Analysis: In Gaza fight, Iran lurks in background (AP)

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell towards Gaza from its position outside the central Gaza Strip January 6, 2009. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)AP - Israel’s fight with Hamas in Gaza, like the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon two years ago, is not just a struggle over the Palestinian issue but a broader proxy battle between Western allies and Iran for the very future of the Middle East.

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Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders (AP)

In this March 6, 2008 file picture, tourists get their picture taken at the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon, Loch Ness and Niagara Falls are among over 200 natural sites competing to become the New 7 Wonders of Nature in a global poll that is expected to draw around a billion voters, organizers said Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009. The 261 nominees from 222 countries around the world include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, national parks or reefs, such as Mount Everst or the Great Barrier Reef.  (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Meyers)AP - The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday.

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Reports: Chinese tycoon’s wife detained in probe (AP)

AP - The wife of billionaire Chinese appliance retailer Wong Kwong-yu has been detained as police investigate Wong for possible financial offenses, according to news reports.

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CES 2009: Will Ballmer give away Microsoft 7 for free?

Steve Ballmer is due to speak at the Consumer Electronics Show in less than 24 hours and the buzz is building.

He will definitely unveil Windows 7, that’s for sure. A replacement for the much derided Windows Vista was long overdue. Anything less than a fully fledged, simple, virus-free operating system and Ballmer will be booed off the stage. 

But the key question is whether he will give it away for free. It would be the biggest PR coup of the year. “Yes, we knew you d…

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Gunmen attack TV station in northern Mexico (AP)

AP - Gunmen have opened fire and tossed a grenade at a Mexican television station as it aired its nightly newscast, leaving behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs.

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M&S to shed over 1,000 jobs (AFP)

Marks & Spencer is set to axe more than 1,000 jobs, reports said, bringing further gloom to the high street as it struggles under the weight of the downturn.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - Marks & Spencer is set to axe more than 1,000 jobs, reports said, bringing further gloom to the high street as it struggles under the weight of the downturn.

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MI5 boss says terror trials deter attacks (AFP)

Police patrol Gatwick Airport. Successful prosecutions of violent extremists have reduced the risk of an immediate attack in Britain, the head of MI5 said in a series of interviews Wednesday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Successful prosecutions of violent extremists have reduced the risk of an immediate attack in Britain, the head of MI5 said in a series of interviews Wednesday.

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Baidu Web site apologizes for pornography charge (AP)

AP - China’s most popular search engine Baidu apologized Wednesday for hosting links to pornographic content after it was criticized by the government, saying it was sorry for the negative impact on society.

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Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports (AP)

In this Dec. 26, 2008 file photo provided by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, anti-whaling protestors in the ship M/V Steve Irwin, right,  throw butyric acid onto the deck of the Japanese whaling ship, the Kaiko Maru, during a close encounter in the Antarctic Ocean.  Japan plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, an official said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, heightening a high-seas cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the Sea Shepherd conservationist group. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Eric Cheng, HO, File)AP - Radical conservationists who have been chasing Japanese whalers in the Antarctic Ocean said Wednesday they were heading to Australia to refuel their ship, a day after Japan argued they were pirates who should be barred from refueling.

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Darling says country ‘far from through’ the downturn: report (AFP)

AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said in an interview Wednesday that “we are far from through” the economic downturn, a sign that he will revise his forecast that recovery will begin in mid-2009.

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