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Shiite pilgrims commemorate the anniversary of Prophet Mohammed's death in A.D. 632, in the holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani / AP)

U.S. to keep Palestinian aid ban

The United States said its ban on direct aid to the Palestinian government would remain in place but it broke ranks with Israel by authorizing contacts with some members of the new unity administration.

Reuters

Confession of 9/11 architect backfires on U.S.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's dramatic confessions before a U.S. military hearing are beginning to backfire on the Bush administration.

London Independent

Amid concerns, FBI lapses went on

FBI counterterrorism officials continued using flawed procedures to obtain thousands of U.S. telephone records over a two-year period when bureau lawyers and managers expressed concerns.

Washington Post

Seven U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, four in one incident

Seven American troops have been killed in Iraq, including four in a single incident, the U.S. military said.

MSNBC

Thousands protest Iraq war policy

CBS News

Poll: Most Iraqis live in fear of violence

USA Today

Iranian president under fire at home

Economic woes increase as Ahmadinejad's promise to "put oil money on people's tables" goes unfulfilled.

Toronto Star

Egypt opposition decries constitutional amendment plans

Opposition lawmakers boycotted an opening parliamentary debate on constitutional amendments they say will further tighten the Egyptian president's grip on power.

Examiner

NATION

End game begins in Zimbabwe

President Robert Mugabe's opponents have vowed to unite to drive him from office, saying his government already is at "war" with dissidents.

Herald Sun

Zimbabwe stops activists leaving

BBC

Across Asia, Korea talks become even more complicated

As if the six-nation talks over North Korea's nuclear ambitions were not complicated enough, the agenda is expanding to include other unresolved disputes.

International Herald Tribune

Taliban claim they have released Italian journalist

The Taliban said they had released an Italian journalist held for spying, along with his Afghan translator, but Rome said it still had no reason to believe the reporter had been freed.

Reuters

Blackmail journalism on the rise in China

Toronto Star

POLITICS

Gonzales offers mea culpa to attorneys

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, facing another tough week amid calls for his ouster, has offered a mea culpa to all 93 U.S. attorneys for the way the Justice Department fired eight of their colleagues.

Yahoo! News

In Hawaii, clues from Barack Obama's origins

Obama's political narrative was written largely in Illinois. But the seeds of his racial consciousness, its attendant alienation and his political curiosity appear to have been planted in Hawaii.

International Herald Tribune

Ex-CIA agent Plame brings personal perspective to case

Valerie Plame's Capitol Hill debut began with a phalanx of news photographers crowding in for a shot of the woman at the center of the CIA leak scandal, and ended with anti-war protesters' chants of "Impeach now!"

Newsday

SPORTS

NCAA 'March Madness' scoreboard

Up-to-date scores, results, and analysis of all the NCAA basketball action.

ESPN

Failure to reach NCAA tourney costs Michigan coach

Michigan basketball coach Tommy Amaker was fired following six seasons leading the program without an NCAA tournament appearance.

Sports Illustrated

ENVIRONMENT

Bison returned to Colorado homeland

U.S. wildlife managers released 16 bison into the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in an effort to return genetically pure, wild bison to the short-grass prairie where they once numbered in the millions.

Scientific American

Greenpeace critical of G8 environment conference in Germany

Greenpeace criticized the outcome of a G8 environment ministers conference with their counterparts from five major developing countries for failing to come up with measures to counter climate change.

Earth Times

HEALTH

Eating disorders: A midlife crisis for some women

Anorexia and bulimia used to be considered health problems that afflicted teenage girls. But doctors are finding a more older women are now being diagnosed with some sort of eating disorder.

HealthDay

New trend in organ donation raises questions

The number of body parts surgeons are harvesting through a controversial approach to organ donation is rising, saving more waiting patients' lives but, some say, risks sacrificing the interests of the donors.

Washington Post

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

For open government

Miami Herald

Editorial:

Protecting American wages

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

The getting-into-preschool puzzle

Slate

Column (Joe Conason):

Blame Bill

Salon

Blog:

First, define "German-ness"

Economist

Column (Jeffrey Tobbin):

Verdicts

New Yorker

Editorial:

Calls for attorney general to resign miss real target

USA Today

Blog (David Corn):

Valerie Plame speaks, finally, about CIA leak case

Nation

Editorial:

Bush sounds right note in Latin America

St. Petersburg Times

Blog:

Thank you, sir, may I have another?

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

One Irishman's take on St. Patrick's day

March 17th is the day in the United States when many people bloom with green. Most of them are not Irish, but St. Patrick's Day has become a showing of the colors in many American cities.

NPR

Bison once again roam eastern Colorado

After an absence of more than a century, wild bison were returned to Colorado's Front Range in full view of Denver's skyline.

Yahoo! News

NATION

Mass recall of dog and cat food after pets die

Pet owners were worried that the pet food in their cupboards could be deadly after millions of containers of dog and cat food sold at major retailers across North America were recalled.

CNN

East Coast digs out after last-blast storm

Cleanup crews were out clearing snow and ice from Manhattan streets in preparation for the city's St. Patrick's Day parade after a heavy storm caused more than 3,600 flights to be canceled nationwide.

CBS News

NYC grand jury indicts three officers

Two police officers involved in a 50-bullet barrage that killed an unarmed man on his wedding day were indicted on charges of manslaughter, and a third faces a misdemeanor charge.

Guardian

BUSINESS

All eyes on the Fed

The stock market recovery petered out at the end of last week, and whether it can restart in the week ahead could depend on the Federal Reserve.

CNNMoney

Once-hot Florida home market chills a bit

The U.S. housing slump has cast a shadow over the wealthy retirement community of Naples on Florida's sunny Gulf Coast, but there is little sign the boom has turned to all-out bust.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tooth decay analysis supports 'out of Africa' theory of human evolution

A New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) research team has found the first oral bacterial evidence supporting the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens out of Africa to Asia.

Science Daily

Spot the difference

Conservationists claim to have found a new species of big cat. But this is just the latest case of species inflation.

Economist

EDUCATION

More video games, fewer books at schools?

Of all of the proposals aimed at improving America's failing schools, there's one idea kids will really like: More video games and fewer books.

CNET News

Lawmakers eye changes to education law

President Bush's signature No Child Left Behind education law is headed for fundamental changes as Congress rewrites it this year, including a likely softening of do-or-die deadlines.

MyFox

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope scolds left-wing theologian over 'dangerous propositions'

Pope Benedict XVI has scolded an influential Latin American theologian who holds that the Catholic Church should primarily serve the poor by calling his arguments "dangerous" and contradictory to Church doctrine.

Earth Times

Christians gather for anti-war protest

Thousands of Christians prayed for peace at an anti-war service at the Washington National Cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Elephants on parade

After the stunning success last weekend of "300," a sword-sandal-and-splatter epic that manages the trick of being blood-soaked and utterly bloodless at the same time, where does that leave us?

Wall Street Journal

Sandra Bullock and 'Premonition'

This supernatural thriller, in which Sandra Bullock plays a woman living each day as if it were her husband's last, is too serious for its own good.

Salon

Photo of the Day

An Iraqi boy watches as a U.S. army soldier from B Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment lights up a cigarette as members of his unit take a rest after a foot patrol in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic / AP)

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