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U.S. Soldiers rest during their sixth day of searching for three missing comrades after an attack which left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi translator dead, in Cargouli village, near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo / AP)

Dems seek no confidence vote on AG

Senate Democrats plan to seek a no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over accusations that he carried out President Bush's political agenda.

El Paso Times

Top Republican thinks Gonzales will resign

CNN

Rapid rise in global warming is forecast

The oceans are losing the capacity to soak up rising man-made carbon emissions, which is increasing the rate of global warming by up to 30 percent, scientists said.

Times

Wolfowitz resigns from World Bank; Bush to nominate successor

Paul Wolfowitz resigned as president of the World Bank, ending a protracted battle over his stewardship prompted by his involvement in a high-paying promotion for his companion.

MSNBC

Wolfowitz guilty of breaking World Bank rules

ABC News

Fighting for his job

Yahoo! Video

Soldiers comb 'Triangle of Death' for missing comrades

Exhausted soldiers tread carefully through the dirt looking and hoping for signs of three kidnapped comrades being alive.

CNN

Blair: Britain will stand by U.S. in Iraq

CBS News

Date set for Iran, U.S. to meet in Iraq

Iran and the United States are to meet at ambassador level in Iraq on May 28 to discuss its security situation, Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Islamabad.

Middle East Times

Islamic Foreign Ministers Conference backs Iran's nuclear program

IRNA

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Quechua men play traditional Andean music around a fire during celebrations of the Tinku Festival in the city of Macha, Bolivia. (Photo by Juan Karita / AP)	A train passes the gate for the Demilitarized Zone as South Koreans wave unification flags near the Demilitarized Zone of Panmunjom. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / AP, Pool)	Serena Williams reacts after defeating Israel's Shahar Peer at the Rome Masters tennis tournament in Rome's Foro Italico clay-court. Williams won 6-3, 6-3. (Photo by Gregorio Borgia / AP)

NATION

Israeli air strikes target Hamas

Israeli air strikes destroyed a Hamas security headquarters and a car carrying one of the Islamist group's top commanders in a powerful response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.

Reuters

Israel targets Gaza

BBC

King of Jordan: time running out to end crisis in Middle East

The world is losing its last hope of making peace in the Middle East and and is in danger of continuing the conflict between Israel and the Arab world indefinitely, said King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Times

Sarkozy names Fillon as PM

New Zealand Herald

Fillon is named new PM

BBC

Senators strike immigration deal

NEWS.com.au

Senators on immigration deal

CBS News

Watchdog eyes security clearance delays

A congressional watchdog agency reported "quite disturbing" delays in granting top-secret clearance to workers on sensitive jobs undertaken for the government by private industry.

AOL News

BUSINESS

Discovery plans to close 103 stores

Discovery Communications, which owns the Discovery Channel and TLC, said it plans to close all 103 of its mall-based and stand-alone stores by the end of the third quarter of 2007.

International Business Times

Bernanke: U.S. economy to mostly dodge mortgage woes

Waves of mortgage delinquencies should not seriously hurt the U.S. economy even though loan foreclosures are likely to rise even more this year and next, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said.

Reuters

SPORTS

Greg LeMond says he was threatened not to testify

American Tour de France champion Greg LeMond revealed he had been sexually abused as a child and claimed Floyd Landis' camp tried to use it as a threat to keep LeMond from testifying.

ESPN

Lab tech admits to Landis confidentiality breach

Sports Illustrated

Marcus Camby unable to join team due to family matter

Marcus Camby wanted to help Team USA qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics this summer, but he's putting his family before the flag.

ESPN

EDUCATION

Tests show students learn basics in history, civics

More students are learning the basics when it comes to history and civics, but they aren't rising to the next level, national tests show.

CNN

Democrats look to axe funding for abstinence education

Federal funding for abstinence education will likely fall considerably this year, as Democratic leaders said they will let a $50 million grant program expire on June 30.

TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Russian Orthodox Church is set to mend a bitter schism

The atmosphere was tense when President Vladimir Putin met with leaders of an émigré church that had broken with the Russian Orthodox Church after the Bolshevik Revolution.

International Herald Tribune

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Gates Foundation gives $9.7M for research on kids and AIDS

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $9.7 million grant to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation to study ways to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission to children via breast milk.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Mythology inspires art in Athens exhibits

From Botticelli to Picasso, artists have been inspired by the voluptuous goddesses and fantastic beasts of ancient Greek myths for centuries.

Reuters

NATION

Minority population grows to 100 million

The nation's minority population topped 100 million last year, about one-third of the total, and California had roughly 20 million minority residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

San Francisco Chronicle

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