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Many readers are reporting that another undersea fiber optic cable has been cut, apparently caused by another wayward anchor. It looks like Iran has completely lost Internet connectivity.”

The image of the two Democratic front-runners at last night’s debate in Los Angeles was striking — a black man and a white woman. One of the two is poised to make history, and they are both bringing in tens of thousands of new voters.

As housing markets tank, “trash-outs” are on the rise, leaving owners, lenders and banks fighting over who should pay the clean-up bill.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Keep an eye on the salsa this Super Bowl Sunday: A researcher inspired by a famous “Seinfeld” episode has concluded that double dipping is just plain gross.

(CNN) — Actor Wesley Snipes was found guilty Friday on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file tax returns — but jurors cleared him of more serious felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy.

MEDFORD, Wis. — Frank Oresnik is on the verge of making history driving his old standby — the pickup truck he says is about to pass the 1 million mile mark.

Medecins Sans Frontieres, an international aid group, has pulled its international workers out of Somalia after what appeared to be the targeted killings of a number of its staff.

PARIS - Hundreds of rebels penetrated the capital of Chad on Saturday, clashing with government troops and moving on the presidential palace after a three-day advance through the oil-producing central African nation, officials and witnesses said.

BAGHDAD (AP) - Two mentally retarded women strapped with remote-control explosives—and possibly used as unwitting suicide bombers—brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at 73 people in the deadliest day since Washington flooded the capital with extra troops last spring.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Adam “Pacman” Jones is busy clearing away the legal problems that led to his suspension from the NFL.

Oscar-winning actor George Clooney turned the normally staid United Nations upside down on Thursday when he visited the headquarters to become a U.N. Messenger of Peace. VOA’s Margaret Besheer reports from the U.N. that the American celebrity is well-known for his work as a human rights activist on Darfur.

Canada has told US President George W Bush that it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan next year unless Nato deploys more soldiers there.

QUITMAN, Miss. — Lex, the former bomb-sniffing dog of the late Marine Cpl. Dustin Lee, will be given a Purple Heart next month at the Working Dog and Fallen K-9 Handler Tribute.

GENEVA - Swiss AIDS experts said Thursday that some people with HIV who are on stable treatment can safely have unprotected sex with non-infected partners.

DAHLGREN, Va. — A futuristic weapon getting a trial run by the Navy demonstrated its destructive power at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren.