (AP)

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.



Israelis set up new West Bank settlement (AP)
<p>AP - Nine Israeli families staked out homesteads in a valley deep in the West Bank on Friday and promised to bring more settlers to the area that the Palestinians want for a future state.



UN official says Gaza situation 'grim' (AP)

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.



Deutsche Post chief to quit amid tax-dodge probe (Reuters)
Reuters - Klaus Zumwinkel will resign as chief executive of German mail and logistics group Deutsche Post, the company said on Friday, as a tax-dodging probe threatened to ensnare more rich Germans.
Medics: 4 killed in Gaza blast; 40 hurt (AP)
AP - A blast went off in the house of a senior Islamic Jihad activist Friday, killing at least four people and wounding 40, medics and Hamas police said.
Court blocks re-arrest in Aruba mystery (AP)

AP - Judges have rejected an attempt to re-arrest a Dutch college student in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, a prosecutor said Friday.



Zimbabwe presidential candidates confirmed (AFP)

AFP - Candidates for Zimbabwe's March presidential elections were confirmed on Friday by a nominations court in Harare.



Rice due in Asia for talks on NKorea's nuclear program (AFP)

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.



Aborigines plan to sue Australia (AP)

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.




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