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President-elect Barack Obama will name Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state when he unveils his national security team this morning, two officials said. Those close to Clinton say she is "excited" about the job. Obama also is expected to confirm that he's keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his current post.
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Somalis are so desperate to survive that attacks on merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean will not stop, a pirate leader promises. "The pirates are living between life and death," said the pirate leader, identified by only one name, Boyah. "Who can stop them? Americans and British all put together cannot do anything."
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Call Sarah Palin the closer.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told Pakistan it expects complete cooperation in finding the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks in neighboring India.
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The Indian media have described the Mumbai terrorist siege as India's 9/11.
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