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Peace Terrace Academy students release white doves at a gathering to honor Alia Ansari in Fremont, Calif. Police are investigating the murder of Ansari, a mother of six, as she walked to pick up her children from school as a possible hate crime. (Photo by Jeff Chiu / AP)

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No clash of civilizations, says UN report

The UN-sponsored Alliance of Civilizations released a first report that says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the central driver in global tensions.

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Christian Science Monitor

Bush salutes King at memorial groundbreaking

President Bush, appearing at a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said the National Mall monument will "preserve his legacy for ages."

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Houston Chronicle

Senior al Qaeda leader captured

A senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan who escaped last year from Bagram prison has been captured, U.S. military sources said.

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CNN

Insurgent activity rising in Afghanistan

Insurgent activity in Afghanistan has risen fourfold this year, and militants now launch more than 600 attacks a month.

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MSNBC

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White House rebuffs call for withdrawal in Iraq

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CNN

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Bush calls for global isolation of Iran

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Yahoo!News

Blair urges Iran-Syria talks

Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged international engagement with Iran and Syria to advance the peace process in the Middle-East.

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The Age

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Blair tells Iran: Turn back on terror

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Guardian Unlimited

Lebanon crisis deepens, cabinet meets

Lebanon's political crisis deepened as the last pro-Syrian minister quit the cabinet shortly before it met to discuss the framework of a special court to try killers of a former prime minister.

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Reuters

20 killed in bus bombing in Baghdad

A bomb exploded in a minibus in Baghdad's largely Shiite Shaab neighborhood, killing at least 20 people and wounding 18.

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Yahoo!News

Pelosi supports Murtha bid to become House majority leader

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in line to become Speaker of the House, stepped into a postelection power struggle among Democrats with a letter of support for Rep. Jack Murtha's bid to become majority leader.

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USA Today

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Pelosi playing hardball already

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Washington Times

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Florida Sen. Mel Martinez to chair RNC

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Forbes

WORLD

Envoys: Hamas accepts peace talk plan

The Arab League called for an international peace conference with Israel, and diplomats said the Hamas-led Palestinian government accepted.

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Forbes

Fatah, Hamas leaders to meet over new PM

A U.S.-educated professor with ties to both Hamas and the rival Fatah Party is the leading candidate for Palestinian prime minister in the emerging unity government.

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US News & World Report

Tragedy in Darfur spreads to neighboring Chad

The conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, which President Bush has labeled genocide, has intensified in recent weeks after a lull that followed a partial peace agreement signed in May.

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NBC

Oil falls on U.S. warmth, OPEC cut doubts

Oil prices fell on Monday as mild weather in the United States kept a lid on heating demand.

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Reuters

Life grows treacherous for bosses in Germany

The back-to-back ouster of the heads Deutsche Telekom and Volkswagen shows how treacherous life has become for corporate bosses here.

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International Herald Tribune

Kyoto countries expected to extend pact

No breakthrough will happen next week in talks to extend the Kyoto pact on global warming, but a softening of stances will produce an agreement on the next steps.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Justine on top of the world

The world champion as well as the world number one - Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium finished her season in style.

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San Francisco withdraws bid for 2016 Olympics

Officials blame 49ers' indecision about future improvements of Candlestick Point stadium, a requirement for Olympics approval.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Don't punt on the troops issue

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Newsweek

Hussein will pay for his reign of terror

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Miami Herald

Murtha responds to Pelosi endorsement

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Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Pacific Ocean gives birth to new volcanic island

The Pacific Ocean has given birth to a new volcanic island near Tonga, according to ocean-going eyewitnesses.

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Yahoo

Mom finds children who vanished 21 years ago

Twenty-one years ago, San Juanita Martinez rushed from Florida to Houston to be at her mother's bedside.

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Houston Chronicle

DUI suspected in Denver hit-and-run deaths

The man accused of barreling his pickup into a family of four, killing a mother and her two children, also is suspected of driving drunk at the time of the crash.

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Denver Post

New Yorkers mark Flight 587's fifth anniversary

A memorial to the victims of American Airlines Flight 587 was dedicated in a morning ceremony marked by the recitation of the 255 victims' names, ceremonial bell tolling and poetry readings.

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Newsday

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McCain edges toward '08 run

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San Jose Mercury News

EDUCATION

US students start to shun British universities

Britain remains the most popular destination for US students studying abroad, but it is losing its stranglehold as Italy, France and Spain see numbers rise

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Guardian

Humiliation, job loss for ‘Borat’ victims

While teaching American humor to a gregarious and absurdly out-of-touch foreign journalist, Pat Haggerty realized something was off — who WAS this guy?

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MSNBC

TECHNOLOGY

Sony PlayStation 3 sells out at Japan launch

Through all the problems, delays and setbacks, Sony has proved that shoppers still have an appetite for its latest games console, the PlayStation 3.

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Pocket-lint

Disney sells half a million movies on iTunes

Walt Disney has sold nearly half a million movies through iTunes in just two months, the company revealed.

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PC Advisor

Wal-Mart institutes 'green' practices

Wind turbines, rows of tall windows, a 200-foot-long dimpled-metal wall and shiny rooftop solar panels are just hints of what's to come for the world's second largest firm.

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Los Angeles Times

Hospitals race to improve heart attack care

Hundreds of hospitals around the country are joining the most ambitious project ever undertaken to give faster emergency room care to people suffering major heart attacks.

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MSNBC

Women's health: Possible link between red meat and breast cancer

Burgers, bacon, hot dogs, bologna–their effect on health has taken another hit, this time with women.

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US News and World Report

Former White House aide: Politics and religion don't mix

David Kuo, who not long ago was considered a rising evangelical star within the GOP, writes that Bush and co. manipulate religion for political purposes.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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