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• 4. WESTERN DIPLOMATS HEAD TO UKRAINE
• EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland are expected in Kiev to try to defuse the crisis.
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• 5. CONGRESS VOTES TO RENEW BAN ON PLASTIC GUNS
• But tougher restrictions, like requiring metal parts that cannot be removed, are defeated by Republicans.
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• 6. ELIAN GONZALEZ TRAVELS ABROAD
• The young Cuban boy who was the subject of an international custody fight in 2000 is on his first overseas trip since being reunited with his father.
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• 7. VETERAN SAYS NORTH KOREA STATEMENT WAS COERCED
• Former U.S. Army Lt. Merrill Newman, 85, says he was threatened with a lengthy prison sentence if he did not apologize for killing North Koreans during the war.
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• 8. WHAT OKLAHOMA SAYS ABOUT SATANISTS' STATUE
• Legislative leaders try to ease concerns over a request by a New York-based group to erect a monument to Satan alongside the Ten Commandments at the state Capitol.
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• 9. HOW 'TITAN ARM' CAN LEND A HELPING HAND
• A robotic device invented by University of Pennsylvania engineering students can assist its wearer carry an additional 40 pounds.
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• 10. ANTARCTICA'S DEEP-FREEZE RECORD
• NASA satellite data reveals the icy continent hit minus 135.8 in August 2010.
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AP News in Brief
Mourners and world leaders gather in South Africa for Mandela memorial at Soweto stadium
• JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- World leaders and joyous, singing South Africans gathered Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a Soweto soccer stadium that was two-thirds full amid cold, driving rain.
• The crowds twice booed South African President Jacob Zuma, who was to give the keynote address at the service, which started an hour late. Many South Africans (Continued on page 20)
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