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Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz greets Vice President Dick Cheney as he arrives at King Faisal Airbase in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Cheney works to overcome Saudi qualms about Iraq

Vice President Dick Cheney worked to overcome Saudi skepticism over the U.S. military strategy to secure Baghdad and the leadership capabilities of Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki.

MSNBC

Iraq's strongest Shiite party to change name and platform

Reuters

U.S. trying to weaken G-8 climate pledge

Negotiators from the U.S. are trying to weaken the language of a climate-change declaration set to be unveiled at next month's G-8 summit of the world's leading industrial powers, according to documents.

Seattle Times

Wildfire smoke closes Fla. interstates

Portions of two major interstate highways in northern Florida were closed as smoke from a huge wildfire blanketed the Lake City area, reducing visibility and making travel hazardous.

CNN

Terror group: U.S. soldiers are now captives

An al-Qaeda front group said it has captured three U.S. soldiers in the weekend attack south of Baghdad that killed five and left three missing.

CBS News

Al-Qaeda 'holding US soldiers'

Al Jazeera

U.S. options in Iraq could soon be narrowing

McClatchy Newspapers

U.S. troops in Iraq include 10,000 mothers

NPR

Pakistan violence kills 33

At least 33 people have been killed during massive clashes between pro-government supporters and opposition party members in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police and intelligence sources said.

CNN

Violence in Pakistan

Yahoo! News

Afghan civilian deaths damaging NATO

International Herald Tribune

Part of Iraq's oil stream missing

Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq's declared oil production over the past four years are unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling.

Toronto Star

NATION

U.S. and Iran to hold talks on Iraq

Reuters

UN envoy cuts short Somalia trip

The UN's emergency relief coordinator has cut short a visit to Somalia's capital amid fresh security concerns.

BBC

Darfur force near collapse, officials say

The African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur is on the verge of collapse, a development that is undercutting international efforts to protect civilians and deploy United Nations reinforcements.

Seattle Times

POLITICS

Lawyers to be allowed more visits with Gitmo detainees

After criticism it was undermining fair trials, the Bush administration dropped its plan to limit the number of times defense attorneys could visit terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

MSNBC

Bush prods bipartisan immigration deal

President Bush, promoting bipartisan immigration talks as they reach a critical stage, said that Republicans and Democrats are building consensus that could produce a bill this year.

Forbes

Rudy stands by dissent

In a shift of tactics, Republican presidential contender Rudolph Giuliani acknowledged his liberal views, calling a woman's right to choose an abortion one of his "core beliefs."

Newsday

POLITICS

Blockbuster gives a 'say on pay'

In a proxy season marked by an increased focus on pay for performance, shareholders of Blockbuster (BBI) made a little history, approving a resolution that would give them an advisory vote on executive pay.

BusinessWeek

U.S. poised to ease regulatory burden

U.S. Treasury secretary Hank Paulson is set to unveil the first stage of a plan to sweep away regulatory and legal impediments to the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets.

Financial Times

Retail sales drop, prices unchanged

U.S. retail sales are slowing and inflation is under control, two government reports showed, giving the Federal Reserve room to cut interest rates later this year as the economy cools.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Bode Miller ends 11-year association with U.S. ski team

Former Olympic medalist and World Cup champion Bode Miller is leaving the U.S. ski team, ending his contentious relationship with the federation that oversees the sport in this country.

Sports Illustrated

Docs recommend delay of Ricky Williams' NFL reinstatement

Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams tested positive for marijuana in April and will not be allowed to apply for reinstatement to the NFL until September, sources said.

ESPN

O'Hair's birdies lift him to Players Championship lead

Sean O'Hair braced for the worst as his ball fell toward an island green that suddenly looked smaller. He bowed his head, then stuck his hand on his hip as he waited to see his ball disappear into the water.

USA Today

Players Championship third round

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Minn. firm recalls ground beef

A Minnesota meat packer is recalling 117,500 pounds of beef trim products shipped to customers in eight states because of possible E. coli contamination.

Monsters and Critics

Rise in abortions marks a changing society in China

Abortion is legal and widely accessible in China, yet the usual profile is of married women complying, voluntarily or not, with the one-child policy. But more young, single women are having abortions.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

College cost crunch felt worldwide, not just in U.S.

A college cost crunch is bearing down on governments worldwide — not just in America.

CNN

Teachers call for violent pupils to be given risk assessments

Scottish teachers have called for violent pupils to be given formal risk assessments before being allowed back into class.

EducationNews.org

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Les Payne):

Lesson of Algeria is lost on Bush

Newsday

Editorial:

Mother's Day goal: save more children

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Juan Gonzalez):

Hey, Ken Burns, why shun Latinos?

New York Daily News

Editorial:

Survey exposes a problem that war alone cannot explain

Fayetteville Observer

Editorial:

Politics of prosecution: restoring justice

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

The baffling politics of immigration

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Our view on civil liberties: Uphold historic values

USA Today

Column:

A tribute to my mom's moral influence

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

A warning to drug companies

Denver Post

Editorial:

The Blair legacy: Poodle or prodigy?

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Vietnam syndrome

Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Five Iraqi children to get lifesaving heart surgery in Israel

Interior Ministry director-general Ram Belnikov approved entry to Israel for a three-week-old Iraqi boy in need of lifesaving heart surgery to be treated at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

Jerusalem Post

NATION

Investigators search brothers' home in Holloway case

Dutch and Aruban investigators went to the house of two brothers who were one-time suspects in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway, the Aruban prosecutors’ office said.

MSNBC

Guard's domestic readiness questioned

The debate over the state of the National Guard has been intensifying for several years, but a powerful tornado in Kansas early this month has spun the topic back into the spotlight.

Baltimore Sun

(Rethinking) gender

A growing number of Americans are taking their private struggles with their identities into the public realm. Those who believe they were born with the wrong bodies are forcing us to re-examine what it means.

Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

Report finds bottled water has high environmental costs

Bottled water, the world's fastest growing beverage, carries a heavy environmental cost, adding plastic to landfills and putting pressure on natural springs, the author of a new report said.

Environmental News Network

Dirtiest 30 power plants spew 10 percent of Europe's carbon

The 30 dirtiest power stations in Europe were responsible for 10 percent of all European Union carbon dioxide emissions in 2006, finds a new analysis issued by the global conservation group WWF.

Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Cuba: Michael Moore victim of censorship

Cuba said filmmaker Michael Moore is a victim of censorship and the U.S. trade embargo as it reported on a U.S. probe of his March visit there for his upcoming health-care documentary, "Sicko."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sequels spur spending spiral

Conventional wisdom is that sequels should require far less in marketing and distribution costs. But even with this summer's proliferation of franchise pics, studios doubt they're in for a cost savings.

Variety

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bee colony collapse disorder: Could it be parasites, pathogens or pesticides?

Scientists are working hard to understand the sources of a staggering decline in honeybees in as many as 27 U.S. states and countries in Europe and Asia this winter.

Science Daily

Honeybee health and you

Yahoo! News

Chess bump

Taking a closer look at the triumphant teamwork of humans and computers.

Slate

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Thousands rally in Rome against unmarried couples law

Hundreds of thousands of Italians rallied at a Rome church square to protest against a proposed law that would give greater rights to unmarried couples, including gays and lesbians.

Reuters

Muslims and the veil

In almost every other part of the Muslim world, controversy over female headgear is growing.

Economist

Pope lays out plan to halt sects, names Brazilian saint

Pope Benedict XVI met with Brazilian bishops to lay out a blueprint for rebuilding the Catholic Church in its Latin American stronghold after creating Brazil's first native-born saint.

Turkish Press

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