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Passengers crowd the deck on the cruise ship 'Perla,' which carried about 800 passengers taken from the cruise ship 'Sea Diamond' before the vessel sank, as it arrives in the port of Piraeus, Greece. The 'Sea Diamond' sank off the Greek holiday island of Santorini after the vessel struck rocks and nearly 1,600 people on board had to be rescued. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP)

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Iraqi, U.S. forces sweep through city of Diwaniya

Iraqi and U.S. forces clashed with Shi'ite militia loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in a dawn operation aimed at returning the volatile city of Diwaniya to government control.

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Reuters

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Chlorine truck bomber kills 27 in Ramadi

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Yahoo! News

Man who fled after FBI shootout captured

State police captured a third bank robbery suspect connected to the deadly shooting of an FBI agent who was tracking the men.

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Interactive: Inside the FBI

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America's broken-down army

For most Americans, the Iraq war is both distant and never ending. For Private Matthew Zeimer, it was neither. Shortly after midnight on Feb. 2, Zeimer had his first taste of combat in Iraq.

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TIME

Britons speak out about captivity in Iran

The 15 British sailors seized by Iran were kept blindfolded, bound and in isolation by their Iranian captors who threatened them with seven years in jail, they told a news conference.

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MSNBC

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U.S. accuses Iran of 'hostage diplomacy'

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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BBC

Aid flows grow in Solomons, tsunami toll set to rise

The flow of aid to the Solomon Islands accelerated as military aircraft ferried in supplies after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed dozens and smashed villages.

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Reuters

FDA extends pet food recall to include dry biscuits

A recall of North American pet food linked to at least 16 animal deaths was extended after U.S. investigators traced a suspect ingredient to dog biscuits made by Sunshine Mills.

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Bloomberg

Europe investigating claims of war crimes in Somalia fighting

European diplomats are investigating whether Ethiopian and Somali government forces committed war crimes during heavy fighting in the Somali capital that killed more than 300 civilians, officials said.

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International Herald Tribune

NATION

Divers search for 2 missing after Greek cruise ship sinks

Navy divers searched the waters around the sunken wreckage of a Greek cruise ships for a Frenchman and his daughter --the only two passengers still missing.

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CNN

Israel stalls U.S. arms sales to Saudis

Israel has stalled a U.S. plan to sell advanced weaponry, including satellite-guided arms, to Saudi Arabia, news sources reported.

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'Terror plot to blow up tourist attractions'

The July 7 bombers planned to attack Big Ben, the London Eye and other tourist attractions, it emerged, as three men were charged with helping the terrorists plan their attacks.

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Telegraph

POLITICS

Cheney reasserts connection between al-Qaida and Saddam

Vice President Dick Cheney reasserted al-Qaida-Saddam links as the Defense Department released a report citing more evidence that the prewar government did not cooperate with the group.

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Report details how Pentagon linked Saddam and al-Qaida

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Florida governor wins voting rights for ex-felons

Florida officials voted to end the practice of stripping ex-criminal offenders of their civil rights, including the right to vote.

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Reuters

Military budget in bull's-eye

Nearly a year ago, Army officials warned that a disaster was looming because of congressional delays in passing a war spending bill. Within weeks, they claimed funding for Iraq would be gone.

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Newsday

BUSINESS

U.S. job numbers stronger than expected

Employers hired workers at a surprisingly strong pace last month, showing that the job market remains robust even as other parts of the economy are slowing.

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International Herald Tribune

IMF: World economy resilient to U.S. growth slump

The global economy would withstand a slowdown in U.S. growth as dependence on exports to America diminished, the International Monetary Fund says.

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The Age

SPORTS

Dice-K lives up to hype

Japanese sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka lived up to all the hype in his regular season debut, striking out 10 in seven innings of one-run ball as Boston downed Kansas City, 4-1.

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Royals fall to Matsuzaka

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ESPN

Mickelson and Els toil at Augusta

Defending champion Phil Mickelson and two-time runner-up Ernie Els endured poor starts to their Masters campaigns. The 36-year-old's problems continued on the back nine.

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BBC Sport

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Mickelson relishes battle with Tiger at Masters

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ITN

HEALTH

Bacteria in peanut butter linked to leak

Moisture from a leaky roof and faulty sprinkler helped salmonella bacteria grow and contaminate peanut butter at its Georgia plant last year, sickening more than 400 people nationwide, ConAgra Foods said.

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Examiner

Conjoined twins separated in groundbreaking Thai surgery

Two 9-month-old Thai girls have been separated in what the hospital said was the world's first successful operation on conjoined twins whose hearts and livers were connected.

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France 24

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ABC News

Study: Mediterranean diet wards off allergies

A Mediterranean-style diet rich in fruits, vegetables and olive oil can help reduce childhood respiratory allergies and asthma, researchers reported.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Oregon deputy donates kidney to deputy brother

Two brothers, both deputies in Oregon, share much more than a uniform after one brother gave the gift of life to the other.

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KPTV

'Mileage Maniacs' beat Toyota engineers

Nenpimania, Japanese for 'mileage maniacs,' are hybrid owners who compete against each other to squeeze as much as 115 miles per gallon out of their cars.

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Bloomberg

NATION

Fla. housing sex offenders under bridge

The sparkling blue waters off Miami's Julia Tuttle Causeway look as if they were taken from a postcard. But the causeway's only inhabitants see little paradise in their surroundings.

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CNN

Thousands snowbound, without power

Thousands of Maine residents were waiting for the electricity to come back on, while utility crews in New Hampshire said they were making headway after a spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow.

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MSNBC

Nearly two-thirds of cars fail test

Of 75 current car models, only 22 of them were rated as good for rear-crash protection, according to testing conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

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KPTV

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Rear-end crash test results

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists issue bleak forecast for warming world

The world's scientists issued a grim forecast for life on Earth when they published their latest assessment of the impacts of climate change.

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Guardian

Scientists in war of words over global warming report

Scientists and diplomats are haggling over the fine print of an alarming report that will warn how global warming will warm seas, melt glaciers and change weather patterns.

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Independent

Southwest forecast: Expect 90 years of drought

Human-induced change in Earth's atmosphere will leave the American Southwest in perpetual drought for the next 90 years, a new study finds.

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LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Designer Jon faces several new sex assault charges

Prosecutors filed 13 new criminal charges against a celebrity fashion designer accused of sexually assaulting women and girls. Anand Jon now faces 27 felony and five misdemeanor counts.

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Chicago Tribune

Anna Nicole's doctor being investigated

The doctor who authorized the 11 prescription medications discovered in Anna Nicole Smith's Florida hotel room the day she died is being investigated by the California Medical Board.

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People

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Birkhead's battle

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E! Online

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google desktop goes Mac

Some 2 1/2 years after launching Google Desktop for Windows, Google released its desktop search software for the Macintosh.

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InformationWeek

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Google lets users create their own maps

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Reuters

Microsoft billionaire to become world's fifth space tourist

Charles Simonyi, whose two decades as a software developer at Microsoft made him a billionaire, will become the world's fifth space tourist when he is launched aboard a Russian Soyuz craft.

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Red Herring

EDUCATION

Study eyes effect of tech on classroom

Going high-tech doesn't lead to higher math and reading scores, according to a federal study.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

College officers profited from tie with lending companies

Administrators at universities were reported to have owned stock in a lender that they placed on their "preferred" list for students.

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Inside Higher Ed

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

How does one sell Judaism?

Scott Shays has spent considerable time studying the major research published about American Jewry, and reached a gloomy, unequivocal conclusion: American Jewry is facing a severe internal crisis.

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Ha'aretz

Looking for Jesus: refugees in faith

Growing numbers reject the institutional church but want to follow its founder, Jesus Christ.

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The Age

'Porn & Pancakes' event helps fight X-rated addictions

With some 4.2 million pornographic Web sites to explore, many Christians find themselves unable to turn away. "Porn & Pancakes" was created to help Christians with porn addiction.

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A Buddhist monk strolls in a fashionable Ginza street where he goes begging in Tokyo. (Photo by Junji Kurokawa / AP)

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