AP - Hundreds of Indians started long marches back to their highland villages, halting 11 days of roadblocks and violent demonstrations against Ecuador's free-trade talks with Washington.

AP - Protests by Ecuador's powerful Indian movement against a U.S. free-trade plan appeared to lose force Friday, with demonstrators concentrated in only one central highland province and sporadic blockades of secondary roads elsewhere.

Reuters - In Addis Ababa, the cool highland nights are no longer the only chill in the air.

Reuters - George Clooney, tongue firmly in cheek, said he wanted Vice President Dick Cheney to be his date at the Oscars. And Felicity Huffman said she was happy just to be going as a nominee and not a seat filler or part of the catering team.