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Hello, everyone. I am Creshon Saunders at the cnn.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Law enforcement agents have searched a temple on the grounds of a polygamist ranch¹ in Texas. Nearly 200 women and children have been removed from the ranch since Thursday. Authorities say they were tipped off by a 16-year-old who reported that she was being abused. That girl still has not been found. Its leader, convicted felon² Warren Jeffs is serving a 10-year sentence for being an accomplice³ to rape⁴.

It’s the end of an era in Russia today as George Bush and Vladimir Putin concluded their last presidential meeting. Putin is scheduled to step down as Russian President in a month, and as you know, Bush leaves office next January. President Bush also met with the man who will replace Putin, Dmitry Medvedev.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tells CNN in an exclusive interview today, he is demanding that radical⁵ Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr disband his Medhi army. He also says Iraqi political leaders will bar al-Sadr, follow words from the political process, if the Medhi army is not dismantled⁶. Hundreds have been killed or wounded since fighting broke out between the military and what Iraqi officials describe as militias⁷ and gangs. The clashes ended last Sunday after Iraqi Shiite officials held talks with al-Sadr in Iran.

US troops and Shiite militants⁸ clashing today in Baghdad’s Sadr city. An Iraqi government official says the fighting has left at least 20 dead, more than 50 injured. The official says fighting between US forces and the Medhi army broke out early Sunday and continued throughout the day. The US military says it has no information on those clashes.

And a horrifying⁹ day for a group of college students in northern Iraq. Gunmen stopped two busloads of students on a road south of Mosul. Four of the students were wounded by gunfire, and 42 male students were abducted¹⁰. But an Iraqi security spokesman says all of the students have since been released.

Those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source on line, on TV, even when you are on the go.