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Lindsey Vonn wins 3rd straight overall World Cup (AP)

AP – Standing atop the mountain, Lindsey Vonn already was the best skier in the world for the third year in a row.

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Lindsey Vonn wins 3rd straight overall World Cup
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Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers (AP)

AP – Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country, where activists say profiteering off the carcasses of endangered species sometimes drives over-breeding.

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Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers
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Suicide blasts in Pakistan’s Lahore kill 39 (Reuters)

Reuters – Suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 39 people in the city of Lahore on Friday, officials said, despite government assertions that crackdowns had weakened Taliban insurgents.

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Suicide blasts in Pakistan’s Lahore kill 39
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British Airways cabin crew to strike in late March (AFP)

AFP – British Airways cabin crew will strike for seven days later this month after failing to reach agreement in a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions, union officials said on Friday.

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British Airways cabin crew to strike in late March
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German minister: EMF aid would come at heavy price (AP)

AP – Emergency aid from a proposed European Monetary Fund should come with strict conditions and a “prohibitive” price tag to boost market confidence, Germany’s finance minister wrote in an article published Friday.

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German minister: EMF aid would come at heavy price
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Kenya elephant deaths soar as ivory sales debated (AP)

AP – Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide gash across the bush.

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Kenya elephant deaths soar as ivory sales debated
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Pope meets German bishop over abuse scandal (AFP)

AFP – Pope Benedict XVI met Friday with the head of the German Catholic Church as paedophile priest scandals swept Germany, one coming close to the pontiff’s brother Georg Ratzinger, a former choirmaster.

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Suicide bombs kill 39, wound 95 in Pakistani city (AP)

AP – A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 39 people in this eastern city and wounding nearly 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.

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