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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, and Cabinet Secretary Yisrael Maimon attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Olmert told his Cabinet that Israel will continue its crackdown against Hamas, saying "no one is immune." Olmert spoke shortly after a Palestinian rocket slammed into the southern Israeli town of Sderot, killing a 36-year-old man. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/ Pool/AP)

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Olmert vows to step up attacks against Hamas

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised to step up attacks on the militant group Hamas after a Palestinian rocket attack killed an Israeli man in southern Israel. "No one is immune," Olmert declared.

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International Herald Tribune

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U.S. sends ammunition to Lebanon amid threat

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Reuters

Al-Qaeda chief urges jihad across Mideast

Ayman al-Zawahiri, deputy leader of al-Qaeda, urged supporters in Iraq to extend their “holy war” to other Middle Eastern countries.

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Times

U.S. frees 42 al-Qaeda kidnap victims in Iraq

U.S. forces have freed 42 Iraqi citizens who were kidnapped, held by al-Qaeda in Iraq for as long as four months and possibly tortured, a U.S. military spokesman said.

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CNN

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Two more U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq

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Reuters

Nearly 1,000 soldiers killed in Iraq over past year

Americans have opened nearly 1,000 new graves for U.S. troops killed in Iraq since Memorial Day a year ago, a figure that is expected to rise in coming months.

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MSNBC

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100 U.S. troops killed in deadly May

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CBS News

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Memorial Day salute

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CNN

U.S., Iran to hold rare talks on Iraq

U.S. and Iranian officials will hold rare talks in Baghdad to discuss security in Iraq, where Washington accused Tehran of stoking violence.

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Reuters

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Bush sanctions 'black ops' against Iran

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Telegraph

NATION

Riot troops and police battle gay rights protesters in Moscow

Police prevented a gay rights rally in Moscow, detaining organizers along with European lawmakers, as Orthodox Christians and nationalist groups pummeled demonstrators.

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International Herald Tribune

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Clashes in Moscow

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MSNBC

Bertie Ahern wins Irish election

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fail party has won the country's general election, but narrowly failed to gain an overall majority in parliament.

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BBC

Venezuelans protest Chavez's TV move

Tens of thousands took to the streets to protest President Hugo Chavez's decision not to renew the broadcast license of the country's most-watched TV station, an outlet for the opposition.

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Guardian

POLITICS

Cheney sounds terror warning at West Point's graduation

With the Bush administration laboring to persuade skeptical Americans to stick with its war effort, Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a graphic warning about the high stakes of the conflict in Iraq.

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Iraq war awaits West Point grads

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CNN

Republican Kyl's immigration stance splits Arizona

Hard-liners in the immigration debate stood behind Sen. Jon Kyl for his tough stance on immigration last year, while undocumented immigrants thrashed a pinata bearing his image.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Dubai looking to crash Nasdaq OMX deal

Dubai International Financial Center, the owner of the Dubai stock exchange, is mulling over a rival bid to Nasdaq's agreed $3.7 billion takeover of Nordic markets owner OMX.

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Reuters

Dollar rises to 6-week high versus euro on signs of U.S. growth

The dollar reached the strongest level in six weeks against the euro and a three-month high versus the yen as reports suggested the U.S. economy is gaining momentum.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

Jazz make sweet music in win over Spurs

Tenacious from the start, Utah's Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer gave the home fans exactly what they expected in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

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USA Today

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Williams dazzles as Jazz trim Spurs' lead

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ESPN

Ducks, Senators to play for Stanley Cup

An Anaheim victory in the Stanley Cup final would do wonders for hockey in the Golden State.

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San Jose Mercury News

EDUCATION

Co-ops dying out on some campuses

The value of on-campus property at many universities has skyrocketed, making co-ops a tempting option for development, but some co-op buildings have become old and run-down.

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USA Today

Japan targets five-day school week

A government panel on education is thinking of trying to abolish the five-day school week by letting public elementary, junior and senior high schools offer classes on Saturdays.

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Japan Times

HEALTH

Researchers find large batch of breast cancer genes

A genetic mutation that raises the risk of breast cancer is found in up to 60 percent of U.S. women, making it the first truly common breast cancer susceptibility gene, researchers reported on Sunday.

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Scientific American

The changing science of pain

Millions of aging boomers and the latest generation of wounded soldiers hope the secrets of our most enduring medical foe can finally be unlocked.

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Newsweek

Autism's rise may reflect broader definition, better diagnosis

How widespread is autism? And is the condition, which centers on characteristics such as the inability to form personal relationships, being properly diagnosed?

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Health Day

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GOOD NEWS

Lack of short-term memory doesn't stop new grad

Andrew Engel just graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a bachelor's degree in health administration — despite having no short-term memory.

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NPR

NATION

Gov. Crist asks President Bush to declare emergency as wildfires rage

With the drought entering its third month and wildfires raging in 57 of 67 Florida counties, Gov. Charlie Crist sent a letter to President Bush asking him to declare a state of emergency.

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Sun-Sentinel

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Florida governor seeks emergency aid

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CBS4

Another Iranian-American missing in Iran

Yet another American citizen has disappeared in Iran and is feared to be in detention, according to Human Rights Watch, a nongovernmental organization based in New York.

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ABC News

Study: making less than dad did

American men in their 30s are earning less than their father's generation did, challenging a long-held belief that each generation will be better off than the one that preceded it, a new study says.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Federal water scientists prepare to weather the big storms

With the hurricane season fast approaching, the U.S. Geological Survey says it is better prepared than before to help the nation cope with the three to five major storms forecast for this year.

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Environment News Service

Arctic, tropical islands join forces for climate pact

Arctic peoples and tropical islanders will try to strengthen an unusual alliance on the front lines of global warming by seeking ways to cope with melting ice and rising seas.

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Reuters

Researchers eye ancient plant as source of biofuel

A plant that flourished in Europe roughly 3,500 years ago could become a major source of biofuel.

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McClatchy Newspapers

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Lindsay Lohan booked for DUI; cocaine

Lindsay Lohan was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after her convertible struck a curb, and investigators found what they believe is cocaine at the scene, police said.

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Review: Even Depp can't save 'Pirates'

It takes an age before Johnny Depp shows his face in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," and when he does, it's the tip of his nose that looms into screen left, eventually succeeded by a flaring nostril.

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CNN

Cremona violins thrill virtuosos

The great Maxim Vengerov once said of his Stradivarius violin: "It is my musical soulmate."

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rare find: footprints of infant dinosaur

Researchers at the Morrison Natural History Museum have discovered two rare hatchling dinosaur footprints in the foothills west of Denver, near the town of Morrison.

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How fins became fingers

A living fossil fish is giving researchers a peek into the genetic machinery that would eventually lead to our hands and feet.

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Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Jewish-American families begin to question circumcision

Despite a strong affiliation with the Jewish community, a growing number of U.S. Jews believe circumcision is inconsistent with the Jewish ethical imperative not to harm another human being.

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A great awakening in communist Cuba

Cuban religious leaders say dramatic changes in the last decade have re-established the church as an important part of the lives of many Cubans.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

FDA orders warnings for sleep drugs

Prescription sleeping pills may cause sleep-driving, federal health officials warned, almost a year after the bizarre side effect made headlines when Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car after taking Ambien.

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Dolores Wiedman prepares Memorial Day flowers for the grave of her husband, World War II veteran Carl G. Wiedman, at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, N.J. (Photo by Mel Evans / AP)

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