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Demonstrators for immigration reform march through downtown Seattle. (Photo by Joe Nicholson / AP)

Immigrants rally for amnesty

Thousands of flag-waving demonstrators from California to New York to Florida rallied in major cities today to press for opening the way for citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.

USA Today

U.S. ready to talk with Iran

The Bush administration has made it clear it is willing to engage in high-level talks with Iran. These are likely to take place at a conference on Iraq in Egypt this week.

Guardian

Chavez pulls out of IMF and World Bank

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez underlined his intention to develop an alternative economic vision for Latin America by pulling his country from the World Bank and the IMF.

London Independent

Venezuela pulls control from Big Oil

CNNMoney

Bush vetoes war funding bill with deadlines

President George W. Bush, using his veto power for only the second time in his presidency, rejected military funding legislation that would have set a timetable for the U.S. to pull troops from Iraq.

Bloomberg

Al-Qaida-tied group denies Iraq leader's death

MSNBC

Timetable prompts veto

NPR

Murdoch offers $5 billion for Dow Jones

In a bold move to expand his global media empire, Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corp., has made an unsolicited $5 billion offer to buy Dow Jones, the venerable publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

International Herald Tribune

Murdoch's politics worry Wall Street Journal employees

Sydney Morning Herald

Murdoch's Dow move may spur bidding war

Marketplace

EU presses Russia on Estonian embassy

The EU pressed Russia to ensure protection for the Estonian embassy in Moscow, which has been besieged by activists protesting the removal of a Soviet war memorial.

International Herald Tribune

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A member of Sri Lanka's Marxist party, People's Liberation Front drinks water offered by a fellow member during a rally in Colombo. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena / AP)	Special forces of the German police are seen on a helicopter during a training session over Frankfurt, central Germany. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)	FC Barcelona player Samuel Etoo jumps after being tackled by Levante goalkeeper Jose Francisco Molina during their Spanish League soccer match in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Bernat Armangue / AP)

NATION

U.S. urges caution on reports of al-Qaeda leader's death

A senior Iraqi Interior Ministry official said that officials were trying to gain custody of Abu Ayyub al-Masri's body amid widespread skepticism over claims that the leader of al- Qaeda in Iraq had been killed.

FOX News

Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader 'killed'

BBC

Israeli lawmakers say 'Olmert must resign'

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came under renewed political fire with calls for his immediate resignation. At issue: mistakes made in last summer's war with Lebanon.

CNN

French far-right leader tells voters to snub Sarkozy, Royal

Turkish Press

National poll puts Obama ahead of Clinton for first time

For the first time since he announced his intention to run for President in 2008, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama beat out fellow democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton in a national poll.

AHD

Special section:

Barack on the campaign trail

New Yorker

Controlling war spending? Not really

Marketplace

Intel agents call for Tenet's medal

A group of ex-CIA officials are calling on George Tenet to give back his medal of freedom, branding him 'the Alberto Gonzales of the intelligence community.'

Newsweek

POLITICS

U.S. March factory orders rise 3.1 percent

Orders placed with U.S. factories rose more than forecast in March, reinforcing signs in the past week that business investment was on the mend going into the second quarter.

Bloomberg

Bad days for automakers

April was indeed the cruelest month for automakers as many consumers stayed on the sidelines in the face of stagnant home values and rising gas prices.

BusinessWeek

Oil prices waver on expectations for decline in gas stocks

Oil prices fell despite expectations that U.S. fuel inventory data would again show a drop in domestic gasoline stocks. Light, sweet crude for June delivery fell 23 cents to $64.66 a barrel by midday in Europe.

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Lidle crash was pilot error

New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's plane crashed in New York because the pilot misjudged a narrow U-turn before veering into a Manhattan high-rise, federal investigators said.

New York Daily News

Cardinals GM: Players have to police themselves

Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty said the club had little knowledge about pitcher Josh Hancock's off-field activities and that the responsibility for policing players' activities lies with the players.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hancock had accident days before death

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

HEALTH

Study: Why alcohol boosts breast cancer risk

A study in mice shows that moderate alcohol consumption stimulates the growth and progression of breast cancer by fueling the development of new blood vessels — a process called "angiogenesis."

Reuters

Deaths from heart attack 'halved'

Deaths from severe heart attacks after hospital admission have nearly halved in six years, a study shows.

BBC

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New Democrats treading an old path

Times Online

Column (Gary Kamiya):

Last refuge of the scoundrel

Salon.com

Column (Martha Burk):

End sex discrimination for good

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Owen West):

Support the surge

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

The changing path to leading the pack

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

In imams' airline case, a clash of rights, prejudice, security

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Giuliani's campaign exploiting the fear factor

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column:

The real scandal at the World Bank

Independent UK

Editorial:

The day of the spider

Economist

Live Chats All times are E.T.

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Washington Post

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USA Today

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Ex-foes patrol together as peace advances in Ivory Coast

Once sworn foes, government and rebel soldiers in Ivory Coast have begun their first joint patrols in a "battle for peace" aimed at reuniting the West Africa state split by a 2002 to 2003 civil war.

Reuters

Celebrity polar bear Knut gets book deal

Knut, the celebrity polar bear cub being hand-raised in a German zoo, is taking on a new role with his own Web site and book to be used in the campaign against global warming.

Reuters

NATION

Escort threatens to name and shame

A woman accused of running an exclusive escort service said she was “sorry” that a top Washington official had been outed as her client, but said she would not hesitate to identify thousands more customers.

Telegraph.co.uk

Governor demands a seat belt ticket

NJ State Police investigators interviewed Gov. Jon Corzine about the crash that left him critically injured, and the governor insisted on getting a ticket for not wearing his seat belt, his spokesman said.

Star-Ledger

Here comes the queen — with as little fanfare as possible

Queen Elizabeth II arrives in the USA on Thursday for one of her rare visits to the Colonies. But if all goes as expected, many Americans will hardly notice she's here.

USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Los Angeles most polluted U.S. city

For the first time since the American Lung Association began issuing its annual air quality report card, data reveal a split picture along either side of the Mississippi River.

Science Daily

Arctic melting faster than forecast

Arctic ice is melting faster than computer models of climate calculate, according to a group of U.S. researchers.

BBC

Now in the Bay Area: the anti-gas station

The smell of french fries wafts from the local 'gas' station. But it's not the snacks sold inside, it's the fuel.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Spider-Man 3' premieres at Tribeca

Sometimes, the venue is so unorthodox, the concept so ambitious, the movie itself such a draw that the premier becomes one of those you-had-to-be-there spectacles.

Variety

Preview: concert marks 125 years of Berlin Philharmonic

A May Day concert in Berlin conducted by Sir Simon Rattle marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of one of the world's top orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic.

Monsters and Critics

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google cites safe harbor in Viacom v. YouTube defense

Google has filed its answer in the case of Viacom v. YouTube, accusing Viacom of threatening "the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information" with its lawsuit.

Ars Technica

NASA's probe shows Jupiter up close

Small moons are acting as shepherds using their gravity to herd dust and boulders in Jupiter's faint rings, NASA scientists reported.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Duke cheating shows failure of post-Enron ethics classes

The cheating episode at Duke University may cause academics to conclude the post-Enron emphasis on teaching ethics in graduate business schools is a failure.

Bloomberg

Command to open fire heard on Kent State tape

A man shot in the wrist when National Guard troops killed four Kent State University students during an anti-war demonstration says he found an audiotape with someone giving a command to fire.

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The military: faith under fire

God can be found or lost in a foxhole, but rarely does war leave someone's faith untouched. Army Chaplain Roger Benimoff is one such person. His is a story of spiritual struggle in the violence of Iraq.

Newsweek

Gay N.H. bishop to make union official

The Rev. V. Gene Robinson became the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop. Now, he and his partner want to officially unite under a soon-to-be-signed civil unions law in New Hampshire.

Bradenton Herald

BITS AND PIECES

Photo of the Day

A couple of toddlers, Rintaro Doi, left, and Hiyori Tsuchiya, right, held by college sumo wrestlers, compete in the baby screaming contest, known as Naki Sumo (Crying Sumo), a traditional ritual performed as a prayer for the good health of children, at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo. (Photo by Koji Sasahara / AP)