how to delete remove recent post from sidebar?

Here is my sidebar.php code:
I WANT TO DELETE WHATEVER MAKES IT PUT MY RECENT POST THERE, CAN’T SEEM TO FIND IT.
THANK YOU!

<div id=”sidebar” class=”grid_6″>

<?php include(‘ads/ads-management.php’); ?>

<?php include(‘ads/ads-300×250.php’); ?>

<?php include(‘ads/ads-top.php’); ?>

<div class=”box2″>

<ul class=”idTabs”>

• Popular
• Comments
• Featured
• Tags

<div class=”spacer white”>

<?php if (function_exists(‘akpc_most_popular’)) { ?>
<ul class=”list1″ id=”pop”>
<?php akpc_most_popular($limit = 10); ?>

<?php } ?>

<ul class=”list1″ id=”comm”>
<?php if (function_exists(‘mdv_most_commented’)) { mdv_most_commented(10); } ?>

<ul class=”list1″ id=”feat”>

<?php
include(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/includes/version.php’);
$the_query = new WP_Query(‘cat=’ . $ex_feat . ‘&showposts=10&orderby=post_date&order=desc’);
while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
?>

• ” href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php if (function_exists(‘wp_tag_cloud’)) { ?>

<div class=”list1″ id=”tagcloud”>
<?php wp_tag_cloud(‘smallest=10&largest=18’); ?>
</div>

<?php } ?>

</div>
<!–/spacer –>

</div>
<!–/box2 –>

<?php

$showvideo = get_option(‘premiumnews_show_video’);

if($showvideo){ include(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/includes/video.php’); }

?>

<?php

$showasides = get_option(‘premiumnews_show_asides’);

if ($showasides) {

?>

<div class=”box2″>

<div class=”spacer”>

<h3><span class=”fl”>Asides</span> <img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/images/ico-misc.gif” alt=”” class=”fr” /></h3>

<ul class=”list2″>

<?php
$asides = get_option(‘premiumnews_asides_entries’);
include(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/includes/version.php’);

$the_query = new WP_Query(‘cat=’ . $ex_aside . ‘&showposts=’ . $asides . ‘&orderby=post_date&order=desc’);
while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
?>

• <?php the_content(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</div><!–/spacer –>

</div><!–/box2 –>

<?php } ?>

<?php if (function_exists(‘get_flickrrss’)) { ?>

<div class=”box2″>
<div class=”top”></div>
<div class=”spacer flickr”>

<h3>Latest <span style=”color:#0063DC”>Flick</span><span style=”color:#FF0084″>r</span> photos</h3>
<?php get_flickrrss(); ?>

</div><!–/spacer –>
<div class=”bot”></div>
</div>
<!–/box2 –>

<?php } ?>

<?php include(‘ads/ads-bottom.php’); ?>

<?php if (function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : else : ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<div class=”clear”></div>

<div class=”grid_3 alpha”>

<?php if (function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar(2) ) : else : ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div><!–/grid_3 alpha–>

<div class=”grid_3 omega”>

<?php if (function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar(3) ) : else : ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div><!–/grid_3 omega–>

<div class=”clear”></div>

</div><!–/sidebar–>

<div class=”fix”></div>