• A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people in Iraq today, after striking a crowded restaurant in northern Iraq. Kurdish officials and Arab tribal leaders were meeting there in an attempt to reduce historic tensions. — AP [1]




• The House of Representatives passed a $14 billion bailout for US automakers today, but GOP opposition might derail it in the Senate. — CNN [2]



• Every Democratic Senator and a number of Illinois leaders have called on Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich to step down. Some state lawmakers are looking for a way to remove him from office. — Chicago Tribune [3]
• While the UN has warned that Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is getting worse, President Robert Mugabe declared that there is no cholera in his country. — BBC News [4]

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