Good morning, here are our early stories:

-- Syria's Regime And Rebel Group Agree To Truce That Will Begin Saturday.

-- Pentagon To Offer Plan For Closing Guantanamo Bay Prison.

And here are more early headlines:

Report Ties Rising Sea Levels To Global Warming. ( Scientific American)

Cruz Fires Top Aide Just Before Nevada GOP Caucuses. ( KSNV-TV)

Motive Elusive In Deadly Kalamazoo Shootings. ( CNN)

Delhi Water Partly Restored After Violence Over Aid To Castes. ( BBC)

Fiji Cyclone Death Toll Rises, Thousands Still In Shelters. ( Radio New Zealand)

U.N. Agency Bans Lithium-Ion Batteries As Cargo On Passenger Flights. ( Wall Street Journal)

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