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Type in the content of your page here. **** __U.S. Loan Effort Is Seen as Adding to Housing Woes__ **** By PETER S. GOODMAN Some economists contend that the Obama administration’s $75 billion program to prevent foreclosures has done more harm than good.

**** __Bomb Takes Heavy Toll at Pakistan Sports Event__ **** By ISMAIL KHAN and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. In a village organizing to resist the Taliban, a suicide bomber targeted civilian families, killing at least 89 people.

**** __Fragile Calm Holds in Darfur After Years of Mass Killings__ **** By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN The western region of Sudan that has become virtually synonymous with conflict is “frozen” — stuck somewhere between war and peace. **** __Security Flaws in Nigeria Draw Notice__ **** By ADAM NOSSITER The attempted Christmas Day terror attack has cast a harsh light on Nigeria’s national security agencies, revealing potentially crippling lapses.

**** __After Failed Attack, Britain Turns Focus to Yemen__ **** By JOHN F. BURNS Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain would host a summit meeting on combating radicalization in Yemen.

**** __Standoff in Iran Deepens With New Show of Force__ **** By MICHAEL SLACKMAN Security forces filled Tehran streets to deter protests, as the opposition leader said he did not fear to give his life to his cause. **** __U.S. Reaction to Swine Flu: Apt and Lucky__ **** By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Medical experts have found that, while luck played a part, a series of rapid but conservative decisions by federal officials worked out better than many had dared hope.

**** __8 Deaths in a Small Town, and Much Unease__ **** By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON The police say a serial killer may be behind the deaths of eight women in southwestern Louisiana since May 2005.

**** __To Overhaul Immigration, Advocates Alter Tactics__ **** By JULIA PRESTON Four students began a 1,500-mile walk to Washington on Friday, the first steps in a new push by immigration advocates for reform before the midterm elections. **** __Bills to Curb Distracted Driving Gain Momentum__ **** By MATT RICHTEL A consensus is emerging among lawmakers for an outright ban on cellphone texting when behind the wheel.

**** __Time Warner and Fox Reach a Cable Deal__ **** By BRIAN STELTER The News Corporation and Time Warner Cable said that they had agreed on new terms for a contract, averting a blackout of college bowl games.

**** __For Some in Japan, Home Is a Tiny Plastic Bunk__ **** By HIROKO TABUCHI Capsule hotels, built for salarymen who missed the train home, are becoming a last resort for the unemployed.