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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Alejandro Wolff, front right, joins Emyr Jones Parry, Britain's U.N. Ambassador, left front, as the U.N. Security Council votes unanimously to expand sanctions against Iran. (Photo by Frank Franklin II / AP)

Bush vows to veto Iraq pull-out bill

The House delivered its most stinging rebuke so far of the Iraq war when it attached conditions to a $124 billion emergency funding bill that would force U.S. troops to withdraw by 2008.

Financial Times

Antiwar Democrat accuses Bush

CNN

Fatal pet food had traces of rat poison

U.S. authorities say a banned rat poison is the likely cause of tainted pet food made by Canada's Menu Foods and blamed for at least 14 animal deaths.

Globeandmail.com

Rat poison in pet food

ABC News

Belarus says plane shot down in Somalia

Officials in Belarus claimed that a missile caused a plane crash in Mogadishu that killed 11 of its citizens, while the Somali government said the incident looked more like an accident.

Reuters

NATION

Sri Lanka says 29 dead as war spreads to northwest

At least 26 Tamil Tiger rebels and three soldiers were killed in clashes in northwestern and eastern Sri Lanka, the military said, as analysts warned that renewed civil war is spreading.

Scotsman

3 foreign workers kidnapped in Nigeria

Gunmen kidnapped three foreign workers in two separate armed attacks in Nigeria's oil producing delta on Friday, authorities said.

Sydney Morning Herald

Zimbabwe's victims reveal their suffering

Teksure and Silibaziso Gumbo weep as they tell their story from the safety of a walled church compound in the township of Mbare in southern Harare.

Times

POLITICS

Campaign message: Godspeed

The political implications of John and Elizabeth Edwards' decision to press on with a presidential campaign despite troubling news about the progress of her breast cancer remain a matter of sharp debate.

Hartford Courant

Ex-deputy pleads guilty in Abramoff case

Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles became the ninth and highest-ranking Bush administration official convicted in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal.

Forbes

BUSINESS

Vonage hit with injunction

Vonage was ordered by a judge to stop using Verizon technology that lets customers make calls to standard phone lines, threatening the money-losing Internet phone company's survival.

Seattle Times

Dow secures best week in four years

Stocks closed mostly higher, sending the Dow Jones industrials to their best week in four years after a surprise jump in home sales.

BusinessWeek

1 million homes at risk

For the first time in the nation's history, a significant number of Americans are being threatened with the loss of their home even though they still have well-paying jobs.

MarketWatch

The worry over subprime loans

ABC News

SPORTS

Eagles' coach Reid returns

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid returned to work after spending more than a month away from the team to deal with personal issues.

Sports Network

Andy Reid press conference

ESPN

Texans waive Carr, Williams

The Houston Texans waived quarterback David Carr, the first draft pick in franchise history five years ago, and running back Domanick Williams.

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Source of 2006 E. coli outbreak a mystery

After months of research, U.S. and California health investigators have narrowed the source of last fall's deadly nationwide spinach-borne E. coli outbreak to produce grown in one California field.

Health Day

Depression therapy by phone may work

Getting depression therapy by phone may have lasting benefits, a new study shows. The study included 393 moderately depressed adults.

WebMD

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Daniel Schorr):

Embattled Bush plays offense and defense

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

On the attack, on YouTube

International Herald Tribune

Column (Neil King Jr.):

Democratic candidates' fortunes may hinge on long-term Iraq plans

Wall Street Journal

Column (Rich Lowry):

what will new energy policies cost?

Real Clear Politics

Column:

Iran hostage redux?

Slate

Column:

Iraq may need what it once had -- a constitutional monarchy

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

MoveOn moves in with Pelosi

Salon

Editorial:

Growing safer greens

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

Dirty planes? What about filthy railways?

Times

Column:

Don't confuse oversight with partisanship

Newsday

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GOOD NEWS

African bank to increase water investments by 50 percent

The African Development Bank Group, the lead financial institution on the continent, is taking seriously the challenges imposed by the need for additional investments in water and sanitation.

allAfrica.com

U.S. Marine pilot given rare British honor

A U.S. Marine helicopter pilot who rescued a wounded British soldier in Iraq has received a rare British honor - the Distinguished Flying Cross.

San Diego Union-Tribune

NATION

Alcohol, tobacco make top 10 list of risky drugs

New "landmark" research finds that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than some illegal drugs like marijuana or Ecstasy, according to a new British study.

MSNBC

Army revises upward number of desertions

A total of 3,196 active-duty soldiers deserted the Army last year, or 853 more than previously reported, according to revised figures from the Army.

AOL News

ENVIRONMENT

Endangered birds on offer in Nicaragua

Stop at any traffic lights in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, and you enter a parallel world of retail. Given time, between the red lights, you could do almost all of your shopping from your car.

BBC

Many grouper species are threatened

A World Conservation Union survey of the Earth's 162 species of grouper concluded 20 might become extinct unless proper conservation measures are introduced.

Earth Times

EDUCATION

Kids learn financial literacy at a young age

Financial literacy education has been around for decades, but in recent years, the movement has picked up steam.

U.S. News & World Report

College students to pay more for birth control pills

Millions of college students are suddenly facing sharply higher prices for birth control, prompting concerns among health officials that some will shift to less preferred contraceptives.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Gibson tirade is no apocalypse

Mel Gibson swore twice at a female professor during a question-and-answer session with students following a screening of his movie at California State University, Northridge.

The Age

'Apocalypto' trailer

Apple.com

"Titanic" stars DiCaprio, Winslet reuniting

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, who played ill-fated lovers in the 1997 smash hit "Titanic," are reuniting for a drama about postwar disillusionment.

TV Guide

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Beyond virtual reality

Motion-capture technology has burst out of Hollywood and into businesses from aerospace to advertising.

BusinessWeek

Virgin Galactic, NASA team up to develop space-plane travel

Virgin Galactic, the space tourism venture of billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, is the first step toward hypersonic travel between Earth-based cities.

National Geographic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Oregon teacher fired for bringing Bible into biology

Trying to get his students "thinking" by including biblical references in his high school biology lessons, a part-time school teacher in Central Oregon this week found himself without a job.

Crosswalk

Israel goes on the virtual offensive

The Israeli government is deploying new tactics to deepen ties with American youth and evangelicals.

Salon

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