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Jewish settlers brace for army clashes The Age - 3 hours ago Thousands of Israeli ultra-nationalists barricaded themselves at a Jewish settlement in the West Bank vowing to fight police and soldiers sent to demolish part of an unauthorised outpost. The confrontation Bryant ends high-scoring month leading Lakers past Knicks Reuters - 4 hours ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant scored 40 points to cap one of the highest scoring months in NBA history by guiding the Los Angeles Lakers to a 130-97 thrashing of the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. Stosur, Hingis makes flying starts FOX SPORTS - 1 hour ago FORMER world No.1 Martina Hingis and rising Australian Samantha Stosur both continued their good form from the Australian Open in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open today. Hingis pulverised South Korea's Keeping pesky facts out of it San Jose Mercury News - 24 minutes ago By Dick Polman. For any president, the State of the Union address is a dream event. He can put the sunniest spin on the national condition, with nary a nod to any inconvenient facts. He can announce grand goals that sound new, even when they are old. Stem Cell Procedure May Help Ease Lupus Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago By Jia-Rui Chong, Times Staff Writer. Transplants of stem cells harvested from bone marrow have provided the first successful treatment for lupus patients who have not responded to other therapies, Chicago researchers reported Tuesday. Start of Saddam trial delayed - courtroom source Reuters AlertNet - 44 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The start of Saddam Hussein's troubled trial was delayed on Wednesday for "procedural issues", and a courtroom source said proceedings would kick off with a closed session. Saddam's Workers of India unite! Indian Express - 10 hours ago Will airports become dysfunctional? We hope they do. We hope AAI unions muster the efficiency to paralyse air services now that Delhi and Mumbai airports have been awarded to private parties. We want the strike to be lengthy. Microsoft reworks standards on blogs Seattle Times - 1 hour ago Amid growing concerns that US Internet companies are bowing to foreign censors, Microsoft announced a set of policies Tuesday aimed at better protecting blogs and other online content from government restrictions. US troops fire on Canadian envoy's car in Iraq Reuters.uk - 30 minutes ago BAGHDAD (Reuters) - US troops in Iraq fired warning shots at the Canadian envoy's car on Tuesday after his convoy failed to slow down while approaching an American military convoy, the US military said on Wednesday. Steelers finding a devout fan base Chicago Tribune - 7 hours ago By John Mullin. DETROIT -- This Detroit-for-Steelers rooting interest officially has reached a new, uh, level. And this one may be beyond the Seattle Seahawks. Detroit's Cardinal Adam Maida was in the Pittsburgh Visto Sues Good Over Patent Red Herring - 11 hours ago Visto, which sells email software for mobile phone companies, said Tuesday that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival Good Technology. The suit, filed in the US District Court in the Eastern How Bernanke Could Outshine Greenspan New York Times - 5 hours ago By DAVID LEONHARDT. EVERYONE has felt the tangle of nerves and excitement that comes with a new job. So imagine what it must be like to be Ben Bernanke this morning. Ben S. Bernanke left the Capitol Tuesday Bomb threats at Danish newspaper in Islam row Independent - 10 hours ago By Stephen Castle. A Danish newspaper suffered bomb scares a day after apologising for cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed which prompted protests from Muslims and a boycott of Danish products in a dozen nations. Scores rescued as ferry sinks CNN International - 3 hours ago JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesian search and rescue teams have pulled 115 people from the waters off West Timor, an Indonesian navy commander said Wednesday, after a ferry sank in high seas the night before. According to Adm.