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• 6. WHERE SHIP LOADED WITH SYRIAN-MADE ROCKETS WAS HEADING
• Israel, after seizing the vessel, accuses Iran of trying to send the weapons to the Gaza Strip -- where Israel's biggest cities would be well within range.
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• 7. VICTIMS' ADVOCATES CHIDE POPE ON DELAYS
• Three months after the Vatican announced that a commission would be formed to study the best ways to protect children from abusive clerics, no action has been taken.
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• 8. WHAT BABY'S POSSIBLE CURE MEANS FOR AIDS TREATMENT
• An infant born with the AIDS virus responds well to medicine given right after birth -- more confirmation that very early treatment works.
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• 9. BUSINESSMAN BALKS AT GAMBLING BILL
• After losing $500,000 on table games at a Las Vegas casino, he's arguing that he shouldn't have to pay because he was blackout drunk.
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• 10. AKON: LET THERE BE LIGHT
• The Grammy-nominated singer has begun an initiative aiming to bring solar-powered electricity to 1 million homes in Africa.
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AP News in Brief
Crimean lawmakers schedule March 16 referendum on joining Russia
• SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) -- Lawmakers in the embattled Crimean region of Ukraine decided Thursday to hold a referendum March 16 on whether Crimea should become part of Russia, a move likely to further ratchet up tensions.
• "This is our response to the disorder and lawlessness in Kiev," Sergei Shuvainikov, a member of the local Crimean legislature, said. "We will decide our future ourselves."
• The parliament in Crimea, which enjoys a degree of autonomy under current Ukrainian law, voted 78 with eight abstentions in favor of holding the referendum. Local voters will also be given the choice of deciding to remain part of Ukraine, but with enhanced local powers.
• There was no immediate response from the Ukrainian central government to the (Continued on page 25)
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