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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn effigies of U.S. President George W. Bush,and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. (Photo by Hadi Mizban / AP)

Zimbabwe asks for help to save power-sharing deal

Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks hinge on control of the home affairs ministry, state media said, as President Robert Mugabe and his rival asked neighboring nations to help break their impasse.

AFP

Tsvangirai: talks deadlocked

BBC

Russia-backed rebels accuse Georgia over shooting

Russia-backed separatists in South Ossetia accused Georgian forces of firing on their soldiers in the first such reported incident since a brief war in the region in August.

AFP

Spanish FM: Georgia should get NATO membership

International Herald Tribune

Thousands march in Baghdad against US

Thousands of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets in a demonstration against a pact that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for 3 more years.

Reuters

Foreign affairs: McCain, Obama view world in starkly different ways

McClatchy Newspapers

How the recession could end the Iraq war

TIME

US troops in Iraq: getting more agreement

NPR

Spending projections: US deficit edges toward $1 trillion

Congressional leaders and both presidential candidates are proposing tax breaks and other measures to stoke economic growth that could send the federal deficit soaring toward $1 trillion.

MSNBC

Bush to hold crisis talks with EU

U.S. President George W. Bush is to hold talks on the financial crisis to discuss the framework for a summit of G8 leaders planned for November that may include China, India and other major economies.

BBC

Maxed out on plastic

MSNBC

NATION

Stevens: Family paid for renovations

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens testified that he paid for home renovations that prosecutors say he should have reported as gifts.

CNN

Jail time a possibility for Fosella

Rep. Vito Fossella was found guilty of driving while under the influence, but a Virginia judge put off the politically-charged question of serving jail time.

The Hill

NJ mandatory flu shots for preschoolers cause outrage

New Jersey is the first state in the nation to require a flu shot for all children before they enroll in preschools and daycare centers.

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama camp calls for special prosecutor in fraud investigation

The Obama campaign announced that it is asking Attorney General Michael Mukasey to turn over any investigations of voter fraud or voter suppression to Special Prosecutor Nora Dannehy.

CNN

Supreme Court backs Ohio officials in election dispute

CNN

NM Reps. Tom Udall and Steve Pearce vie for open NM Senate seat

Voters in New Mexico will choose a new senator to replace retiring Republican Pete Domenici. Democrat Tom Udall is up against Republican Congressman Steve Pearce.

NPR

Democrat Jeff Merkle challenges Sen. Gordon Smith In Oregon

NPR

W.Va. voters wrestle with race, rumors

NPR

Cindy McCain reports $4.2 million in 2007

Republican presidential candidate John McCain's wife, Cindy, reported $4.2 million in income for 2007 according to tax returns released by the McCain campaign.

CBS News

HEALTH

Rethinking prostate cancer in older men

With increasing life expectancies, improved surgical tools, and clearer patient results, many older men with early prostate cancer are taking a pass on the advice to hold off on treatment.

HealthDay

Wriggling away from cancer

Popular Science

Millions of flu vaccines may go unused

Flu shot regulations in states restricting pharmacies from freely administering flu shots may keep people from getting immunized and leave millions of vaccines unused, health care professionals say.

ABC News

First person plural

An evolving approach to the science of pleasure suggests that each of us contains multiple selves — all with different desires, and all fighting for control.

Atlantic Online

Obese people's brains show less pleasure from eating

Medical News Today

EDUCATION

Dallas district fires 375 teachers

Hundreds of Dallas teachers learned their fate in whatever manner their principals saw fit. Some teachers retained a measure of dignity; others packed up their desks in front of their students.

EducationNews.org

Under pressure, Baylor rethinks paying students to retake SATs

Baylor University is facing sharp criticism for paying already-admitted students to retake the SAT and try to boost their scores.

USA Today

ENVIRONMENT

Cook Inlet beluga whale population listed as endangered

The National Marine Fisheries Service announced its long-awaited decision to list the Cook Inlet beluga whale population as "endangered" under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Environmental News Network

California going green despite slump

California moved ahead with plans to slash greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and foster a green economy, even as some business groups questioned the costs in difficult economic times.

Christian Science Monitor

Power from thin air?

LiveScience

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Bangladeshi Christian convert threatened

Muslim clerics and neighbors have ordered the father of a man who converted to Catholicism to remain confined to his house until retaliatory punishment can be exacted from the convert.

Crosswalk

Episcopal priest sanctioned for professing to be a Muslim

A Seattle Episcopal priest claiming to be Christian and Muslim was restricted from public ministry and will be defrocked unless she "reclaims" Christianity by next April, the Episcopal Church announced.

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

Dalai Lama leaves Indian hospital after gallstone surgery

The Dalai Lama left a hospital in the Indian capital after undergoing surgery to remove gallstones, and he plans to visit Japan later this month, a senior aide said.

HappyNews.com

Rome workers uncover city of dead

Workers renovating a rugby stadium have uncovered a vast complex of tombs beneath Rome that mimic the houses, blocks and streets of a real city.

CNN

WORLD

Czechs debate charge against Kundera

Life appears to be imitating art in a drama convulsing the Czech Republic: The charge that when he was 21, writer Milan Kundera denounced a Western intelligence agent to Czechoslovakia's communist police.

International Herald Tribune

Rape victims’ words help awaken change in Congo