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A Palestinian man looks at the damage of the Al-Masri home after it was hit by a shell fired by an Israeli tank in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. Five youths from the family were injured when a shell hit their home in northern Gaza, Palestinian sources said. (Photo by Khalil Hamra / AP)

Palestinians say internal fighting is far from over

Fighting between Hamas and Fatah has declined since Israel started its air offensive in the Gaza Strip, but members of the rival Palestinian factions say the power struggle is far from over.

Reuters

Israel pounds Hamas militant targets in Gaza

Associated Press

Top Republican says Gonzales may resign

Reuters

Staying power

Yahoo! News

Iraq a 'big moneymaker' for al-Qaida

U.S. officials said al-Qaida's command base in Pakistan increasingly is being funded by cash from Iraq.

Seattle Times

U.S. troops kill Iraq 'leader' behind attacks

BBC

15 U.S. troops die in weekend Iraq attacks

CNN

Bush gets ready for Iraq U-turn by Britain

Daily Telegraph

Meeting energy demand and stopping global warming both possible, WWF says

Sustainable energy and technology can curb climate change and meet growing demand for energy but only if key decisions are made soon, the WWF says.

Science Daily

China aims for the moon this year

China plans to launch a lunar orbiter in the second half of 2007, in a first step toward a lunar probe, Xinhua news agency quoted the director of the National Space Administration as saying.

Reuters

Pelosi wary of immigration bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid out her criticism of the immigration compromise introduced in the Senate, calling the temporary worker program “disruptive of families.”

The Hill

Watching and waiting on immigration

Orange County Register

U.S. debates immigration reform

Radio Netherlands

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Italy's Luna Rossa crew members collect the main sail after beating U.S. BMW Oracle racing during the semi finals, flight 6, of the Louis Vuitton Cup in Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Bernat Armangue / AP)	Bulgarians walk past a Bulgarian national flag painted at a polling station in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. Voters are set to choose 18 representatives to the 732-seat European Parliament. (Photo by Petar Petrov / AP)	A rider wearing 1910-era Don Cossacks' military uniform performs during the first annual training camp of modern Cossacks outside the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. (Photo by Sergei Venyavsky / AP)

NATION

Lebanese army pounds refugee camp

Financial Times

Shadowy militants new threat to Lebanon

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Fierce fighting in Lebanese town

Reuters

Pakistan bloodshed opens new fault lines

In the massive port city of Karachi, home to 14 million and Pakistan's commercial center, the fissures that split the nation are magnified.

Guardian

Charity pledges to save ship

The charity charged with preserving the Cutty Sark said it is determined to save the 19th century ship after it was ravaged by a devastating fire.

Guardian

POLITICS

Carter calls remarks about Bush 'careless or misinterpreted'

Former President Jimmy Carter said remarks he made about Republican President George W. Bush's foreign policy were "careless or misinterpreted."

Bloomberg

Carter: Bush presidency 'worst in history' for international relations

Globeandmail.com

'Carter is irrelevant,' Bush administration shoots back

CNN

Top court, abortion seen as big issues

The next U.S. president could reshape the Supreme Court, where the two oldest members are liberals and volatile decisions like abortion now hinge on a single swing vote.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Siemens names Merck & Co.'s Peter Loescher new chief

Siemens AG, Europe's largest engineering company, named Merck & Co.'s Peter Loescher as its chief executive officer to succeed Klaus Kleinfeld.

Bloomberg

China to buy a stake in Blackstone

The Chinese government said it would acquire a $3 billion stake in the Blackstone Group in the country's first effort to diversify its $1.2 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves.

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Spurs get hot start in game one vs. Jazz

Almost from the start, the San Antonio Spurs did pretty much whatever they wanted against the Utah Jazz.

Sports Illustrated

Federer ends skid, Nadal's clay streak at Hamburg

Roger Federer had the perfect response to questions about his status as the world's top-ranked player — he ended Rafael Nadal's 81-match winning streak on clay.

Sports Illustrated

Operation Grand Slam: ‘007 Federer’s golden year?

Tennis.com

EDUCATION

Contest links high school students worldwide

A Vermont-based contest is bringing students from around the world together for a competition aimed at improving math and science proficiency.

CNN

Higher education sees rise in dishonesty

There were historic breakthroughs, and there was tragedy. But if the academic year now winding down had a theme, it was a more subtle one: dishonesty.

Yahoo! News

HEALTH

Modern medicine redefines mom, dad

Rapidly evolving reproductive science continues to challenge notions of parenthood.

Baltimore Sun

Eating apples, fish during pregnancy protects kids from allergies, asthma

Filling up on apples and fish during pregnancy might protect your child from developing asthma and allergic diseases, a new study shows.

Health Day

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Editorial:

Attorney general's exit is long overdue

St. Petersburg Times

Editorial:

Europe-U.S. relations get a bit warmer

Chicago Sun-Times

Column:

The decline begins

National Journal

Column (Les Payne):

Wolfowitz was a bankrupt banker

Newsday

Editorial:

What's that again?

Baltimore Sun

Editorial:

The U.S. immigration deal

International Herald Tribune

Column (Nimer Sultany):

Natives, not immigrants

Guardian

Column (Saleh Machnouk):

Only a realistic, long-term deal can end Palestinian infighting

Daily Star

Column:

Immigration bill offers confusing options

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

As Pakistan goes, so goes a war

Christian Science Monitor

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Gates charity gives $9.7M to fight AIDS

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give a $9.7 million grant to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation to study ways to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission to children via breast milk.

USA Today

Sherpa logs 17th Everest summit

Apa Sherpa logged a record 17th Everest Summit this week, eclipsing his own record.

Deseret News

NATION

Insurers try to limit wildfire losses

Spooked by devastating wildfire seasons, the nation's top insurance companies are inspecting homes in high-risk areas throughout the West and threatening to cancel coverage.

USA Today

SUV demand zooms back

San Francisco Chronicle

Falwell's body returns to his home church

The body of the Rev. Jerry Falwell came home to Thomas Road Baptist Church, making a trek across the Liberty University campus in a horse-drawn hearse while thousands of mourners lined the way.

NewsAdvance.com

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change puts nuclear energy into hot water

Long regarded with suspicion because of radioactivity, nuclear power suddenly has a revived image, thanks to the idea that many more plants could be built without worsening global warming.

International Herald Tribune

Small parks could cool big cities

A little bit of greenery in urban areas can cool off the hotter and stickier summers that city residents face as a result of global warming, new research show.

Yahoo! News

Combating climate change: building better, wasting less

Drafty buildings, inefficient appliances and mountains of waste will all need to be transformed to control global warming.

Scientific American

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

American Idol: Voyeuristic, occasionally nasty, and it works

The people have spoken and the formula has triumphed. This week, Melinda Doolittle, a 29-year-old woman with one of the best singing voices to ever grace American Idol, was voted off the show.

Globeandmail.com

Jordan: Wishing on a Star

Fox

Mike Myers: 'Shrek' inspired imaginary friends

CNN

Review: Shrek's friends get in the way

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Expert: IT industry has failed in desktop security

The IT industry has failed when it comes to desktop security for all major operating systems, a security specialist told delegates attending a security conference in Australia.

CNET News

'He looks like a Bob' is true

Researchers at Miami University think they know why you can remember some peoples’ names but not others’. They’ve shown that certain names are associated with certain facial features.

Science Daily

Diamonds tell tale of comet that killed off the cavemen

Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the Earth nearly 13,000 years ago, creating a hail of fireballs that set fire to most of the northern hemisphere.

Observer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Falwell funeral more personal, religious than political

John McCain isn't planning to attend the Rev. Jerry Falwell's funeral. Rival Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani can't make it, either.

Daily Press

Jerry's kids

TIME

Churches to provide immigrants sanctuary

Churches in five big U.S. cities plan to protect illegal immigrants from deportation, as they pressure lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for the nation's illegal immigrants.

USA Today

BITS AND PIECES

Photo of the Day

Festival goers carry portable shrines, marching through the court yard of the Asakusa Sensoji temple during the annual Sanja Festival in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)