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	BBC News \| News Front Page \| UK Edition
	last updated: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:58:52 GMT

Fri, 17 Jun 05 15:08:12 GMT Leaders deadlocked on EU budget

A summit in Brussels fails to narrow differences over the EU budget, as France again attacks the UK rebate.

Fri, 17 Jun 05 14:34:27 GMT Smuggling Customs man jailed

A Customs officer who helped usher drug smugglers through Gatwick for a string of pay-offs is jailed for 15 years.

Fri, 17 Jun 05 12:54:10 GMT Plumber who took leak convicted

A plumber who was filmed pouring urine into a customer's water tank is found guilty of deception.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:36:43 GMT

As Iraq effort drags on, doubts mount at home

Mounting US combat fatalities are just one of many statistics that factor into low support for the war.

As reformer exits, who will lead Iran?

Iranians go to the polls Friday to choose a successor to President Mohammad Khatami.

The message Rice will bring, and hear, in her Mideast trip

A promising spring is giving way to what threatens to be a sluggish summer for democracy's advance.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:58:53 GMT

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT Bush's Support on Major Issues Tumbles in Poll

Pessimistic about Iraq and skeptical about Social Security reform, Americans are in a season of political discontent.

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT Questions, Bitterness and Exile for Queens Girl in Terror Case

The story of how a 16-year-old Muslim girl was identified as a potential terrorist is still shrouded in government secrecy.

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT Many Still Seek One Final Say on Ending Life

Interest in living wills has surged in the aftermath of the fierce nationwide battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:36:43 GMT

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:00:00 EST Virginity study bashed

A report released by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, spurred another skirmish this week in the battle over what teens should be taught in sex ed class. The report criticized a study published in April in the Journal of Adolescent Health, by Hannah Bruckner and Peter Bearman, which found that teens who take virginity pledges have the same rate of sexually transmitted diseases as those who do not take the pledges. Made popular by programs such as True Love Waits, virginity pledges, which encourage teens not to have sex until marriage, are a big component of the Bush administration-backed abstinence-education programs.

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:00:00 EST Long odds on Social Security plan

The odds seem to be going against President Bush's ambitious plan to change Social Security. Various news accounts report that Republicans in Congress have told the White House to look for an escape route. "We are stuck," South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told the Washington Post.

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:00:00 EST Loosening nukes

A little-known provision buried in a pending energy bill on Capitol Hill is making some nuclear security experts very nervous. The legislation aims to lubricate international trade in uranium to nuclear plants that make radioactive materials–known as medical isotopes–used in hospital machines that diagnose and treat illnesses. Medical groups and isotope manufacturers say existing controls could lead to a shortage of these materials and therefore hinder medical treatment. Nuclear watchdogs, however, say the move would weaken controls on exports of bomb-grade uranium. "This legislation would increase the threat of terrorists' stealing bomb-grade uranium to make a full-fledged nuclear weapon–not merely a dirty bomb–to use against us," says Alan J. Kuperman, a professor at the University of Texas–Austin and a senior policy analyst at the Nuclear Control Institute.

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:36:44 GMT

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:01:54 GMT Iranians Go to Polls to Vote for President (AP)

AP - Iranians voted Friday in a high-stakes presidential election, apparently turning out in large numbers and defying boycott calls from young people disillusioned with a system run by clerics.

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:43:49 GMT 4th Person Detained in Aruba Disappearance (AP)

AP - A fourth person has been detained in Aruba in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, authorities announced Friday.

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:13:17 GMT U.S. Launches Major Operation in West Iraq (AP)

AP - The U.S. military launched a major combat operation Friday as 1,000 Marines and Iraqi soldiers fanned out to track down insurgents and foreign fighters in a volatile western province straddling Syria.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:36:45 GMT

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 04:05:28 -0400 Iran Votes in Presidential Election

Iran Votes in High-Stakes Presidential Election Amid Boycott Calls by Disillusioned Youth

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:00:43 -0400 Saddam's Lawyer Alleges Torture, Deception

Attorney Says Iraqi Leader Not Found in Spider Hole, Interrogations Ignored WMDs

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:28:02 -0400 Woman Who Aided in Sexual Assault, Deaths of Teens to Go Free

Canadians Still Reeling About Plea Deal in Notorious Slayings

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:36:46 GMT

EU summit heads for deadlock

EU leaders' attempts to reach a deal on the union's budget for 2007-13 look set to end in deadlock.

Turnout forces Iran poll extension

Polls stay open for two extra hours to cope with high turnout in close vote.

Simon Waldman: Coming to a hard disk near you

Simon Waldman on how BitTorrent became Hollywood's worst nightmare.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:36:46 GMT

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:36:27 EDT Zimbabwe razing 'informal homes'

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Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:13:38 EDT Fourth quake in a week rattles California

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Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:23:57 EDT U.S., Iraqis launch Operation Spear

U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a new offensive on Friday near the Syrian border in western Iraq, killing at least 30 suspected insurgents, the U.S. Marines said.