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A neighborhood sits under floodwaters in Villahermosa, Mexico. Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled the flooded region of the swampy Gulf coast. (Photo by America Rocio / AP)

Pakistan declares state of emergency, makes Court changes

President Musharraf declared a state of emergency, shutting down TV stations and confronting the Supreme Court, which questions his recent re-election.

International Herald Tribune

Rice pressured by Turkish officials

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came under pressure from Turkish officials to publicly blame Kurdish leaders in Iraq for the Kurdish rebel attacks on Turkish forces.

International Herald Tribune

U.S. declares PKK 'a common enemy'

BBC

Campaign Builds to Avoid Turk-Kurd Battle

NPR

Disease feared in flooded southeast Mexico

With flooding across nearly all of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, health officials warned of possible epidemics of cholera and other waterborne diseases.

National Geographic

Mexico battles worst flooding in 50 years

CBS News

Floods leave over 900,00 homeless

ABC News

GOP turns ethics tables

Senate Republicans said they would invoke new ethics rules to block Democratic efforts to send to President Bush the first appropriations package of the 110th Congress.

The Hill

Mukasey wins key support

Two key Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee say they will support Judge Michael Mukasey to be the next attorney general.

NPR

Will Mukasey pass the test?

ABC News

Iraq war source's name revealed

The CBS show "60 Minutes" identifies Iraqi defector Rafid Ahmed Alwan as "Curveball," an Iraqi man whose information was central to the U.S. government's argument to invade Iraq.

BBC

The World in Photos .........................................................................
An elderly man paints earthern lamps ahead of the Diwali festival, in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Manish Swarup / AP)	Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, poses for photos at a promotion ceremony for Chang Wanquan. (Photo by Xinhua / Li Gang / AP)	The referee, right, gives eight counts for American Michael Hunter, left, during the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh / AP)

NATION

Army drafts drought plans for Southeast

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed reducing the flow of water from Georgia rivers into Alabama and Florida in a bid to resolve a tussle among the three states over water use during a drought.

Reuters

Evidence in Nowak case thrown out

A Florida judge handed a legal victory to a former astronaut accused of assaulting a romantic rival, ruling evidence found in her car and statements she made to police after her arrest were inadmissible at trial.

CNN

Consumer safety regulators took dozens of trips paid by companies they oversee

Two chief consumer product safety regulators for the Bush administration accepted dozens of trips paid for by toy makers, children's furniture manufacturers and other industries they oversee.

Star Tribune

Consumer safety head speaks

CBS News

POLITICS

Stumbling Sen. Clinton to steady campaign

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton will seek to stabilize her presidential campaign after the worst week so far in her attempt to win the Democratic nomination.

MSNBC

Margaret Spellings: 'No Child Left Behind' faces political head winds

There is doubt whether Congress will reauthorize the No Child Left Behind law in the dwindling days of the current session.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Martha Stewart Living's loss narrows

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., the publisher of Everyday Food, reported a narrower third-quarter loss on rising magazine advertising revenue and sales of bed, bath and kitchen products.

Bloomberg

Chrysler cuts are obstacle for Ford

Chrysler LLC's decision to lay off 10,000 hourly workers five days after the union ratified a new labor contract will likely complicate efforts to get workers at Ford Motor Co. to approve the reached deal.

Detroit Free Press

Citigroup chief to offer his resignation

Citigroup Inc.'s Charles Prince will offer to quit as chief executive officer of the biggest U.S. bank, a move that may foreshadow other top-level departures at the world's largest financial companies.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Stem cells can improve memory

A new UC Irvine research study shows that cells may help to restore memory after brain damage. This creates hope that a drug to boost production of these proteins could be developed.

Science Daily

Cancer victim invents possible chemotherapy alternative

While undergoing painful chemotherapy John Kanzius determined to find a better way to treat cancer, so he invented a machine that uses radio waves.

ABC News

SPORTS

Yankees more than $100M short of entertaining A-Rod

Before Alex Rodriguez opted out of his contract with the Yankees, the team was told that it would not be able to meet with the third baseman unless it presented an offer of at least $350 million, sources say.

ESPN

A marathon without music? Runners with headphones balk at policy

As audio devices proliferate and get more portable, questions of safety confront race organizers of the New York City Marathon.

International Herald Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

'Values voters' are as split over issues as they are on candidates

Evangelicals agree on one thing: They're looking for a Republican candidate who can win the White House. Where they split is on which issues will be able to move voters out of the pews and into the polls.

National Catholic Reporter

Young Jews report few ties to Israel

A recent study found that young American Jews have less of an attachment to the land of Israel than older Jews do.

Columbus Dispatch

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