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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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Dry weather aiding Western wildfires

Firefighters struggled to maintain their containment lines around several California wildfires as storms rolled into the state, bringing lightning and high winds.

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Houston Chronicle

Arab League sending first delegation to Israel this week

The 22-country Arab League will send envoys on a historic first mission to Israel to discuss an Arab peace initiative and how it might help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, diplomats said.

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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

Red Mosque rebel cleric killed

Cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the leader at the center of the week-long Red Mosque siege in Islamabad, has been killed, Pakistan's Interior Ministry told CNN.

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CNN

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

Heat wave descends on Northeast

New York City opened nearly 300 cooling centers as temperatures across much of the Northeast surpassed 90 degrees.

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ABC News

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Heat scorches up East

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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

NATION

Thousands flee Indonesia volcano

Thousands of Indonesians have been evacuated from the slopes of a volcano that is spewing out hot ash and smoke in the east of the country.

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BBC

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

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

POLITICS

War costing $12 billion a month

The boost in troop levels in Iraq has increased the cost of war there and in Afghanistan to $12 billion a month, and the total for Iraq alone is nearing a half-trillion dollars, congressional analysts say.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Senate debates Iraq spending

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Yahoo! News

Battle growing over expansion of children's insurance

The seemingly uncontroversial goal of insuring more children has become the focus of an ideological conflict between the White House and Congress.

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Ledger

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

Budget deal ends partial state shutdown

Thousands of Pennsylvania state workers who were sent home without pay have been allowed to return to their jobs, a day after the governor and legislators hammered out a budget deal.

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MSNBC

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

Songs of the ancestors, sounds of the Arctic north

Many young Inuit in communities around the Arctic are proudly reclaiming fledgling arts, such as throat-singing, as a way to connect with their past and with nature.

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Globeandmail.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TIME's 50 best Web sites of 2007

TIME magazine has released its annual picks for the best of what's new and exciting on the Web today, from news to social networking.

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TIME

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

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

Sales of Christian products reached $4.6 billion in '06

Sales of Christian products increased to $4.6 billion last year, according to reports by the major trade association for Christian retailing.

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Beliefnet

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

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

U.N.: World fails the starving and ignorant

The world's poorest region, sub-Saharan Africa, will not meet the goals set seven years ago for eradicating poverty by 2015, the United Nations has warned.

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The Age

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Historical enthusiasts take part in the celebrations of the 650th anniversary of the foundation of the medieval Charles Bridge as the sun rises over Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo by Petr David Josek / AP)

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