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• Russia, China veto resolution aimed at Syrian violence
  The draft resolution before the U.N. Security Council would demand an end to the bloody crackdown on government opponents in Syria.
  
• Romney poised to win Nevada caucuses
  Mitt Romney has a chance today in Nevada to do what no Republican presidential candidate has done so far this election cycle: win two contests back to back.
  
• Martin: Why don't candidates see poor?
  In the 1,257 GOP debates we have had to sit through, poverty and the poor have rarely come up, so it was no surprise that Mitt Romney would be dismissive of them in an interview this week with CNN's Soledad O'Brien.
  
• Civilian deaths rise in Afghanistan
  Across Afghanistan, civilians live in fear that they will become part of a grim and ever growing tally -- as innocent casualties in a decade of conflict. And according to a United Nations report released Saturday tracking civilian casualties, that rate of such deaths rose yet again in 2011.
  
• Fidel Castro unveils 1,000-page memoir
  Fidel Castro has released a previously unannounced two-volume memoir of his life, Cuban state-run media reported Saturday.
  
• 2nd teacher at L.A. school arrested
  Another teacher has been arrested at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on allegations of lewd acts on young pupils, authorities said.
  
• Police: Suspect on run kills Ala. officer
  An Alabama robbery suspect fatally stabbed a police officer in jail, escaped in a stolen patrol car and wounded another officer before he was killed, authorities said Friday.
  
• WikiLeaks: Soldier faces court martial
  Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, who is suspected of leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, will be court martialed on charges that could lead to a sentence of life in prison, the Army said Friday in a statement.
  
• Lance Armstrong doping case dropped
  Federal prosecutors said Friday that they are closing a criminal investigation into alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs by champion cyclist Lance Armstrong without filing charges.
  
• Police arrest 6 at Occupy DC camp
  U.S. Park Police in riot gear entered the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square in downtown Washington early Saturday.