AP – After weeks dominated by health care, President Barack Obama’s secret trip to Afghanistan turned attention back to another issue whose progress this year could help define the success of his presidency.

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AP – Team Jacob is triumphant at the Kids’ Choice Awards.

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Reuters – New Zealand writer Christian Karlson Stead has won the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story award, competition organizers said on Friday.

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AP – Former U.S.-appointed prime minister Ayad Allawi and his secular, anti-Iranian coalition narrowly won Iraq’s parliamentary elections in final returns Friday, edging out the bloc of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who angrily vowed to challenge the results.

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AP – A one-time priest who later became an evolutionary geneticist and molecular biologist and helped scientifically refute creationism with his research was honored Thursday with one of the world’s top religion prizes.

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