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A Palestinian youth looks at the rubble of a destroyed metal workshop allegedly used by the Islamic group Hamas after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City. (Photo by Hatem Moussa / AP)

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Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza, factions vow truce

Israel launched more air strikes against Hamas targets in Gaza, killing at least one person, as top officials considered a broader strategy for stopping rockets being fired at Israeli towns.

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Reuters

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Gaza hit with more Israeli airstrikes

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International Herald Tribune

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Violence in Gaza

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MSNBC

Battle looms over Wolfowitz successor

After Paul Wolfowitz's resignation as World Bank president a new battle looms over how and if the U.S. should pick his successor. The White House said President Bush would move quickly to nominate a successor.

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World Bank will change after Wolfowitz

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Potential successors to Wolfowitz at World Bank

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Reuters

5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq as search widens

Five more American soldiers have been killed as the military widened the search for three missing U.S. soldiers, detaining nine people in a raid northwest of where the soldiers were captured last weekend.

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Blasts hit Green Zone as Blair makes farewell visit

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CNN

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Iraqis in besieged city struggle to survive

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Reuters

Suicide bomb kills 8 in Afghanistan

A suicide attacker detonated himself next to German soldiers shopping in a market in northern Afghanistan, killing eight people and wounding 16, officials said.

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MSNBC

Uneasy calm in Indian city a day after mosque blast

Thousands of police patrolled the streets of India's southern city of Hyderabad, a day after a bomb blast in a historic mosque and subsequent clashes killed at least 16.

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Reuters

In chatrooms and message boards, Madeleine hysteria grips the world

In the days since she disappeared, the Madeleine campaign has, for scale of involvement, outdone anything seen before.

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Guardian

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Colombia's Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez, left, reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the sixth stage of the Tour of Italy, from Tivoli to Spoleto, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Trovati / AP)	Afghan women, clad in burqas, walk along a street in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Farzana Wahidy / AP)	Festival participants carry a portable shrine into the courtyard of Sensoji Temple during "Sanja Matsuri," one of three prime summer festivals in Tokyo. (Photo by Junji Kurokawa / AP)

NATION

Sudan accused of Darfur killings

Sudanese security forces took part in the killing of some 100 people in the war-torn Darfur region, the UN says.

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BBC

Discord at EU-Russia summit

Vladimir Putin met with Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, and Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany which holds the rotating EU presidency, but little was resolved.

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Al Jazeera

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Journalists in Russia resist state crackdown

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International Herald Tribune

Burundi refugees move to U.S. after 35 years in exile

The first of some 8,500 Burundian refugees who fled their homeland 35 years ago have begun a journey from camps in Tanzania to new homes in the U.S. cities of Atlanta and Phoenix, the United Nations said.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Immigration deal cheered, questioned

The White House and a group of senators have reached a deal on a bill that moves Congress closer to passing an overhaul of immigration policy. But critics say they find the bill unworkable and troubling.

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NPR

White House: Gonzales no-confidence a 'political stunt'

The White House called the Senate's upcoming no-confidence vote over Attorney General Alberto Gonzales a "political stunt."

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An 'absentee' U.S. attorney fights back

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BUSINESS

Claim: Exxon funding climate 'skeptics'

Exxon Mobil gave more than $2 million in 2006 to groups Greenpeace says are global warming skeptics, even as the oil company campaigned to improve its climate-unfriendly image.

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CNNMoney

Yen rises versus dollar, China allows faster currency gains

The yen rose from an almost three-month low against the dollar after China allowed its currency to strengthen at a faster pace and lifted interest rates to cool an overheating economy.

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Bloomberg

Virgin America gets OK for U.S. airline

Startup airline Virgin America won final approval to take to the skies in the United States.

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Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

AT&T logos allowed at race sponsored by rival Sprint Nextel

AT&T Inc. won a court ruling allowing the largest U.S. phone company to display its logos in Nascar's top series, lending a new look to the All-Star Challenge sponsored by rival Sprint Nextel Corp.

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Bloomberg

Fans, players weigh in as Bonds chases Aaron's mark

Major League Baseball players and fans strongly disagree on whether San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds should be recognized as baseball's home run king if he breaks Hank Aaron's career record.

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USA Today

EDUCATION

Why the pool of U.S. Arabic speakers is still a puddle

Six years after the U.S. awoke to the need for its citizens to learn Arabic, obstacles remain.

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Christian Science Monitor

In this class, it is rocket science

Brett Williams has his high school students build a rocket each year as a hands-on way to learn science and engineering – and they've set flight records.

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Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Alzheimer's chip: protection or violation of privacy?

A Florida adult-care facility is going ahead with plans to implant identity chips into patients with Alzheimer's disease who are in its care, despite protests that it is a form of branding.

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ABC News

Medical experts debate giving HPV vaccine to boys

Amid the controversy around mandated vaccination of young girls against the human papillomavirus (HPV), some experts are beginning to wonder whether the shot should also be given to boys.

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Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

People of faith rally for Darfur

Beliefnet asked leaders of six faith groups on the executive committee of the Save Darfur Coalition about their views on why Jews, Christians, and Muslims have joined to rally for an end to genocide in Darfur.

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Beliefnet

Russian Orthodox accord heals schism

As bells pealed and worshipers wept, Russian Orthodox leaders signed a pact to heal an 80-year schism between the church in Russia and an offshoot set up abroad following the Bolshevik Revolution.

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GOOD NEWS

Long Beach teen among the youngest to reach Mount Everest summit

An 18-year-old Long Beach, Calif., woman has reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming what is believed to be the youngest person to scale the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

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San Jose Mercury News

Trains cross divided Korean Peninsula

Trains crossed the border between North and South Korea for the first time in 56 years, in what was hailed by both sides as a milestone for reconciliation on the divided Korean Peninsula.

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International Herald Tribune

NATION

Crews gain ground against U.S. wildfires

Firefighters appear to be gaining control over a wildfire that has threatened homes and other structures in two northern Arizona forests.

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CNN

Two climbers fall to their deaths on Alaska's Mt. McKinley

Two Washington state climbers fell 1,900 feet to their deaths during a descent of Mount McKinley, North America's highest mountain, Denali National Park and Reserve officials said.

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ABC News

Arrest in N.Y. church attack

A surveillance video of a woman in a church pew warding off an attacker with a pen led to the arrest of a 44-year-old man, police said.

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Philadelphia Daily News

ENVIRONMENT

Remote Florida site eyed for 'green town'

Homes here could be heated or cooled using the Earth's natural underground temperature. Appliances would be run by solar-powered batteries. Houses would be oriented to avoid the summer sun.

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CNN

First songs, now banging pipes in bid to free whales

Marine scientists trying to lure two injured whales out of a river prepare for plan B: Herding the animals by boat while banging pipes underwater.

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Governments to rewrite trade rules for imperiled species

From June 3 to 15, more than a thousand delegates from 171 countries will convene in The Hague to determine the fate of 40 animal and plant species at risk of over-exploitation due to international trade.

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Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Review: 'Shrek' continues its genial hit-or-miss ways

The monstrously popular but desperately hit-and-miss "Shrek" series continues on its merry way in its inevitable third installment, even if the ogre himself is in danger of being sidetracked altogether.

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Shrek 3 trailer

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YouTube

'Anonymous' 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner will finally get his reward

Jahangir Razmi has waited 27 years for his prize, despite winning it in 1980. His dramatic photo of an Iranian firing squad executing 11 men in 1979 has always been credited simply to "anonymous."

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Richest wreck' found off Cornish coast

The world's richest treasure wreck is believed to have been found off the Cornish coast. It is the latest in a long line of wrecks which lie around the United Kingdom

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Guardian

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Shipwreck yields coins — and doubts

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Ancient Maya tomb found: upright skeleton, unusual location

Archaeologists working in Honduras have discovered an entombed human skeleton of an elite member of the ancient Maya Empire that may unravel longstanding mysteries of the vanished culture.

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National Geographic

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Tooth decay analysis supports 'out of Africa' theory of human evolution

A New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) research team has found the first oral bacterial evidence supporting the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens out of Africa to Asia.

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Photo of the Day

Pampa, a one-year-old male white tiger, yawns at the Metropolitan Zoo in Santiago. The white tiger is one of the most endangered species in the world with an estimated 240 in existence. Pampa arrived from Argentina's Temaiken Zoo. (Photo by Santiago Llanquin / AP)

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