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  • No way to stop us, pirate leader warns - Somalis are so desperate to survive that attacks on merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean will not stop, a pirate leader promises. “The pirates are living between life and death,” said the pirate leader, identified by only one name, Boyah. “Who can stop them? Americans and British all put together cannot do anything.”
  • Hand over militants, India tells Pakistan - India has blamed “elements from Pakistan” for the attacks that killed 179 people in Mumbai and renewed demands for its neighbor to hand over wanted militant leaders.
  • Thai court orders PM out, ruling party dissolved - Thailand’s Constitutional Court ordered the ruling People Power Party dissolved Tuesday and banned Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from politics for five years.
  • Worker suspended for silence on Burress injury - A New York hospital worker was suspended for failing to report the gunshot wound of NFL star Plaxico Burress, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN Monday.
  • Sen. Clinton welcomes ‘difficult’ adventure - Sen. Hillary Clinton decided to join her one-time rival’s team because she wanted to be part of the “greatest adventure of our century,” she said Monday after President-elect Barack Obama named her as his nominee for secretary of state.

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