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Firefighters hose down burning vehicles following an explosion in a crowded commercial area near the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad. A parked car exploded near one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines, killing 55 people and wounding dozens. (Photo by Ghassan al-Yasiri / AP)

World War II sex slaves lose in Japanese court

In two landmark rulings, Japan's highest court rejected compensation claims that had been filed by former WWII sex slaves from China but acknowledged they had been coerced by the Japanese military.

International Herald Tribune

Blood diamond embargo ends

The U.N. Security Council lifted its embargo on Liberia's diamond exports, saying the West African nation has made progress in certifying the origin of its rough diamonds.

France 24

Ban on Liberia's diamonds ends

BBC

Saudi militant plot mirrored 9/11 attack

Some of the militants arrested in a terror sweep in Saudi Arabia trained to use civilian aircraft in suicide missions, an official said.

Forbes

Saudi raid nets suspects, weapons

USA Today

Fight over Iraq war funds heads toward new phase

A fierce political battle over a Democratic plan to pull U.S. troops from Iraq is moving toward a critical stage as President George W. Bush prepares to veto it, but talks on a new bill have quietly begun.

Reuters

Iraq war commander's plan

Yahoo! News

Car bomb kills 58, wounds dozens at Shiite shrine in Karbala

A parked car exploded near one of Shiite Islam’s holiest shrines in the city of Karbala as people were headed to the area for evening prayers, killing 58 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

MSNBC

Death toll rises in Pakistan bombing

The death toll from a suicide bombing in Pakistan rose to 28 as investigators attempted to identify the bomber who tried to kill the interior minister.

Reuters

Bomb injures Pakistan minister

BBC

Taliban free French aid worker

A French aid worker tearfully thanked the Taliban for releasing her after more than three weeks in captivity, and pleaded for the freedom of four colleagues still held in southern Afghanistan.

Globeandmail.com

NATION

Turkey facing political collapse

Turkey is facing a political crisis after the Islamist-rooted government clashed with the army over the latter's threat of action to defend the country's secular regime.

NEWS.com.au

Turks rally for secularism

CNN

Moderate earthquake strikes England

A moderate earthquake rattled parts of southeast England, toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds.

Guardian

Earthquake rocks Kent

ITN

Pressure is off Olmert to resign over war in Lebanon

Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, exercised “misguided and rash judgment” in launching Israel’s war in Lebanon last summer, a commission of inquiry has found.

Times

POLITICS

Bush says he is winning immigration overhaul support

President George W. Bush said he is gaining new support for immigration overhaul as his administration works with lawmakers in both political parties to try to tackle the issue this year.

Bloomberg

Clinton denounces Bush's Iraq policy

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton denounced President Bush for his "Mission Accomplished" speech and said his conduct of the Iraq war was "one of the darkest blots on leadership we've ever had."

San Jose Mercury News

Hillary's global ambassador

ABC News

Lawmakers seek files on Tillman's death

A congressional committee requested documents from the White House and Pentagon describing how and when the Bush administration learned the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death.

Helena Independent Record

Tillman's family left in the dark

CBS News

POLITICS

Wolfowitz won't resign World Bank post

An attorney for World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said his client won't resign and criticized the panel investigating whether Wolfowitz improperly gave a pay raise to his companion.

Bloomberg

Why this slump is different

Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Raiders take QB Jamarcus Russell first

Jamarcus Russell, the big-play quarterback from LSU, was the first pick in the NFL draft as the Oakland Raiders pulled no surprises.

ESPN

NFL draft: first round recap

ESPN

Lions pick WR Calvin Johnson at No. 2

Detroit selected Georgia Tech's Calvin Johnson with the second overall pick in the draft, making it four out of five drafts in which the Lions took a wideout in the first round.

FOX Sports

Calvin Johnson draft interview

Sports Illustrated

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Working replica of Noah's Ark opens

The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was thrown open - you could say it was the first time in 4,000 years - drawing a crowd of curious pilgrims and townsfolk to behold the wonder.

AOL News

Pope Benedict to visit New York

Pope Benedict XVI agreed to visit New York City for a trip to the United Nations headquarters, after being invited by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

CBS11

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GOOD NEWS

Woman to be world's oldest college graduate at 95

Nola Ochs is distinguished from her from fellow students at Fort Hays State University. She's 95, and is believed to be the world's oldest person getting a college degree.

San Francisco Chronicle

Boy gives savings to homeless hero

Milton Pendleton has been praised for saving two men who were injured in a small plane crash in Florida. He was filled with emotion when a 10-year-old boy gave his life savings to thank him.

CBS4

NATION

Oklahoma oil refinery blows its top

Flames and smoke poured into the sky over an oil refinery where lightning set off a fire and an explosion that was felt miles away, authorities said.

WPVI

Smoke, flames pour from oil refinery

CNN

Va. Tech's injured face ongoing struggle

Kevin Sterne will see the scar on his thigh every time he pulls on his pants. And on her wedding day Katelyn Carney will see the healed-up hole that a Virginia Tech gunman put in her left hand.

AOL News

Police arrest suspect In brutal mugging of 101-year-old

A possible suspect emerged in one of New York City's more notorious unsolved crimes: the brutal mugging last month of a 101-year-old woman with a walker.

CBS42

Suspect nabbed in brutal mugging

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Algae blamed for seal, dolphin deaths

Hundreds of seals, dolphins and marine birds have been killed in recent weeks by an upsurge in a sea toxin linked to overfishing, the destruction of wetlands and pollution.

Earth Times

Canada to ban inefficient light bulbs

Canada plans to develop national standards for energy efficient lighting by the end of the year and ban inefficient bulbs by 2012, officials said.

Montreal Gazette

Canada to ban some light bulbs

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Scotty takes final voyage into space

The ashes of "Star Trek's" Scotty have boldly gone where few have gone before. James Doohan's cremated remains have been launched into space on board a rocket from New Mexico.

Sky News

Scotty's ashes sent to space

CBS News

Now everyone's a comedian

From stockbrokers to firefighters, more people are pursuing stand-up comedy as a hobby – or even a second career.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft goes open source?

Microsoft is expected to show a new friendliness to the open-source community by unveiling plans to release the source code to a part of its Silverlight technology at MIX 07, according to sources.

PC World

Sex fattens female ticks to 100 times normal size

Sex can be fattening if you’re a female tick. After mating, one species of female tick balloons to a body-bursting 100 times its original size.

Live Science

EDUCATION

Loan probes may cut students' costs

Students with loans may soon benefit from the ongoing investigations of lenders and schools. The resulting policy changes are likely to lower interest rates.

U.S. News & World Report

34 Duke students facing stiff penalties for cheating

Nearly three dozen graduate students in Duke University's business school face steep penalties for cheating on an exam, school officials said.

WRAL

HEALTH

Abstinence program info slammed

Each of these assertions turns up in federally funded abstinence-only sex education programs: Condoms fail to prevent HIV infection 31 percent of the time during heterosexual sex.

Cincinnati Post

Photo of the Day

An Israel Bedouin Arab reacts as he finishes a race during a local festival in the Negev Desert near the city of Arad, southern, Israel. Bedouins were by tradition nomadic tribes, who for the most part have settled since the creation of modern borders. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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