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Firemen extinguish a fuel tanker that exploded near a gas station in the primarily Sunni Mansour neighborhood of western Baghdad, Iraq, killing more than 50 people and wounding 60. Police said the explosion was the work of a suicide attacker.   (Photo by Asaad Mouhsin / AP) Rescue mission underway to find kidnapped Koreans A military operation to rescue the remaining 21 Korean hostages held by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan has begun, hours after a Taliban deadline expired, a provincial official said. ABC News Special section: Hostages timeline CNN Rice visiting Israel and West Bank U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun a 24-hour visit to Israel and the West Bank, carrying a Saudi pledge of support for a Middle East peace conference proposed by Washington. Reuters   Sunni bloc quits Iraq gov't; bombings kill 73 The main Sunni Arab political bloc quit the Iraqi government in a blow to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's shaky coalition as suicide bombers killed more than 70 people in three attacks across Baghdad. Reuters Cheney predicts ‘significant progress’ in Iraq MSNBC 8 million Iraqis 'need urgent aid' CNN U.N. votes to send troops to Darfur The United Nations security council voted for an Anglo-French proposal to deploy a 26,000-strong international force to Darfur. Guardian The perils of peacekeeping in Darfur TIME Study: child abuse, neglect rise after U.S. soldiers deploy to combat zone New research shows that incidents of child abuse and neglect among U.S. military families rise significantly when a parent is deployed to a combat zone. CBC Battle at home for military families Yahoo! News   NATION British Airways fined £121.5 million for price fixing British Airways is to pay a record fine of £121.5 million after admitting price fixing on fuel surcharges on its long-haul flights. Guardian Best airlines for summer travel ABC News 69 trapped Chinese miners rescued after 3 days All 69 Chinese coal miners trapped underground by flood waters for more than three days emerged in broad daylight blindfolded and soaked, but safe, state media said. CNN Forest fires on Canary Islands force evacuation of 10,000 Huge plumes of smoke drifted across the skies of the Canary Islands as two big forest fires forced 10,000 people out of their homes to seek safety away from the spreading flames. Guardian POLITICS Lawmakers, Bush aides target eavesdropping law Congress and President Bush's aides worked to expand the government's surveillance authority without jeopardizing citizens' rights, aides to lawmakers and the White House said. Forbes Cheney: Congressional probe of attorneys' firings 'a witch hunt' Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed congressional investigations into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys as "a bit of a witch hunt." CNN BUSINESS GM earns $891 million in second quarter General Motors' global business helped lift the company to a profit in the second quarter, but problems in North America continued to act as a drag. International Herald Tribune Bancroft family accepts News Corp. deal: DJ executive Dow Jones & Co. Inc.'s controlling Bancroft family "has accepted" News Corp.'s $5 billion offer to buy the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, an executive of a Dow Jones unit said. Reuters SPORTS Yankees tie home-run record While A-Rod remained stalled on 499 home runs, seven different Yankees went deep against the White Sox a total of eight times, as the Bombers thrashed Chicago 16-3. New York Daily News Mets acquire Castillo from Twins The NL East-leading New York Mets neatly filled a big hole at second base, acquiring three-time All-Star Luis Castillo from the Minnesota Twins for a pair of prospects. Sports Illustrated HEALTH Chemicals in plastics may harm fetuses Pregnant women who consume a chemical found in plastic products such as food containers and water bottles could put their unborn children at risk of developing cancer and other diseases as adults. EnviroLink Reprieve urged for risky diabetes drug A panel of medical experts has recommended keeping a controversial diabetes drug on the market, but has advised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to add safety warnings. Toronto Star RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY Study: Religious doctors not likelier to treat poor U.S. physicians who identify themselves as religious are no more likely to care for poor, underserved patients than those who have no religious affiliation, researchers have found. MSNBC Archdiocese offers daily text messages from pope Organizers of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Austria next month are offering the faithful a foretaste: daily cell phone text messages with quotes from the pontiff. International Herald Tribune   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (H.D.S. Greenway): General Petraeus's 'coy mistress' International Herald Tribune Column (Debra Saunders): Do warming advocates care about results? San Francisco Chronicle Column (Lilly Ledbetter): Equal work, unequal pay Christian Science Monitor Column (Michael Hirsh): Turning towards containment Newsweek Column (Michael Barone): Is the surge working? U.S. News & World Report Editorial: In Gonzales' wake San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial: Leaders bond, Iraq splits Guardian Column: The Democrats are scandal addicts Real Clear Politics   Site edited by: Ryan Dowse, Jim Scripps, Walt Chiu, Ritchelle Rala, Letia Gathright and Julia McCallum.   GOOD NEWS 88-year-old earns Eagle Scout ranking Walter Hart, 88-years-old, has had a dream to become an Eagle Scout, and more than a half-century after he finished the requirements, he realized his dream. Post Chronicle Iran unveils vast handmade carpet Iran has unveiled what it says is the world's largest handmade carpet, a vast green and red floor covering that is larger than a football pitch. BBC NATION Rumsfeld denies Tillman cover-up Ex-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld denied any cover-up and rejected personal responsibility for the military's bungled response to Army Ranger Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death in Afghanistan. CBS News Army censures retired general over Tillman case ABC News Joint Chiefs nominee: draw down troops "No amount of troops in no amount of time will make much of a difference" in Iraq, according to the nominee to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. MSNBC Roberts leaves hospital, says he's fine U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts assured President George W. Bush that he was doing well, and a Supreme Court spokeswoman said he was leaving the hospital a day after suffering a seizure. Reuters Supreme Court scare Yahoo! News ENVIRONMENT Solar power makes tiny village beam In Gudda, a village with very little, residents are literally beaming. Two years ago, villagers had never seen light after dark, until solar light arrived and changed everything. CNN EU wrangling on carbon emissions moves into courts Latvia became the latest country to challenge regulators at European-level courts, arguing that strict limits on carbon dioxide pollution would hurt economic growth. International Herald Tribune California pigeons to get contraceptives Birth control is to be used on pigeons in California in an effort to combat the "unmanageable" mess their increasing numbers are causing. BBC Bird birth control Yahoo! News LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT 'No one made films like him' Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman transfixed and inspired generations of cinema-goers. Here, some of his greatest admirers explain why he mattered. Guardian Museum to offer personal tales of African Americans in the Northwest In the storage unit of Beverly Kirk Gayton's Capitol Hill condo, there was a cardboard box next to the old suitcases, old clothes belonging to her children and other things to be sorted. Seattle Post-Intelligencer SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Alter egos in a virtual world As the saying goes, "in the virtual world you can be anything you want to be." Now cyberanalysts and virtual ethnographers are inquiring into human behavior when they are playing online games. NPR FCC embraces open access for 700MHz auction The Federal Communications Commission set the conditions on a chunk of valuable wireless spectrum to be auctioned by early next year, putting open-access rules on a third of the spectrum. PC World Can't hear me now? Well, you will. Newsweek EDUCATION No-sex lesson rules Florida In Florida, teenagers are likely to hear the following message over and over: abstain from sex. St. Petersburg Times No Child Left Behind law up for revision A revised No Child Left Behind law should include merit pay for teachers and new ways of judging schools, the chairman of the House Education Committee said. Houston Chronicle   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT China aims for the moon this year China plans to launch a lunar orbiter in the second half of 2007, in a first step toward a lunar probe, Xinhua news agency quoted the director of the National Space Administration as saying.   Photo of the Day An Afghan woman wearing a burqa carries a pan of bread on her head in Kabul, Afghanistan.  (Photo by Farzana Wahidy / AP)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight D. 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