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Adel Tolba, right, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) inspection team, arrives at Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Xia Yu / AP)

Veteran Republicans put Bush on notice about Iraq

In the clearest sign yet of Republican anxiety over Iraq, two party elder statesmen have urged President George W. Bush to begin pulling U.S. troops out of the sectarian cross-fire by the end of the year.

Yahoo! News

Violence near Baghdad kills at least 16

Reuters

Doctors charged over U.K. bomb plot

British police have charged an Indian doctor in connection with the failed terror attacks in London and Glasgow — on the same day the man's second cousin appeared in court in Australia.

CNN

After U.K., FBI eyes Muslim docs in U.S.

MSNBC

North Korea 'closes nuclear reactor'

North Korea shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, a U.S. state department spokesman said. The U.S. is now awaiting verification from the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA.

BBC

Slideshow: North Korea

Yahoo! News

Russia suspends arms treaty with NATO, cites security

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended an arms treaty with NATO that limits the deployment of conventional forces across Europe, citing concerns that the agreement undermines Russia's security.

Bloomberg

U.S. helps Japan on missile system

McClatchy Newspapers

Special section:

Russia: key facts

BBC

Iran will answer nuclear test questions

In major concessions to international demands, Iran has agreed to answer questions about its nuclear experiments and will let U.N. inspectors return to a plutonium-producing reactor it is building.

Houston Chronicle

NATION

Typhoon Man-Yi lashes Japan's Kyushu; 8,000 evacuated

Typhoon Man-Yi made landfall on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands, bringing torrential rain and sustained winds of more than 94 miles an hour.

Bloomberg

U.N. urged to act on Lebanon 'war crimes'

A year to the day after war erupted between the Israel and Hizbollah, Amnesty International called on the United Nations to investigate allegations of war crimes by both sides.

Telegraph.co.uk

Low birth rate prompts Spain to approve child bonus

With one of Europe's lowest birth rates and a growing elderly population, the Spanish government approved a plan to give almost $3,500 to the parents of newborn or adopted children.

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Kucinich rips Edwards on debate remarks

Dennis Kucinich criticized John Edwards, saying his Democratic rival showed "a consistent lack of integrity" by suggesting fewer candidates should participate in presidential forums.

ABC News

Senate will double bounty on bin Laden

The U.S. Senate voted to double the bounty on Osama bin Laden to $50 million and require President George W. Bush to refocus on capturing him after reports al-Qaida is gaining strength.

Reuters

The Internet: It's a potent new tool, but no one's sure how to use it

As Barack Obama made clear, candidates have discovered ways to raise millions of dollars in contributions from the Internet. The question is what they do with this powerful tool beyond raking in cash.

U.S. News & World Report

McCain, Clinton focus on N.H.

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Bored with hedge funds? More investors are turning to 'exotic assets'

Money managers have begun to look at art, wine, rare stamps and even soccer players as ways to diversify risk.

International Herald Tribune

Stocks scale the wall of worry

Investors are betting the subprime mess and bond jitters won't hurt equities. But will they get burned later?

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Copa America final preview: Brazil-Argentina

It’s being billed as the grudge match of the year, and not without reason. The last time the nations met with a Copa America up for grabs Brazil won, dashing Argentine hopes of ending an 11-year trophy drought.

Goal.com

Mock terrorist attack staged on Beijing Olympic venue

Hundreds of police officers staged a mock terrorist attack on the Beijing Olympics' sailing venue, "hijacking" an oil tanker and trying to break into the facility, state media reported.

Sports Illustrated

Beckham gets warm welcome by Galaxy

It’s football to the rest of the world, and the superstar from England kept getting “soccer” stuck in his throat when he was introduced to screaming fans as the Los Angeles Galaxy’s new $32 million man.

MSNBC

HEALTH

Food-poisoning reports traced to Taste of Chicago booth triple

City Health Department officials ordered a restaurant to stop serving hummus as the number of people reporting getting ill from the eatery's food tripled to 378.

Chicago Sun-Times

Drinking milk cuts diabetes risk

Drinking a pint of milk a day may protect men against diabetes and heart disease, say U.K. researchers.

BBC

Hospitalized patients risk vein clots

A surprisingly large number of hospital patients run the risk of a potentially fatal vein clot, but half of them aren't getting preventive treatment, researchers report.

Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

How the Democrats got religion

In this campaign season, if Clinton and Barack Obama and John Edwards are any measure, there will be nothing unusual in Democrats' talking about God and the beliefs that sustain them.

Yahoo! News

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GOOD NEWS

Waitress gets $10,000 tip

An Indiana Pizza Hut waitress with dreams of college received a much-needed boost in arriving at that goal: a $10,000 tip.

FOX News

Pizza waitress gets $10,000 tip

BBC

NATION

First lady remembered

Family prayer services and a huge public outpouring ushered in three days of memorial ceremonies honoring the late Lady Bird Johnson, an environmentalist first lady who clung to her Texas roots.

CNN

Nation mourns Lady Bird

CBS News

Jury finds Conrad Black guilty of fraud

A U.S. jury found former media mogul Conrad Black guilty of multiple counts of criminal fraud and a single count of obstruction of justice, but acquitted him of a racketeering charge.

Reuters

Special section:

Timeline: Lord Black on trial

BBC

Police: teens planned school attack for Columbine anniversary

One is a 15-year-old who was recently suspended from his high school for making violent threats. The other is an awkward 17-year-old hungry for attention.

CNN

Are killers born or made?

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Want clean water and rich soil? Save more species

A new study reveals that biodiversity plays a key role in ensuring the broadest range of ecosystem services, such as clean water and fertile soil.

Scientific American

Bee not afraid

The disappearance of the honeybees isn't the end of the world.

Slate

Florida governor caps climate summit with cleaner energy policy

Unless Florida acts to avert climate change, the state and its economy will suffer ever more drought, fires, endangered agriculture, storms and rising sea levels, warned Governor Charlie Crist.

Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For Harry Potter fans about to rock, we salute you

A global network of Potter-influenced bands inspired kids like 8-year-old Darius to make their own wizard rock. Will fans keep the music alive?

Salon.com

California's wine surprise

The connoisseurs may cringe, the snobs may even sob, but the judges have spoken: California's best chardonnay costs less than $3.

ABC News

'Two-buck Chuck' snags top wine prize

NPR

Balancing act of motherhood, full-time work losing favor

After generations of debate about working mothers, only about a fifth say full-time jobs are ideal, fewer than those who felt that way 10 years ago, the Pew Research Center reported in a survey.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Giant telescope begins scouring space

One of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes opened its shutters, turned its 34-foot wide mirror toward the skies and captured its first light on one of Spain's Canary Islands.

Yahoo! News

Egypt's royal mummies will now get identity checks

All of Egypt's royal mummies will get identity checks after scientists found one was wrongly identified as a Pharaoh, the chief Egyptian archaeologist said.

International Herald Tribune

Computer viruses are 25 years old

In the 25 years since the first irksome but relatively benign virus was created, the World Wide Web of computer networks has left nearly everyone with a PC or laptop vulnerable to malicious software.

Scientific American

EDUCATION

How to prep for the SAT in the shower

Or on your iPod, or by reading a comic book. Preparation can be easy – but is it worthwhile?

Christian Science Monitor

State reinstates license for teacher who sold drugs

The Connecticut state Board of Education has restored the teaching license of a man who was convicted of selling drugs while he was a math teacher at a New Haven school.

Newsday

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