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People search for bodies in the rubble of a house destroyed in an air strike in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad. U.S. forces who came under an attack responded with air strikes that hit four houses. 12 civilians died in the bombing and 15 were wounded. (Photo by AP)

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4 Britons dead in Iraq; U.S. helicopter down

A U.S. Army helicopter went down south of Baghdad, injuring four of the nine soldiers aboard, while five U.S. troops died in separate attacks in Baghdad. Also, four British soldiers were killed.

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Washington Post

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Army: Friendly fire may have killed 2 soldiers

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MSNBC

Sen. Dodd wants probe after Bush skirts Senate on appointment

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd is challenging President Bush's appointment of a businessman to be U.S. ambassador to Belgium, saying it was "underhanded and an abuse of executive authority."

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Journal Inquirer

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Bush bypasses Congress to name ambassador

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AOL News

Sailors held in Iran returned to England

British Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed home 15 British service members held captive in Iran, saying their release was a moment to reflect on the relationship between the United Kingdom and Iran.

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CNN

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Blair: no 'ill will' toward Iranian people

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CBS News

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Syria: We helped in Iran-Britain dispute

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Yahoo! News

Somalis clear bodies from Mogadishu streets after heavy fighting

Ethiopian troops and clan members in the Somali capital of Mogadishu took advantage of a period of calm to remove bodies from city streets after days of fighting that killed nearly 400 people.

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CBC

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Thousands flee Mogadishu

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Reuters

Taliban says it kidnapped two French aid workers in Afghanistan

The Taliban said they have kidnapped two French aid workers along with two Afghan colleagues in the southwest of the country.

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eitb

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Lindh asks Bush to reduce 20-year sentence

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Newsday

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Ordinary Afghans struggle to survive

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BBC

NATION

Three charged in London bombings

Three men arrested by police last month will be charged in the July 7, 2005, terrorist attacks on London's transit system that killed 52 people.

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CNN

Ukraine PM asks Austria to help

Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych asked Austria to mediate in his crippling political dispute with President Viktor Yushchenko.

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BBC

East Timor holds election a year after civil unrest

East Timor called in extra security for its presidential election next week, as international peacekeepers patrol streets a year after violence drove 150,000 people from their homes.

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Bloomberg

POLITICS

Obama's fundraising success gives him a respite from stumbles

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's report that he raised $25 million from 100,000 donors couldn't have come at a better time for him.

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Bloomberg

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Republicans post fundraising totals

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NPR

Giuliani stands by support of public funding for abortions

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN he supports public funding for some abortions, despite his personal opposition to abortion procedures.

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Toronto Daily News

Carter supports Pelosi's Syria trip

Former President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, rejecting White House criticism.

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CNN

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Pelosi's trip to Syria

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BUSINESS

DaimlerChrysler confirms talks on Chrysler sale

DaimlerChrysler confirmed for the first time that it is in negotiations with a number of parties about the sale of its money-losing Chrysler division.

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International Herald Tribune

New owner sparks dismay at The Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times was nothing but trouble for the Tribune Co., and it may prove even more of a challenge for its new owner, Samuel Zell.

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International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Coaching legend Eddie Robinson dies

Former Grambling State head coach Eddie Robinson passed away after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. He was 88. Robinson was the first college coach to reach 400 victories.

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The life and career of Eddie Robinson

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ESPN

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Quotes from former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson

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MSNBC

A power game at the Masters, with small hope for the little guy

Augusta National has been stretched more than a quarter-mile since Woods' first victory there in 1997, and each change seems to reduce the number of realistic contenders.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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All Tiger and Phil?

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ESPN

Lady Vols are unanimous No. 1 in final poll

Tennessee was the unanimous choice for No. 1 in the final ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. The Lady Vols had been ranked fourth in the previous poll.

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ESPN

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NCAA Women's Championship: UT vs. Rutgers

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Tennessean

HEALTH

Study: Computer scan not best for mammograms

An increasingly popular technology that uses computers to scan mammograms produces worse results than human reviewers using their eyes and experience, according to a study.

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San Jose Mercury News

Soda and osteoporosis: Is there a connection?

Experts aren’t sure why drinking soda is linked to osteoporosis. It may be simply that the soda is displacing healthier drinks in your diet.

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WebMD

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Hooman Majd):

How Iran played the hostage 'crisis'

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Salon.com

Column (Howell Raines):

At last, the race to lead America is a talent contest

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Guardian

Column (Jonah Goldberg):

Will the real conservative please stand up?

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USA Today

Column (Sidney Blumenthal):

Matthew Dowd's not-so-miraculous conversion

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Salon.com

Column (Philip Gourevitch):

Hanging on

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New Yorker

Column (Michelle Malkin):

Whitewashing Jihad in the schools

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Real Clear Politics

Trading up with South Korea

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Christian Science Monitor

Globalization's offspring

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Economist

More than a feeling

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International Herald Tribune

Blog (Michael Weiss):

Mahmoud the magnanimous

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Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Lennon’s piano on tour to promote peace

The famous piano on which John Lennon composed "Imagine" is being sent on a tour of sites where violence has occurred, to promote peace.

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Times

Astronaut's long-lost medal turns up on eBay

A Presidential Medal of Honor intended for an astronaut and lost since April 1970 has been recovered by the FBI after it was offered for sale on eBay, authorities announced.

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Chicago Tribune

NATION

States revising organ-donation law

State legislatures are rewriting legislation governing organ donations in one of the most ambitious initiatives in at least 20 years.

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MSNBC

Severe storms rake Tenn., Ky., Ark.

Violent thunderstorms battered a three-state region with hail as big as softballs and wind that damaged several homes and caused power outages.

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Helena Independent Record

3 Yale students arrested for burning flag

Three Yale University students, including a Briton and a Greek national, have been charged in a case involving the burning of a U.S. flag outside a Connecticut house, a court official said.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

U.N. global warming report indicts humans as cause

The newest United Nations assessment of humans' role in global warming is confident that greenhouse gas emissions are at least partly responsible for a host of changes already under way.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Eagles born on Catalina; condor egg spotted in Baja

Prospects are looking up for two species of Southern California birds pushed near extinction by human activities and, more recently, helped toward recovery by teams of scientists.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Castro in new U.S. biofuel attack

Cuban leader Fidel Castro has written a second newspaper article within a week, again criticizing U.S. biofuels policy.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

CNN shakes up 'American Morning'

The makeover of CNN continued as the cable news network announced a new team for its faltering a.m. show "American Morning," now to be anchored by John Roberts and Kiran Chetry.

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Los Angeles Times

'Christmas Story' director killed in crash

Bob Clark, the versatile filmmaker who celebrated horny teens in Porky's, and chronicled youth in A Christmas Story, was killed by a suspected drunken motorist.

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E! Online

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google makes mashups easy, even for me

Mashups that overlay any kind of data on top of an online map are all the rage. But up until now I didn't know that even I, with no coding experience whatsoever, could make a customized map of my own.

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CNET News

Joan of Arc’s relics are fake

The relics of Joan of Arc’s body housed in a church museum are forgeries and not the remains of the 15th-century French heroine and saint, it was reported.

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LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pilgrims flock to Jerusalem holy sites ahead of Easter

Thousands of pilgrims retraced Jesus' footsteps as they celebrated Holy Week at the sites where Christians mark his crucifixion, death and resurrection.

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Ha'aretz

Plan for Muslim prayer in Texas Senate angers some

The first prayer ever by a Muslim cleric in the Texas Senate will be delivered — outraging some conservatives because it is occurring just before Easter.

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Houston Chronicle

Pope opens Holy Week by encouraging youth morality

Pope Benedict XVI opened the Roman Catholic Church’s most solemn week by urging youngsters to live pure, innocent lives.

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EDUCATION

Rules loosened for special ed students

The Bush administration wants to loosen the rules so that many more disabled children can take tests that are simpler than those required by the president's signature No Child Left Behind law.

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BYU students protest upcoming Cheney appearance

Vice President Cheney is to speak at Brigham Young University's commencement later this month, and that's not setting well with some students.

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WLOS

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Palestinians form human shield to protect militant's home from airstrike

Hundreds of Palestinians formed a human shield around the home of a militant in the northern Gaza Strip late Saturday to prevent an Israeli airstrike on the building, residents said.

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International Herald Tribune

Photo of the Day

Pallbearers carry the casket of Army Sgt. Jason Swiger out of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception following the funeral in Portland, Maine. Swiger was killed by a suicide bomber March 25 in Iraq. (Photo by Joel Page / AP)

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