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	BBC News \| News Front Page \| UK Edition
	last updated: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:26:14 GMT

Wed, 08 Jun 05 00:53:47 GMT US and UK 'close to Africa deal'

US President Bush says he is working with the UK to scrap debt in African countries committed to reform.

Tue, 07 Jun 05 22:43:39 GMT 'Hacker' faces extradition battle

A British man wanted in the US for suspected computer hacking is arrested and faces extradition proceedings.

Tue, 07 Jun 05 23:00:04 GMT Nasa cuts 'will hamper science'

A major US research body warns that Nasa's 2006 budget cuts will hamper understanding of our planet.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:24:25 GMT

In Mideast elections, militants gain

Both Hamas and Hizbullah, deemed terror groups by the US, are making political headway in their newly democratic regions.

South American gas giant in turmoil

As President Mesa offers, again, to resign, Bolivia's neighbors are reexamining their dependance on its vast energy reserves.

Dean fires up the base - on both sides

A controversial remark has put the Democratic chairman on the defensive.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:24:25 GMT

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT C.I.A. Is Reviewing Its Security Policy for Translators

The agency has been forced to turn away Arabic-language linguists and other potential recruits with skills avidly sought since the attacks of 2001.

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT An Ever-Shrinking Labor Force at General Motors

For workers at General Motors, which plans to eliminate about 25,000 jobs, the cuts were not a matter of if, but when.

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT Official Played Down Emissions' Links to Global Warming

A White House official repeatedly edited climate reports in ways that play down links between emissions and global warming.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:24:26 GMT

Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:00:00 EST Workers to pay for GM's mistakes

There are times when Wall Street roots for job creation–like last week, when the Labor Department came out with its monthly jobs report. Then there are times when Wall Street favors job destruction–like this morning, when General Motors said it would slash 25,000 jobs in the United States, or more than 15 percent of its domestic workforce, by 2008.

Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:00:00 EST Border Patrol union decries 'witch hunt'

In a sharply worded attack, the union for 10,000 U.S. Border Patrol employees accused the federal government of conducting a "witch hunt" in an investigation that implicated dozens of Border Patrol agents in a kickback scheme. The agents, said T. J. Bonner, the president of the National Border Patrol Council, were "victimized by a mindless bureaucracy."

Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:00:00 EST Saving money on Rx drugs

Americans spent more than $235 billion on prescription drugs in 2004 to treat everything from heart disease to teenage acne. For years, public health experts have been saying that we could cut those costs if people would substitute generic equivalents of brand-name drugs when they are available. Now, a group of researchers from the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and the University of California–San Francisco have figured out just how much we could be saving.

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:24:26 GMT

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:03:33 GMT Bush, Blair Work on Plan for African Aid (AP)

AP - President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday embraced a tentative plan to forgive the debt of poor African nations "on a path to reform" but failed to come together on Blair's calls to double aid to the troubled continent and tackle global warming.

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:01:44 GMT Official: Rebels Open to Talk With Iraq (AP)

AP - A Sunni Arab politician said Tuesday two insurgent groups were willing to negotiate with the government, possibly opening a new political front in embattled Iraq. But a string of coordinated deadly bombings signaled that militants remain fierce.

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:01:12 GMT Aruba Lawyer: Clients Held in Murder Probe (AP)

AP - The attorney for two former security guards arrested in the disappearance last month of an Alabama honors student said Tuesday his clients were being investigated for murder and kidnapping.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:24:28 GMT

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:48:29 -0400 Official: Rebels Open to Talk With Iraq

Sunni Arab Politician Says Two Insurgent Groups Are Willing to Negotiate With Iraq Government

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 16:05:53 -0400 Atomic Energy Agency Chief Headed to D.C.

United States Softens Stance on Mohamed ElBaradei's Tenure but Hopes He'll Take Tougher Stance on Iran

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:57:03 -0400 North Korea Official Speaks of Offer to Restart Nuclear Talks

Few People to Be Seen in Isolated Nation's Capital

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:24:28 GMT

3m children 'left to die' in Africa

As Blair and Bush close in on debt deal, UN report reveals human cost.

UK pressured over Hamas contacts

Israel presses foreign secretary to maintain EU bar on negotiations.

Anne Bancroft dies aged 73

Oscar-winning actor who immortalised the role of the graduate-seducing Mrs Robinson on the big screen has died.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:25:55 GMT

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:49:39 EDT Bush-Blair aim for full debt relief plan

The United States and Britain are working to provide the world's richest nations with a plan to eliminate debt for African countries "on the path to reform," President Bush said Tuesday. At a joint news conference with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in Washington, Bush said: "Our countries are developing a proposal for the G8 that will eliminate 100 percent of that debt."

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:27:43 EDT Aruba men held on 'reasonable suspicion'

The search for Natalee Holloway will resume Tuesday in Aruba, a day after government employees joined police, Dutch marines and FBI agents in the search for the 18-year-old Alabama student.

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 17:30:57 EDT GM slashing 25,000 jobs

General Motors is cutting 25,000 jobs and closing an unspecified number of plants over the next 3-1/2 years, CEO Rick Wagoner told shareholders. The world's largest automaker is struggling to stem huge losses. The 25,000 jobs represent about 17 percent of GM's U.S. work force. Speaking at GM's annual shareholders meeting today, Wagoner said the company's goal is to trim capacity so that plants are running full out.