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'I screwed up.' BARACK OBAMA, admitting errors in his handling of the tax controversy that led Tom Daschle to withdraw his nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services

'Dear Iranian nation, your children have placed the first indigenous satellite into orbit.' MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, President of Iran, announcing the Feb. 2 launch on state television. The move has raised concern over Iran's ability to develop long-range missiles

'I no longer think about marriage.' NUJOOD ALI, a 10-year-old girl who became the world's youngest divorcée in April 2008 when a Yemeni court granted her permission to leave her middle-aged husband

'I've rested...

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