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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

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In pictures: Clashes in Lebanon

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BBC

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Bush sanctions 'black ops' against Iran

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Telegraph

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Iran says it's uncovered spy rings from U.S., allies

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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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Bush mulling sharp cuts in troops in Iraq: NYT

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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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Memorial Day salute

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CNN

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

Mudslides, floods kill 43 in China

Mudslides, floods and lightning strikes in southwestern China's Sichuan province have killed 43 people over the past week, the official Xinhua news agency said.

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News24

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Deadly floods in western China

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BBC

NATION

Ukrainian president sends troops to Kiev

The president ordered thousands of troops to Ukraine's capital, officials said, as he and his longtime foe, the nation's prime minister, jockeyed for control of security forces amid an escalating power struggle.

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Houston Chronicle

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In pictures: Ukraine stand-off

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BBC

Robbers kill U.N. military officer in Darfur

Armed robbers shot dead a United Nations officer in Sudan's Darfur region, officials said, the first U.N. military death in the arid region where conflict has killed more than 200,000 since 2003.

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Reuters

Suspended judge returns to Pakistan's high court

Pakistan's chief justice returned to the Supreme Court for the first time since being suspended by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, making his way through jubilant crowds before speaking.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Warning on Musharraf rule

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BBC

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

Suit sheds light on Clinton's relationship with benefactor

As the business practices of longtime Clinton supporter Vinod Gupta, owner of the company infoUSA, come under scrutiny lately, new light is being shed on his relationship with the Clintons.

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BUSINESS

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

Coke quenches its thirst for water

Coca-Cola shares popped higher after the beverage giant announced it will acquire Energy Brands Inc., known as Glaceau, and its full range of enhanced water brands for $4.1 billion in cash.

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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

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

Botox may help ease bladder problems

Botox, which has been smoothing wrinkles for years, may also help relieve the bothersome urinary symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate or bladder conditions, researchers report.

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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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Florida governor seeks emergency aid

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CBS4

Texas man swept away by flood presumed dead

Rescuers suspended their search for a man now presumed to be the sixth person killed by rising waters in central Texas, and forecasters said recurring rain could cause more flooding across the Plains.

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MSNBC

Hundreds hold vigil for shooting victim

Hundreds of New Yorkers held a candlelight vigil at the scene where an off-duty police officer killed an unarmed man in an incident that reignited charges of racism and excessive force.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

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

Transforming waste into cash

Inspiration can come from the most unusual sources. For Martin Myerscough, a British engineer, it emerged from a mountain of discarded plastic milk bottles.

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International Herald Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

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

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

How a young tech entrepreneur translated Barack Obama into the idiom of Facebook.

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Wall Street Journal

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Facebook invites help in adding new tools

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

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

Algeria's female revolution

In this tradition-bound nation scarred by a brutal Islamist-led civil war, women are emerging as an economic and political force unheard of in the rest of the Arab world.

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International Herald Tribune

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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