January 25, 2009 Sunday
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WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama aced a choreographed first 100 hours in the White House, dramatically ending the Bush era by scything away at some high-profile domestic and national security policies.

'I think so far, so good,' said Dante Scala, a professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire. 'He has made a clear break away from the previous administration.'

 
Israel will defend army

JERUSALEM - ISRAEL will grant legal protection for soldiers who fought in the three-week war in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday amid accusations of war crimes.

1 dead in Turkish avalanche

ISTANBUL - ONE mountain climber was killed and about 10 were believed to be trapped under snow after they were caught by an avalanche in northeast Turkey, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Sunday.

World leaders on retreat

GENEVA - LEADERS from Russia and China are the star attractions among a record number of heads of state and government gathering in the Swiss winter resort of Davos this week to discuss how to get the global economy off the skids.

With the capitalist world suffering its worst battering since the Great Depression, the words of communist China's Premier Wen Jiabao and former communist Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will dominate the start of the elite five-day meeting on Wednesday.

   
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