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Nearly 1,000 Shiites loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take to the streets in the Shu'la neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, demanding the release of senior cleric Sheik Nasser al-Saidi, seen in picture, and other detainees. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed / AP)

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Wildfires ravage west; 1 dead in South Dakota

Overnight rain and cooler temperatures slowed a wildfire that had raced out of a canyon, destroyed 27 houses and killed a homeowner who went back to try to save his belongings, a top fire official said.

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ABC News

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Wildfires scorch West, aided by dry weather

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Yahoo! News

IEA warns of global oil shortage

The world economy faces a tight oil market in the next five years due to rising consumption, output falls in mature areas and delays in new production projects, the International Energy Agency said.

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Financial Times

Report: Iraq fails to meet any goals set by Bush

The Iraqi government is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals President Bush set for it in January, when he announced a major shift in U.S. policy, Bush administration officials say.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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GOP support fades for Iraq war

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CBS News

Bush directs ex-aides not to testify about attorney firings

President George W. Bush ordered two former aides not to answer questions from Congress about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

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Bloomberg

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Bush won't let ex-aides testify

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MSNBC

Report: 'Israel behind secret land grab'

Israel has been accused of orchestrating a deliberate land grab in the West Bank by allocating 11 times as much land to Jewish settlements as is needed.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Israeli forces, Hamas militants clash in Gaza

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CNN

NATION

1,300 arrested in Zimbabwe crackdown on price controls

More than 1,300 shop owners and business managers have been arrested in Zimbabwe as part of a crackdown on firms accused of flouting government-imposed price controls, police said.

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Africasia

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Hyper-inflation hits Zimbabwe

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BBC

3 found guilty in '05 London bomb plot

Three men accused of taking part in an extremist Muslim plot to carry out a series of suicide bombings on London's transport system in July 2005 have been convicted of conspiracy to murder.

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CNN

U.N. approves North Korea mission

United Nations nuclear inspectors have been given the go-ahead to return to North Korea to begin the process of shutting down the main nuclear reactor.

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BBC

POLITICS

White House denies it's debating Iraq troop withdrawal

President George W. Bush is not contemplating withdrawing forces from Iraq now, despite an erosion of support among Republicans for his war policy, the White House said.

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International Herald Tribune

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Senate debates Iraq spending

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Yahoo! News

Report: many Homeland top jobs empty

The Bush administration has failed to fill about a quarter of the Department of Homeland Security's top leadership posts, according to reports.

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San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Sony cuts PS3 price by $100

Sony cut the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United States, a move designed to boost the game console's lackluster sales.

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CNET News

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Playstation 3 woes

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Yahoo! News

Bear market tightens grip on Treasuries as jobs gain

The bear market in U.S. Treasuries is just getting started as investors turn their attention to the strengthening labor market and faster inflation instead of the decline in home prices.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

NFL retirees feel forgotten as fight for benefits rages

Willie Wood is just one voice in a growing storm of dissent against the NFL Players Association, which is responsible for providing veterans their pensions and, to a degree, disability benefits.

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USA Today

'Futures Game' shows baseball's global allure

Baseball proclaimed its growing international status as players representing 11 foreign countries competed in a Minor League "World vs. U.S.A." All-Star exhibition.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Choi champions Tiger's event

Korean K.J. Choi overcame three bogeys on the back nine to shoot a 2-under 68 for a 9-under total and a 3-shot win over Steve Stricker in the inaugural AT&T National tournament.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Slideshow: Golf stars

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MSNBC

EDUCATION

Illiteracy among young worries Thai Education Ministry

About 12 percent of Thailand's Grade 2 students failed a national reading test this year, largely because of poverty and migration, an Education Ministry official said.

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International Herald Tribune

Dual-language classes in Texas are stirring debate

Here's the plan: Put young children who struggle with English in a classroom with English-speaking students and teach in two languages.

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Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Father and daughter rescued

A father and daughter spent nearly nine hours huddled in freezing conditions in a bush in the Tararua Range while trying to guide rescuers with a torch.

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stuff.co.nz

Remixing the African image

A landmark exhibit parallels the identity struggles of the Africa's people and artistic expressions.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

U.S. hurricane center boss ousted

The director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center, a critical government agency that issues hurricane and tropical storm forecasts, was ousted after a staff mutiny.

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Reuters

Penn. shuts down services amid budget impasse

Pennsylvania idled about 25,000 state workers and shut down noncritical services after Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell failed to agree on a budget.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

America's highways hurting

Traffic is up and road repairs are down in the U.S. — there was 40 percent more traffic in 2005 than there was in 1990.

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CBS News

Global warming may be behind increase in insects and disease-carrying animals

Rising global temperatures may be helping to spark a population boom in insects and disease-carrying animals, creating unexpected threats to human populations, reports say.

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Newsday

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

N-word 'burial' highlights convention

Julian Bond wants people to understand that when the NAACP symbolically buries the N-word, the effort will be led by the younger members of the venerable civil rights organization.

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San Jose Mercury News

'Transformers' debuts at No. 1 with $67.6 million in sales

"Transformers,'' DreamWorks SKG's film about robotic beings who save humanity, was the top film in the U.S. and Canada, taking in $67.6 million in ticket sales.

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Bloomberg

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When robots attack

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Entertainment Weekly

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Gridlock on the superhighway as Web grinds to a halt

Experts are warning the world's Internet system is about to become a victim of its own success and is literally filling up and grinding to a halt.

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Scotsman

Oldest known DNA found in Greenland

The oldest known strands of DNA have been recovered from frozen mud taken from the base of Greenland's ice sheet, according to a new study.

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National Geographic

HEALTH

FDA approves skin patch for Alzheimer's

The first skin patch to treat the dementia that can plague Alzheimer's patients gained federal approval, a drug company said.

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CBS News

Who'll care for aging boomers?

As boomers begin encountering the frailties of old age, the nation will face a widening "care gap" that experts fear will compromise the quality of home care and force people into nursing homes.

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Akron Beacon Journal

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Different findings on religion trends

Though Gallup polls dating to the '50s say young adults are less likely to attend services, clergy of all stripes say they are seeing a small wave of young adults who are more pious than their parents.

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USA Today

Pakistan mosque siege continues

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf backed off from plans to storm a mosque controlled by militants in the heart of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, deciding that a negotiated solution is still possible.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Standoff at Pakistan mosque

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

How Dick Cheney abused his power in the war on terror

Vice President Dick Cheney was personally responsible for policies that subjected terrorist suspects to cruelty and denied them the right to a fair trial, according to senior U.S. government officials.

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Sunday Telegraph

Photo of the Day

Spectators cheer the riders of the Tour de France cycling race as they ride through Goudhurst during the first stage of the 94th Tour de France between London and Canterbury, in England. Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland retains his overall leader's yellow jersey. (Photo by Alessandro Trovati / AP)

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