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A U.S. soldier takes a defensive position as a convoy of military vehicles makes its way through Baghdad, Iraq. The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate adopted House-passed legislation calling for U.S. troops to begin leaving Iraq by Oct. 1. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed / AP)

Taliban militants take over Afghan provincial district

Taliban militants have seized control of a district in eastern Afghanistan after an hours-long clash that killed five people, a senior official said.

MSNBC

Militants fire 2 rockets at Israel

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets toward Israel, the army said, and Israeli officials warned they were losing patience with attacks that have undermined a cease-fire.

Guardian

Taiwan rejects China's planned route for Olympic torch

The Olympic movement risked being dragged into a diplomatic row between China and Taiwan after Taipei refused to accept China's planned route for the 2008 Olympic torch relay.

Guardian

Olympic torch route sparks row

BBC

Democrats differ on Iraq, health care

The eight Democratic White House contenders agreed on the need to quickly pull U.S. troops out of Iraq and provide universal health care to Americans, but differed on the details.

Reuters

Is the Iraq war lost?

MSNBC

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Factbox: Democratic candidates

Reuters

Algeria 'kills leading al-Qaeda figure'

Melbourne Herald Sun

Iraq Sunni tribes build police force, fight al-Qaeda

Reuters

U.S. soldier accused of 'aiding the enemy' in Iraq

A U.S. Army lieutenant colonel was charged with nine offenses, including aiding the enemy, the U.S. military said.

Ireland On-line

North Korea and Myanmar restore diplomatic ties

United in their hostility to America, two of the world's most repressive nations – Myanmar and North Korea – restored diplomatic relations after more than two decades of estrangement.

International Herald Tribune

The World in Photos .........................................................................
President Bush, joined by first lady Laura Bush, plays Medoun Yacine Gueye, drums and dances with the Kankouran West African Dance Company during a Malaria Awareness Day ceremony. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)	Goalkeeper Maria Yalan holds the ball as she walks with other members of her Andean farmers soccer team, before a match of the national Andean communities championship in Huancayo, 200 km (125 miles) east of Lima. (Photo by Martin Mejia / AP)	Newlywed Bollywood actress Aiswarya Rai applies "Prasad" to the forehead of her husband Abhishek Bachchan, after the couple offered prayers at the Venkateshwara temple at Tirupati, India. (Photo by AP)

NATION

American GIs used Japanese sex slaves

Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women for sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: a similar system for occupying American GIs.

Melbourne Herald Sun

Japanese veterans call for sex-slave apology

Globeandmail.com

Warlords of death return to steal city’s taste of peace

Said Muhammad Abukar, a mere 40 days old, lay trembling on an operating table in Madina hospital. His tiny stomach was slit down the middle.

Times

Tanks pound Somali insurgents

BBC

Guernica remembered: Picasso's legacy

The bombing of a Spanish market town in 1937 inspired one of the world's most famous paintings. Seventy years on, reports Graham Keeley, Picasso's anti-war legacy is the subject of a new furor.

Independent

POLITICS

Senate OKs Iraq bill with timetable for troop pullout

A defiant Democratic-controlled Senate passed legislation that would require the start of troop withdrawals from Iraq by Oct. 1, propelling Congress toward a veto showdown with President Bush.

MSNBC

Dems battle White House

ABC News

McCain calls for Gonzales' resignation

Presidential contender John McCain joined the growing number of Republicans calling for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to step down in the furor over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

KPHO

McCain on Iraq & campaign '08

CBS News

Former Gonzales aide gets immunity

CNN

Huckabee's son arrested with gun

David Huckabee, a son of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, was arrested at an Arkansas airport after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded Glock pistol in his carry-on luggage.

AOL News

POLITICS

Anti-graft experts warn Wolfowitz

The crisis over Paul Wolfowitz’s leadership of the World Bank is destroying the bank’s credibility on governance and anti-corruption, a team of bank managers said.

Financial Times

Sound effects: Companies tune into the potential of sound

You may not have heard of composer Walter Werzowa, but you know his work. He is the man responsible for Intel's “sonic logo," the five notes that interrupt PC ads whenever the chipmaker is mentioned.

Economist

SPORTS

Red Sox insist Schilling's sock for real

No paint, no ink, no ketchup. Nothing but Curt Schilling's blood was seeping through his sock in the 2004 postseason, current and former Red Sox said.

Newsday

World Cup winner Alan Ball dies

Alan Ball, the youngest member of England's 1966 soccer World Cup winning side, has died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 61.

New Zealand Herald

HEALTH

List of genes linked to Type 2 diabetes expands

Four newly identified genes predispose people to developing Type 2 diabetes, international researchers say. The findings also confirm the existence of six other genes linked to Type 2 diabetes.

CBC

Stem cells may help diabetics

CBS News

Panel urges junk food ban in schools

Vending machines and snack bars selling sodas, candy and high-fat foods like potato chips should be banned from public schools, according to standards recommended by the Institute of Medicine.

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mexico's Catholic lawyers fight abortion

A group of Catholic lawyers will complain to an international human rights court next week about the legalization of abortion in Mexico City, a Roman Catholic Church spokesman said.

Sydney Morning Herald

Students tour Muslim world

With the future of the United States and the Muslim world linked more closely than ever, a professor and four young Americans headed off to nine Muslim nations, hoping to improve relations.

Christian Science Monitor

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