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AP - Venezuelan scientists and military officers set out on their country's first expedition to Antarctica, leaving Friday aboard an Uruguayan naval research ship.

Daimler to drop Sterling truck brand (AP)

3 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan roadside bombing (AP)

Zimbabwe rivals arrive for talks with Mbeki (AFP)

EA turns to online games to boost Asian presence (AP)

Polls open with Canadian PM seeking majority (AP)

Syria establishes diplomatic ties with Lebanon (AP)

North Korea to resume nuclear dismantlement (AP)

Australia blames computer glitch for Airbus mishap (Reuters)

Hamas locks out striking Gaza teachers (AP)

NKorea defectors drop leaflets condemning leader (AP)

Mexican town helps migrants flee police (AP)

Photos of North Korean leader add to uncertainty (AP)

Iceland officially requests IMF help for crisis (Reuters)

UAE extends deposit guarantee to foreign banks (AP)

American man arrested in Pakistani border region (AP)

Canada PM, rival go coast to coast before election (AP)

NKorea lifts ban on UN inspectors at nuclear site (AP)

Assailants attack US consulate in Mexico (AP)

Somali pirates may extend deadline on ship's fate (AP)

Columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize (AP)