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	last updated: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:48:00 GMT

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:30:38 GMT Nuclear power review 'flawed'

A judge orders a rethink of nuclear power plans, saying the energy review was "flawed" and "misleading".

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:38 GMT Palestinian PM quits in new deal

Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya resigns as part of a new deal to set up a national unity government.

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:06 GMT Armed police tackle gun murders

A new taskforce in south London will tackle the spate of fatal shootings, including three teenagers.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:25:56 GMT

On US-Mexico border, illegal crossings drop

National Guard troops are having a deterrent effect, dropping the attempt rate 62 percent in one busy sector.

Can US auto giants cut their way to health?

Chrysler's plan to close a plant and lay off 13,000 workers further shrinks Detroit's Big Three

Where US is helping to make gains against terrorism

Recent developments in the southern Philippines offer a degree of hope to Pentagon planners.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:25:57 GMT

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:04:44 EDT Bush Extends Stay for 3,200 Troops in Afghanistan

The increase would boost American forces in the country to 27,000, the highest level since 2001.

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:47:47 EDT A Prewar Slide Show Cast Iraq in Rosy Hues

Military planners in 2002 assumed that by 2007 as few as 5,000 U.S. troops would be in Iraq, according to documents.

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:30:10 EDT Detroit?s Slump Could Break Up Chrysler Group

The lesson of this decade for automakers? Better to go it alone than bulk up through mergers and alliances.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:56:27 GMT

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST Which Parkinson's Patients Will Feel the Urge to Gamble?

It's been known for some time that taking dopamine agonists to treat Parkinson's disease may have an unintended consequence: the overwhelming urge to gamble. In a new study, researchers pinpoint the characteristics that may make people vulnerable. Writing in the current Archives of Neurology, they report that patients who are younger at diagnosis (an average of 60, compared with 66 in the control group), who have a personal or family history of alcohol abuse, and who tend to seek out novelty are most susceptible to gambling problems when taking the drugs.

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST Commission Suggests Changes to No Child Left Behind Law

A bipartisan commission delivered more than 200 pages of recommendations on improving the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act on Tuesday–the most detailed set of recommendations Congress has received yet on the 2002 law, which comes up for renewal this year. Early debate between congressional Democrats and the White House had made many observers wonder whether a bipartisan reauthorization would happen this year. But the emphasis yesterday was on urgency, and–one important dissent from the teacher's unions aside–the NCLB Commission received early praise from both Republican and Democratic congressional leaders and the Department of Education.

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST Democrats Seek Superfund Tax

The long-debated Superfund tax will likely re-emerge in the 110th Congress, according to Democratic aides in the House and Senate.

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:39:28 GMT

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:39:32 GMT Car bombs kill 7 amid Iraq crackdown (AP)

AP - U.S. and Iraqi troops moved into a Sunni neighborhood in southern Baghdad on Thursday, while insurgents struck back with car bombs that killed seven people. In southern Iraq, British troops sealed off the border with Iran to prevent weapons smuggling.

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:49:59 GMT Democrats to focus on troop funding (AP)

AP - Republicans seeking to defend President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq tapped military veterans among their own ranks to lead the debate Thursday as Democrats relished likely victory in their fight for a resolution opposing Bush's policy.

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:24:05 GMT Snow blows out to sea; now the big dig (AP)

AP - The monster snow and ice storm that hit the Midwest and Northeast blew out to sea, leaving behind huge snow piles, frigid temperatures, highway logjams Thursday. The storm was blamed for at least 15 deaths.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:33:44 GMT

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:16:09 -0500 Trial in '04 Madrid Train Bombings Opens

Trial in 2004 Madrid Train Bombings That Killed 191 Rush-Hour Commuters Opens

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:10:32 -0500 U.S., Iraqi Forces Expand Operation

U.S. and Iraqi Forces Expand Security Operation in Baghdad

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:30:21 -0500 The Al Quds: Iran's Elite Secretive Guard

Former CIA Officer Says Secretive Unit Has American Blood on Its Hands

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:25:58 GMT

2007-02-15T00:00+00:00 Government loses nuclear power plant case taken by Greenpeace in high court

High court backs Greenpeace claims government reneged on promise to carry out 'fullest public consultation'.

2007-02-15T00:00+00:00 Armed officers to patrol gun hotspots after third teenager shot dead in south London

Scotland Yard to set up taskforce after fatal south London shootings.

2007-02-15T00:00+00:00 Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria

Iraqi and British forces set up roadblocks on routes to Basra.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:21:14 GMT

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:48:27 EST Waltrip apologizes for Daytona cheating

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Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:14:43 EST Bush pushes allies for help in Afghanistan

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Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:54:55 EST Forces circle Iraqi city in security crackdown

Amid a swirl of reports on the supposed location of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi government official Thursday said the cleric was in Iran, having left for the neighboring nation a few days earlier.

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