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President Bush, right, winks during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Camp David, Md. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)

Bush, Abe say N. Korea must meet nuclear program pledge

President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe threatened North Korea with tougher sanctions, unless it begins to implement an accord to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.

Bloomberg

Bush: patience limited on N. Korea nukes

CBS News

Russia takes harder line in missile row with U.S.

Christian Science Monitor

Downed Russian helicopter kills 18

CNN

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

Bush vows to veto Iraq funding bill

President George W. Bush pledged to veto legislation that includes a timetable for pulling U.S. troops from Iraq but Democrats urged him to "heed the call of the American people" and sign it.

Reuters

Senate joins troop showdown

CBS News

Saudis arrest 172 militants in terror plot

CNN

Militant roundup in Saudi Arabia

MSNBC

Pentagon: Top al-Qaeda leader taken to Guantanamo Bay

The U.S. military has taken custody of a major al-Qaeda figure and is holding him at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said.

CNN

U.S. holds top al-Qaeda figure

BBC

Iraq Sunni tribes build police force, fight al-Qaeda

Reuters

U.S. reaches out to a Europe that has yet to emerge

Lately, Americans have had to recognize the power of Europe - often for its bite. It was Old Europe that sniped about the war in Iraq, while regulators in Brussels have derailed U.S. mega-mergers.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

60 years later, pain still fresh for WWII Japanese sex slave

She's 78 years old, but for Lee Young-soo, life as she knew it ended at age 15 - when the Japanese government forced her to become a sex slave for its military members during World War II.

CNN

Japan WWII sex slaves

Seoul Times

Russia threatens Estonia over removal of Red Army statue

Russia is threatening to break off diplomatic relations with Estonia in the escalating row over the "blasphemous" removal of the Red Army memorial in the centre of Tallinn.

Times

Statue's removal angers Russia

BBC

Libyan terror suspects win deportation appeal in British court

The British government's anti-terror policy was dealt a big blow as two Libyan terror suspects won their appeals against an attempt to deport them.

Guardian

Deportation row

ITN

POLITICS

Tenet: No 'serious debate' held over Iraq

Former CIA chief George Tenet said the Bush administration used him as a scapegoat over intelligence issues with the war in Iraq, and debate among top officials was absent.

NPR

Tenet interview preview

CBS News

Gitmo lawyers condemn Bush admin.

Lawyers representing some of the hundreds of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay have angrily condemned efforts by the Bush administration to make it more difficult for them to visit their clients.

London Independent

POLITICS

Existing home sales plunge in March

Sales of existing homes plunged in March by the largest amount in 18 years, reflecting in part rising troubles in the subprime mortgage market.

BusinessWeek

New numbers on home sales

ABC News

Oil rises on Saudi terror arrests

U.S. crude oil futures ended more than $1 higher, backed by another surge to new eight-month highs by gasoline futures.

CNBC

SPORTS

NFL Draft is a tale of two quarterbacks

Casual fans didn't discover JaMarcus Russell until the Sugar Bowl. Neither, apparently, did some NFL scouts.

Sun-Sentinel

Scouting the top 200 players

Sports Illustrated

Stewart regrets wrestling comments

Tony Stewart backpedaled from his remarks that likened NASCAR to professional wrestling, acknowledging that he hurt the integrity of the sport.

Sporting News

Tony Stewart apologizes

ESPN

HEALTH

MS increasingly a woman's disease

Women with multiple sclerosis (MS) now appear to outnumber men with the disease by a ratio of four to one in the U.S., new research shows.

WebMD

Depression may be early sign of Parkinson's disease

In some cases, depression can be an early manifestation of Parkinson's disease, new research suggests.

Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope puts focus on climate change

The Vatican has added its voice to warnings from churches around the world that climate change and abuse of the environment is against God's will.

The Age

U.S. advertisers reach out to Muslims

For years, few advertisers in the United States have dared to reach out to Muslims. Either they did not see much potential for sales or they feared a political backlash.

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

With a dented bugle, he brings dignity

On a blustery spring day, when other eighth graders are midway through their morning classes, Mike McCann stands with his trumpet on the steps of a church, awaiting the signal to play.

Christian Science Monitor

Watch the birdie! China's youth take a swing at golf

In China, the golf course has traditionally been viewed as a place where middle-aged businessmen strike deals in between swings. But people in the business are increasingly targeting a younger set.

Reuters

Bush announces donation of 500,000 nets to combat malaria

Speaking on Malaria Awareness Day at the White House, President Bush unveiled a plan to distribute 500,000 insecticide-laced bed nets in Uganda.

allAfrica.com

NATION

Ga. wildfires force hundreds to evacuate

Wildfires flared up in drought-stricken southeast Georgia, destroying several buildings, threatening to jump a highway and forcing hundreds of fire-weary residents to leave their homes.

USA Today

Utah allows guns on college campuses

Brent Tenney says he feels pretty safe when he goes to class at the University of Utah, but he takes no chances. He brings a loaded 9mm semiautomatic with him every day.

KDKA

Storms, winds cause damage in 4 states

Storms packing winds strong enough to toss a police cruiser over a fence spawned apparent tornadoes that leveled houses and downed power lines in several states.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Canada announces planned 18 percent cut in emissions

Canada has announced that it will be putting stringent restrictions on air pollution and greenhouse gases in an effort to curb the pollutants that are responsible for causing global warming.

Earth Times

Cambodian rangers trained to help bears

Park rangers in Cambodia are being trained to survey wild bears to help protect them from being hunted for their bile which is used in traditional Chinese medicines, a conservationist said.

Belleville News-Democrat

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Angelina Jolie seeks more aid for orphans, at-risk children

Hollywood megastar and paparazzi favorite Angelina Jolie lobbied in Washington, D.C. for the world's orphans and children at risk.

Independent Online

Beauty queen sting goes on

Police in Suffolk, N.Y., said they arrested seven more men in a sting that used fake Internet profiles featuring photographs of Miss America 2007 as a young teenager.

Newsday

Miss America undercover

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bionic eyes plug directly into the brain

Researchers have set their sights on bypassing the normal routes of bionics to hook video cameras deep into the brain, allowing the blind to see.

LiveScience

Scientists to build robot colony

No, seriously. Sixty robots are going to interact with each other in groups, learn from each other, and evolve patterns of behavior. Scientists who have clearly not watched The Matrix will study them.

PC World

Tsunamis, hurricanes hit 'Second Life'

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has launched an immersive, interactive 3D presence in the virtual world Second Life.

CNET News

EDUCATION

When a student's in trouble, should parents know?

U.S. privacy laws prevent counselors from informing parents of danger signs. But many say they should know if their young adult children – or their roommates – need help.

Christian Science Monitor

Surveys show frustration among teachers, parents

Jim Lammers, a middle school teacher and the former Marin County teacher of the year, quit the profession in frustration, as have thousands of others across California.

San Francisco Chronicle

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