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1. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says President Barack Obama will head to Turkey in the next month or so to discuss plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. The trip to the Muslim nation would be one of the first foreign visits in Obama's presidency1.
2. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has left the hospital a day after a truck hit the car he was in. His wife was killed in the crash and his supporters are calling for an investigation2 and wondering why he wasn't given more police security.
3. Former first lady Barbara Bush is out of the intensive care unit of the Texas hospital where she had successful heart surgery. The 83-year-old wife of former President George H.W.Bush had surgery Thursday to replace her aortic3 valve.
4. Former NBA star Charles Barkley has begun serving a three-day sentence on a drunken-driving charge. He was arrested on New Year's Eve, shortly after leaving a Scottsdale, Arizona nightclub and failing a field sobriety test.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. intensive care unit: n.
A specialized4 section of a hospital containing the equipment, medical and nursing staff, and monitoring devices necessary to provide intensive care.
2. sobriety: n.
Sobriety is the state of being sober rather than drunk.
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specialized
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