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Iraqi soldiers take up positions at Zarqa, 12 miles northeast of Najaf, Iraq. Iraqi troops backed by U.S. helicopters battled insurgents northeast of the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraqi officials said. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/AP)

Five killed in attack on Baghdad school

Yahoo! News

Pentagon trying to cut forced extensions

In an action branded a backdoor draft by some critics, the military over the past several years has held tens of thousands of soldiers on the job beyond their retirement dates and enlistment length.

ABC News

Gaza battle rages on, at least 25 dead

Gunmen from the rival Hamas and Fatah movements battled each other in Gaza, continuing an increasingly bloody power struggle over the Palestinian government.

CNN

Iraqi clashes 'kill 250 rebels'

U.S. and Iraqi troops have killed about 250 rebels in fierce fighting around the holy city of Najaf, police say.

BBC

The true cost of war

Newsweek

Thousands gather in Washington to protest Iraq war

BBC

Cheney: U.S. carrier to Gulf sends 'strong signal'

By deploying a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, the U.S. has sent a "strong signal" that it is in the region to stay, Vice President Dick Cheney said.

Reuters

U.S. embassy employee's wife killed in Kenya carjacking

Gunmen carjacked a U.S. embassy vehicle on the outskirts of Nairobi and killed the wife of an embassy employee and his mother-in-law. Police later killed two of the carjackers.

CNN

Saudis signal efforts to control oil prices

Saudi Arabia, which benefited immensely from record oil prices last year, has sent signals in the last two weeks it's committed to keeping oil at $50 a barrel.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

Iran official denies earlier reports on nuclear plants

An Iranian nuclear agency official has denied claims made by a top lawmaker that the Islamic Republic had begun installing 3,000 centrifuges at an uranium enrichment plant.

U.S. News & World Report

Global court to decide on launching first trial

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is to decide soon whether there is enough evidence to try a Congolese militiaman for using children as soldiers in what would be the new court's first trial.

Reuters

Israel's use of cluster bombs from U.S. examined

The White House will notify Congress that Israel may have violated agreements with Washington when it fired U.S.-supplied cluster munitions into Lebanon last summer, The New York Times reported.

CNN

Israel appoints first Arab cabinet minister

Ha'aretz

POLITICS

Congress pressured to ban racial profiling

The repercussions of an airline's decision to remove a group of imams from a commercial flight in Minneapolis could be heard in Congress this year.

AOL News

Pelosi meets with troops in Afghanistan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ate breakfast with soldiers from California and met briefly with top military leaders at the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan, an official said.

U.S. News & World Report

Mike Huckabee launches presidential bid

Yahoo! News

SPORTS

Federer seizes Aussie Open for 10th Grand Slam title

Roger Federer captured his 10th Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set at the Australian Open, beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4.

USA Today

Meissner gets help in U.S. skating title win

Kimmie Meissner has a national title, and that's all anybody needs to know. Never mind that the world champion finished third in the free skate, and won only because Emily Hughes fell.

AOL

HEALTH

New food pyramid offers building blocks to good nutrition

The new and improved U.S. Department of Agriculture's food guide pyramid - called MyPyramid - is helping Americans, young and old, to better understand how to eat healthfully, dietitians say.

HealthDay

Virulent TB in South Africa may imperil millions, experts warn

More than a year after a virulent strain of tuberculosis killed 53 infected patients in a rural South African hospital, experts say the disease has most likely spread to neighboring countries.

International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Apollo 1 astronauts honored at Cape

Back before Columbia and Challenger, three American astronauts died in a flash of fire. The Apollo 1 disaster occurred 40 years ago and knocked NASA to its knees.

Palm Beach Post

New process improves efficiency of ethanol production

Carnegie Mellon University chemical engineers have devised a new process that can improve the efficiency of ethanol production, a major component in making biofuels.

Science Daily

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Editorial:

Sticks, stones, and Mr. Obama

Washington Post

Column (Joe Copeland):

Army officer points out our responsibilities

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

The hidden cost of free congressional trips to Israel

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

To attack Iran

Baltimore Sun

Column (Les Payne):

Bush can't dodge Webb's critique

Newsday

Editorial:

Deduction no reduction

Houston Chronicle

Column (Robert Fisk):

World ignores signs of civil war in Lebanon

London Independent

Editorial:

Bush's bait-and-switch

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

FBI lax in Foley scandal

Houston Chronicle

Column:

A Hispanic who would be president

San Diego Union-Tribune

Column (Peter Singer):

A convenient truth about disability

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Volunteers shoulder much of post-Katrina rebuilding

In Gulf communities, charity groups and do-it-yourself efforts are filling in the very large void left by the lack of government aid and insurance.

MSNBC

Marcia Wallace honored by cancer center

Marcia Wallace of "The Bob Newhart Show" fame was honored by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute for helping educate Americans about the importance of early cancer detection.

Forbes

NATION

A deal in the desert for Sen. Reid?

It's hard to buy undeveloped land in northern Arizona for $166 an acre. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid effectively did just that when a longtime friend decided to sell him property.

Los Angeles Times

Navy calls off search for helicopter crash victims

The Navy called off a search for three missing crew members of a helicopter that crashed in the ocean about 50 miles off California's southern coast.

Yahoo! News

Prince Charles, Camilla on weekend visit to U.S.

Prince Charles arrived for a two-day trip in the U.S. and his first visit to Philadelphia, the city where American colonists declared their independence from British rule more than two centuries ago.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

More jobs, rising incomes boost spending

Employers in the U.S. added 145,000 workers to their payrolls this month and incomes grew, suggesting consumers will keep spending even after splurging during the holidays.

Bloomberg

Alternative minimum tax can bite you

In 2006, about 3.5 million taxpayers fell prey to the alternative minimum tax, up from 1.3 million just five years earlier, according to the Tax Policy Center.

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

'Padre Nuestro' wins top honors at Sundance

Sundance Film Festival's grand-jury prize for best U.S. drama went to "Padre Nuestro," an immigrant saga about a Mexican teen's heartbreaking search for his father in America.

Yahoo! News

Escapee who took Crystal Gayle's tour bus is caught

An escaped prisoner who evaded a manhunt across the Southeast by stealing three vehicles, including singer Crystal Gayle's tour bus, has been arrested, authorities said.

Miami Herald

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Melting ice means global warming report all wet, say some experts

Later this week in Paris, climate scientists will issue a dire forecast for the planet that warns of slowly rising sea levels and higher temperatures. But that may be the sugarcoated version.

USA Today

China admits to climate failings

China is failing to make progress on improving and protecting the environment, according to a new government report.

BBC

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Austere version of Islam finding a home in India

The change came several years ago for Maryam Arrakal. Her husband brought a black, all-covering abaya back to this steamy, subtropical town from the desert sands of Saudi Arabia.

Los Angeles Times

Property fight looms in U.S. Episcopal split

Gay issues splintering the U.S. Episcopal Church appear to be pushing it into a divorce and, like many separations, there is property at stake - in this case worth millions.

Yahoo! News

UNC congratulates 2,700 prospective freshmen in error

An admissions department e-mail sent from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill congratulated 2,700 prospective freshmen this week on their acceptance to the school.

CNN

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