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1. Remains found in the Iraqi city Karbala are thought to be from a mass grave from 1991 when Saddam Hussein's regime put down a Shiite uprising in the South. 2. Indonesia's Aceh rebels formally disba
1. A UN official calls Iraq’s recent elections credible, saying there's no need to re-run the vote that gave a lead to the Shiite religious bloc dominating the government. 2. At least 4 people are d
1. Shoppers hit the malls for deals as retailers woo them with discounts, longer store hours and new merchandise , trying to salvage the holiday buying season. 2. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon w
1. Striking New York City transit workers take steps to return to work while contract talks resume, a deal that could pave the way for service to return. 2. On a surprise visit to Iraq, Defense Secret
1. A blow for President Bush, the Senate rejects extending parts of Patriot Act, saying they infringe too much on Americans' privacy and liberty. 2. In Iraq, authorities tally ballots and field compla
1. Pakistan's leader says a man said to be Al-Qaida's operational commander has been killed in a blast in that country's lawless tribal areas. 2. Northeast of Baghdad, insurgents ambush Iraqi troops w
1. In Chicago, investigators study the site where a jet slid off the runway at Midway Airport amid heavy snow killing a 6-year-old boy. 2. A snowstorm that's moved across the middle of the US, hits th
1. As Iraqi patients, soldiers and prisoners cast early ballots for this week's parliamentary elections, at least a dozen people are killed in new violence. 2. The Supreme Court agrees to review a Tex
1. Despite protests, convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams is executed, the Crips gang co-founder's case stirred national debate about capital punishment and redemption . 2. Gunmen kill a Sunni Ara
1. Osama bin Laden’s top deputy is calling President Bush a butcher in a new videotape airing on Al-Jazeera. It’s the first video from Ayman al-Zawahri since a US air strike in Pakistan missed him
1. An Egyptian security official says rescue ships are continuing to pull the dead from the Red Sea, following the sinking of a passenger ship Friday. Of the 1,500 people on board more than 200 escape
1. The International Police Agency Interpol says 1 of the 23 people who escaped from a Yemen jail last week is believed to be the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing that killed 17 sailors in 2000. Yem
1. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on the controversial domestic spying program approved by President Bush. The Bush administration has defended the program, saying it's crucial in
1. President Bush says the US and its allies foiled a plot by terrorists to hijack an airliner, and fly it into the tallest skyscraper in Los Angeles in 2002. But the mayor of Los Angeles tells the As
1.Pakistan condemns a deadly attack in which a purported CIA airstrike unsucessfully targets al Qaeda’s No.2 man in a border village. 2.In Iraq, a court official says the chief judge in Saddam Husse
1. The US and its European allies press Russia and China to support bringing Iran before the UN Security Council over Tehran's nuclear program. 2. Africa makes history as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is swor
1. The ACLU files suit to block President Bush’s domestic eavesdropping program which the group calls unconstitutional electronic surveillance of American citizens. 2. The Supreme Court uphold Orego
1. After more than 24 hours of searching, rescuers in West Virginia still haven't been able to make contact with two missing miners. Rescue crews have been working since an underground conveyer belt c
1. Firefighters are making progress containing the wildfire in Big Sur. Even so, officials expect the blaze to continue burning for weeks. Cooler weather over the weekend helped slow the spread of flames. But temperatures are forecast to climb in th