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• Greece riots rise again as youths, police clash
A protester kicks a tear gas canister at riot police during clashes in central Athens on Friday. The fighting started after a group of demonstrators broke away from a student rally attended by several thousand people protesting government education ...
• CDC director is out, government e-mail says
ATLANTA - The head of the federal government's public health agency is out, according to an e-mail sent Friday night to federal employees. Dr. Julie Gerberding has resigned as director of the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
• Report: Mugabe set to form government
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has insisted that he will not become prime minister in a government of national unity until disagreements are settled. There were signs Saturday that President Robert Mugabe would press ahead ...
• Activist who won drilling bid says he has cash
The federal government also typically imposes environmental safeguards on drilling parcels, Sierra said. "Facts of the lease sale have been mischaracterized in the public forum, sowing confusion and misunderstanding," Sierra said. Conservation groups ...
• Obama pledges to tackle government spending
"We have an economic situation that is dire, and we're going to have to jump start this economy with my economic recovery plan, creating 3 million jobs," President-elect Barack Obama says. "That's going to cost some money. WASHINGTON - President ...