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Strong thunderstorms skipped across parts of Oklahoma early Monday, causing scattered damage and power outages, primarily in the Edmond area. No injuries were reported. There were unconfirmed reports of brief tornadoes.

Police say three children were found dead in a hotel room after their father called the front desk to say he had killed them.

Barack Obama refused Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The city of Baghdad is under a virtual lockdown today as a new curfew ordered everyone off the streets of the Iraqi capital. Five other cities in Iraq are also under the same order until Sunday evening. However, the restriction didn't stop rockets and bombs from flying into the heavily fortified Green Zone, killing three people in the last day. Iraqi Prime M Minister Nuri al-Maliki launched the military operation earlier this week in the southern city of Basra to crack down on the militia of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr.......

Pa. Senator Bob Casey has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama. Casey said Friday at a boisterous rally, 'I believe in my heart that there is one person whose uniquely qualified to lead us in that new direction and that is Barack Obama.'

Three are dead at a hospital in Columbus, Ga. after a man opened fire, apparently upset over the medical treatment his mother received. Police wounded the 63-year-old man, a retired school teacher...

An Arizona couple has been spending weeks trying to find a cat that was stuck in the walls of their new home. The cat belonged to a neighbor, and was finally rescued at great expense to the home.

Canada's annual seal hunt begins later on Friday with animal rights groups concerned they will not be allowed to watch the first few hours of the hunt. The Canadian government is under pressure to stop the hunt because of how the animals are killed. Animal rights groups say the practice is cruel and want it stopped. Al Jazeera's Zeina Awad reports.

The recent surge in fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war is taking a heavy toll on the country's civilian population. The Red Cross says more than two hundred people were killed and three hundred wounded in the first two months of this year alone,

A Texas man is facing charges for selling liquor without a license after he was found peddling bottles of vodka containing dead baby rattlesnakes.Bob Popplewell, who runs "Bayou Bob's Brazos River Rattlesnake Ranch" tourist attraction west of Fort Worth, was believed to be selling the vodka in the Asian community, where snakes are seen having aphrodisiac properties, state authorities said. Popplewell faces misdemeanor charges for not having a liquor license but will not be charged over the 10-inch (25-cm) baby snakes in the bottles.

The Los Angeles Times apologized for using documents that were apparently fabricated in a story implicating associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs in a 1994 assault on rapper Tupac

Belarusian security services are searching the apartments and offices of opposition journalists across the country.

What was supposed to be a carefully organised tour to show the Chinese view on Tibet, has instead turned into an embarrassment. Buddhist monks disrupted an official news briefing for foreign journalists on Wednesday, accusing Chinese authorities of lying about the situation in Tibet. And now, Beijing says it is willing to negotiate with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, but with conditions

A man facing molestation charges reportedly tells a Virginia court he himself was molested - by the mythical Bigfoot in New Hampshire. But the judge ruled the 57-year-old competent to stand trial and sentenced him to 20 years.

Talk radio from Washington D.C. discusses Obama and Rev. Wright

Palestinian olive tree owners in the occupied West Bank continue to suffer from the presence of Israeli settlers.Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh reports on one family who woke up to the loss of their olive crop.

A baby girl who fell into a 45-foot well was rescued after spending 27 hours in the pit. Large crowds gathered to celebate as the girl, named Vandana was rushed to a waiting ambulance.

AFP: French 'serial killer' trial opens : "CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES, France (AFP) — Self-confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret went on trial in France on Thursday, accused of the rape and murder of seven young women. Fourniret, a 65-year-old electrician, has admitted to enlisting his wife Monique Olivier as an accomplice to lure women and teenage girls who were raped and murdered, according to prosecutors."

Delta Airlines is joining American Airlines, pulling planes to check for possible wiring problems. The checks have led to hundreds of delays, and could pose more problems for travelers today.

It's 40 years since the death of Yury Gagarin - the first man in space and the first man to orbit the earth. Even after all these years, mystery still surrounds his death in a plane crash, including some wild claims of alien abduction.

An American couple, who adopted a Russian baby who then died, are facing murder and child abuse charges. The 14-month-old's skull was fractured. Another Russian child, 3-year-old Kolya, who was in the care of Fyodor and Kimberly Emelyantsev was found to be exhausted and dehydrated.

Canadian hunters have hit back at accusations their trade is 'barbaric' and unnecessary. The annual seal hunt is due to get underway later this week and will see more than a quarter of a million seals clubbed to death or shot - with their furs being sold to the lucrative European market.

Parents and health campaigners have attacked a website aimed at young girls which they say encourages extreme dieting.

The latest violence in Iraq has put extreme pressure on a ceasefire by the Mahdi Army - a ceasefire that has been credited with reducing the violence, not just in Basra, but across the country. The Mahdi Army announced that the ceasefire is still in place. But for how long? Owen Fay reports.

China is expressing anger over the U.S. military's error in delivering ballistic missile parts to Taiwan. The U.S. Defense Department announced the mistake yesterday, saying helicopter batteries were supposed to be sent instead. The error is particularly sensitive because Beijing strongly opposes U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. China considers that self-governed island its own territory. The country is demanding an investigation into the situation.UPI Kristin Volk

Millions of Russians and other CIS citizens have had their private details placed on the internet, in what many say is a massive breach of human rights.

The nation's largest airlines has grounded about 200 planes so they can have their wiring re-inspected.

NYTimes.com - Young doctors are moving away from treating serious illnesses and toward specialties like dermatology that offer better pay and hours.

NYTimes.com - When Melanie McDaniel was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in 2001, no one expected that an experimental new therapy would help her live to see her seventh birthday.

Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt could keep it all in the family when voting for the next U.S. president. Researchers from he New England Historic Genealogical Society have reportedly found the two are related to the Democratic presidential hopefuls. Research shows Jolie and Hillary Clinton are ninth cousins twice removed, and Pitt and Barack Obama are ninth cousins. There's no word on who the pair actually plan on voting for.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation : "At least one person has been killed and several seriously injured in a pile-up of around 100 vehicles on Austria's main east-west highway, local authorities said. The crash occurred on the A-1 motorway linking Vienna and Salzburg, said a police spokesman in the province of Upper Austria. 'One person died and several others are still trapped in the wrecks of their cars,' he said. 'It's too early to say what exactly caused the pile-up. But we had heavy snowfall this morning and the highway was covered in snow.'"

Members of Russia's Doomsday cult, who've been holed up in a bunker for five months, say they could come out next month.

Chelsea Clinton had a quick answer today to a question about the Monica Lewinsky scandal: "None of your business." Clinton was campaigning for her mother, Hillary Clinton, at Butler University in Indiana.

Investigators say Steven Sueppel killed his wife, then tried to kill himself and his children in their garage by carbon monoxide poisoning. When that failed, he killed the children individually.

Prices of existing single-family homes slumped in January, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index. 16 of 20 regions measured posted record annual declines, with home prices in Las Vegas and Miami falling more than 19 percent year-over-year-- the most of any region. Jon Decker reports.

Fighting in Basra and around Iraq is on the rise as followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take to the streets.

A Missouri man allegedly shot and killed his wife while he was trying to install a satellite TV system in his home.

The California Department of Corrections is launching an investigation into how former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson was released from prison at least a year early.

Nineteen people have been indicted in connection with a nationwide mortgage fraud scheme, federal officials in Sacramento said Monday.

The Olympic torch was lit amid tight security in the ancient Greek city of Olympia, despite protesters' attempts to disrupt the ceremony. The five-month journey to Beijing takes in 137,000 km crosses five continents.

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India is facing a growing gender imbalance -blamed on the widespread abortion of female foetuses. In some states, fewer than eight hundred girls are born for every thousand boys. Girls are seen as a financial burden, largely because of the dowries that have to be paid when they get married. Now the Indian government will start paying parents to help them bring up female babies. Al Jazeera's Matt McClure reports.

Communities along the White River in Arkansas are bracing for more flooding, as water levels continue to rise; while parts of Missouri are seeing their water levels recede

When an Arlington, Virginia man went to unpack his suitcase after a trip to South Carolina, he got more than he bargained for when a rattlesnake bit him.

It's taken only 20 years for the largest waterway in Indonesia's West Java to become a river of rubbish. Choked by domestic and industrial waste, the Citarum is in crisis. What used to be a vital source of fresh water and fish is now a dumping ground and scavenging site. Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas traveled to West Java province to meet the people living by the river.

Four thousand U.S. servicemen and women have now died in the Iraq war. But many of those who live to return home, still have a whole different set of battles to fight. Apart from headaches, vertigo, troubled sleep and sight problems, many suffer serious psychological effects.

Police say people who took items from an Oregon man's home after his belongings were listed as free on Craigslist could face theft charges if they don't return the items.

A former pilot displayed a prototype flying car at the New York Auto Show. With the AirCar, you can fly over a traffic jam. At an estimated price of half-a-million dollars, you could buy a Cessna and a Bentley instead of the AirCar and still have money left over. Fred Katayama reports from New York

Shops could be banned from displaying cigarettes to help cut the number of smokers and to discourage children from starting. The proposals could also see the disappearance of vending machines from pubs and restaurants. Sky's Ursula Errington reports.

The 31-year-old husband of Grammy-nominated British singer Corinne Bailey Rae was found dead Saturday in an apartment. Police are awaiting toxicology tests to determine the exact cause of death.

A pair of hoax ads on Craigslist cost an Oregon man much of what he owned. The ads said the man was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings were free for the taking. Authorities are investigating.

Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk took the title of World's Tallest Man from a Chinese man. His newfound celebrity status is giving the impoverished man new opportunities for health and transportation.

Al Qaeda's leader warns Europe of a "reckoning" for publishing controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Even the Pope is under threat.

At least 4,000 US troops have now been killed in Iraq. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports on what this milestone means for the people and the politicans back in the United States.

Witness presenter Rageh Omaar returned to Iraq five years after reporting on the US-led invasion. He found much had changed and, as ordinary Iraqis told him, rarely for the better.

The Coast Guard says four crew members are dead and one missing after a Seattle-based fishing boat sank off Alaska's Dutch Harbor. The other crew members who abandoned ship were recovered safely.

Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna travelled to the Iraqi village of Bichigan, on the banks of the Tigris river near Balad. He met a group of US soldiers who believe they are helping the people of Iraq, and still feel the fight is worth risking their own lives.

U.S. presidential candidate John McCain says withdrawing troops from Iraq will lead to chaos, as the soldiers help contain sectarian bloodshed, and are still fighting Al-Qaeda. This is despite protest rallies held on the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

The roadside bombing deaths of four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad Sunday have brought the American death toll in Iraq to at least 4,000 since the war began in 2003.

A French web site is reporting that the ex-wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy got remarried in New York Sunday night.

Aijaz Ahmad: Dalai Lama caught between China and independence groups

Gaza's children are loosing their childhood, according to at least one study that has outline a grim picture of what it is like growing up in there. Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from Gaza.

Italian police have issued surveillance video of a man who appeared to hypnotize a supermarket cashier before stealing money from her cash register.

Just days after her release on parole, a former 1970s radical was headed back to prison Saturday to serve at least one more year after corrections officials said a miscalculation resulted in her early release.

Drugs and weapons are becoming a growing problem in schools across the country. Research for the National Union of Teachers show the number of reports of pupils carrying weapons and drugs has jumped significantly in recent years. Sky's Laura Bundock has the details

We look at the influence the US invasion of Iraq has on America and it's elections.

Kurds clash with Turkish police for fourth day, one Kurdish man killed - International Herald Tribune : "Hundreds of Kurdish protesters armed with stones battled police for a fourth day in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, authorities and news reports said. Clashes during celebrations of a Kurdish spring festival have killed one Kurdish protester and injured dozens of people."

Mourners in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan have been paying their last respects to Gadzhi Abashilov, The Head of Dagestan's State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company, who was shot dead on Friday, just hours after another TV journalist from Dagestan was found strangled in Moscow.

Campaigners have marched through central London in support for the protests against Chinese rule in Tibet. China says it will seek out those responsible for the unrest in Tibet. Sky's Peter Sharp reports.

Al Qaeda's leader warns Europe of a "reckoning" for publishing controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Even the Pope is under threat.

Five years on from the start of the war in Iraq Al Jazeera visited the USA to guage public mood towards the conflict. In a special four part documentary we talked to, among others, grieving mothers, politicians and the man widely regarded as coining the phrase "axis of evil", who still supports the war.

Five years on from the start of the war in Iraq Al Jazeera visited the USA to guage public mood towards the conflict. In a special four part documentary we talked to, among others, grieving mothers, politicians and the man widely regarded as coining the phrase "axis of evil", who still supports the war.

Tibet's regional governor said security forces had exercised "massive restraint" to quell anti-China riots last week. The main violence was in Tibet's capital Lhasa. But then demonstrations flared elsewhere as ethnic Tibetans began demonstrating across eastern China. There are reports that some people were killed in clashes between protesters and police in Sichuan province. And rallies were also held in Qinghai province, where many ethnic Tibetans live. In Gansu province, hundreds of protesters marched on government buildings and set fire to Chinese shops. Tony Cheng is close to Tibet's border to gauge the mood

On the Web today: After his victory in Mississippi, Barak Obama supporters continue their mobilization; The people of Ecuador express their despair over the ongoing intense flooding; Kyrgyz Santa Claus; Nosy camera

On the web today: Reaction to George Bush's refusal to ban set and torture related practices like Waterboading. The escape of a suspected terrorist from a Singaporean prison. Worldwide telescope; Food fight.

The Indonesian island of Sumatra is bracing itself for a powerful earthquake, after three tremors in as many weeks. It's feared that a large quake would trigger a potentially devasating tsunami.