Early Iraq results show tight race for PM
Partial results from five of Iraq s 18 provinces show a close contest between Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki and secular challenger Ayad Allawi as ballots from Baghdad await counting amid fraud accusations. No bloc expected to win a clear majority, forcing post election coalition negotiations.
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Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Maliki
Ayad Allawi
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Independent High Electoral Commission
Obama donates Nobel prize funds to education and Haiti relief
President Obama will distribute 1.4 million dollars from his Nobel Peace Prize to multiple causes. Ten groups receive 750,000 to aid college access for students, with Fisher House and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund among recipients. The plan highlights support for veterans families and Haiti recovery efforts.
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Fisher House
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Court Upholds Under God Pledge and In God We Trust
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court panel in San Francisco upheld the phrases under God in the Pledge of Allegiance and In God We Trust on currency. It rejected atheist Michael Newdow’s claims that the references violate separation of church and state. The court ruled the pledge constitutional and the motto ceremonial and patriotic.
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Newdow
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Chile swears in Pinera as quakes strike inauguration
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is sworn in amid more than a dozen aftershocks and ongoing quakes. The ceremony in Valparaiso unfolds with evacuations as aftershocks threaten a tsunami alert. No deaths reported, but damage cited to a highway and coastal towns.
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Chile
Sebastian Pinera
Valparaiso
Pinera
Haiti
Rancagua
Pichilemu
Bucalemu
Rodrigo Hinzpeter
Cerro Castillo Summer Palace
Little Billy’s Letters blast famous minds with pranks
Grown man Bill Geerhart posed as a 10 year old to query celebrities and criminals, prompting fame from letters back that mix humor and odd counsel. He compiled them in Little Billy’s Letters, spanning mid 1990s to 2008, with replies from Sarah Palin’s father, Jack Kevorkian, OJ Simpson’s legal team, and more.
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Bill Geerhart
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Chuck Heath
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Anheuser- Busch
Robert Shapiro
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