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Reuters - Mediators from the African Union (AU)
agreed in the early hours of Monday to give the warring parties
from Sudan's Darfur region an extra 48 hours to strike a peace
deal after a midnight deadline expired.

AP - Yahoo Inc. on Monday plans to unveil a new section aimed at helping consumers cope with the onslaught of new technology that's reshaping modern life.

AFP - Latino leaders laid last-minute plans for a "Day Without Immigrants," a nationwide strike and boycott to brandish their economic power as lawmakers debate restricting immigrant labor.

AFP - Mediators extended a deadline for a peace agreement in Sudan's war-torn Darfur province by 48 hours after rebels rejected a deal to end a conflict that has killed 300,000 people.

AP - The deadline for peace talks to end bloodshed in Sudan's western Darfur region was extended by 48 hours on Sunday, after rebels rejected a proposed deal to halt the fighting that has left tens of thousands of people dead.

AP - Hold on, LeBron. Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards aren't quite ready to pack it in.

The French version of the new Casino Royale teaser trailer is now online here ! The 21st James Bond movie, directed by Martin Campbell, hits theaters on November 17.

AFP - The European Union's ultimatum to Serbia to arrest key crimes suspect Ratko Mladic expired with the former Bosnian Serb wartime military commander still at large.

HAZMAT crews are testing the contents of a soda bottle which caused a big scare at Circus Circus this afternoon. An employee found the bottle covered in duct tape sitting in the rafters of the casino’s mezzanine level.

AP - New Jersey's favorite son was adopted by New Orleans on Sunday, as Bruce Springsteen — through speeches and song — vocalized the anger, frustration, pain and resilience of this hurricane-battered city at the annual Jazz & Heritage Festival.

AP - Just back from Baghdad and eager to discuss promising developments, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice found herself knocked off message Sunday, forced to defend prewar planning and troop levels against an unlikely critic — Colin Powell, her predecessor at the State Department.

Reuters - The U.S. military said on Monday it had
every confidence in the new Iraqi army it is training, after
hundreds of Sunni Arab recruits joined a protest at a
graduation parade that bordered on mutiny.