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	last updated: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:30:26 GMT

Tue, 17 May 05 01:44:48 GMT Blair unveils new term blueprint

ID card laws are among about 40 bills for the new parliamentary term to be unveiled in the Queen's Speech.

Mon, 16 May 05 19:19:49 GMT US hardens stance on Uzbekistan

The US says it is "deeply disturbed" by reports that troops in Uzbekistan shot at unarmed protesters.

Tue, 17 May 05 02:53:01 GMT Galloway set for Senate hearing

British MP George Galloway is set to appear before a US Senate committee over allegations involving Iraqi oil.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:30:26 GMT

Arab allies test US 'freedom' agenda

President Bush's democracy push faces resistance in the Middle East.

Where Congress agrees

Lawmakers on the Hill are moving legislation, despite judicial impasse.

Dueling views on Army size: Congress vs. Rumsfeld

Is the Army big enough to do its job?

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:30:26 GMT

Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT Iraq Government Calls for an End to Mosque Raids

The order by the Shiite majority government was calculated to ease tensions with Iraq's dispossessed Sunni Arab minority.

Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT Newsweek Says It Is Retracting Koran Report

After a drumbeat of criticism from the Bush administration and others, the magazine retracted an article blamed for inciting protests and riots in the Muslim world.

Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT Study of Breast Cancer Patients Finds Benefit in Low-Fat Diets

It was the first time that a large, rigorous study showed that diet could have any impact on any cancer, scientists said.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:30:27 GMT

Mon, 16 May 2005 12:00:00 EST Prostate cancer detection

The widely used prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer gives a lot of false positives, resulting in a lot of unnecessary procedures—and worry—for men. So the search is on for a better way to screen for prostate cancer. This week researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pittsburgh report on a study with a test for a different, recently discovered molecule produced by prostate tumors, called early prostate cancer antigen, or EPCA.

Sat, 14 May 2005 18:00:00 EST Editorial Cartoon

Doug Marlette cartoon on the Kidney Stones tour

Sat, 14 May 2005 18:00:00 EST Washington Whispers

Washington Whispers: McCain's TV movie: It's not an ego trip; have it your way, birthday boy; Little Rock to Bush: Ax the trailer look; the GOP's new star is Chris Matthews; foreign pirates want your smile; Pentagon squeeze play on its critics; battlefields don't just grow grass; 2008 buzz turns to Ohio and Wal-Mart; Bush breakfast: oatmeal, banana, and a lecture

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Tue, 17 May 2005 01:09:07 GMT

Tue, 17 May 2005 03:40:17 GMT Newsweek Retracts Story on Quran Abuse (AP)

AP - Newsweek magazine, under fire for publishing a story that led to deadly protests in Afghanistan, said Monday it was retracting its report that a military probe had found evidence of desecration of the Quran by U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay.

Tue, 17 May 2005 02:57:48 GMT Harman Guilty on 6 Abu Ghraib Abuse Counts (AP)

AP - A military jury on Monday convicted the second soldier to be tried in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, returning guilty verdicts on all but one of the seven charges she faced for her role in the abuse of Iraqi inmates.

Tue, 17 May 2005 02:57:17 GMT At Least 24 Iraqis Killed; 50 Bodies Found (AP)

AP - Mortars, bombs and drive-by gunmen killed at least 24 Iraqis, and the new government Monday vowed to capture and punish the killers of at least 50 other people found slain in the past 48 hours, charging that insurgents were trying to start open warfare between the country's Shiite majority and Sunni minority.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:30:27 GMT

Mon, 16 May 2005 21:23:41 -0400 At Least 24 Iraqis Killed; 50 Bodies Found

Violence Leaves at Least 24 Iraqis Dead; Government Vows to Crack Down After 50 Bodies Found

Mon, 16 May 2005 13:46:50 -0400 Wall Street Marine to Be Cleared?

Pretrial Investigation Recommends Dropping Murder Charges

Mon, 16 May 2005 18:09:10 -0400 Muslim Reaction to Newsweek Apology: Too Little, Too Late

Distrust Intensifies Following Koran Desecration Allegations

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:30:30 GMT

US 'backed illegal Iraqi oil deals'

The United States administration turned a blind eye to extensive sanctions-busting in the prewar sale of Iraqi oil, according to a new Senate investigation.

Unrest spreads in Uzbekistan

International outrage as state seeks to stamp its authority on region.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, critic of Islam and multiculturalism

Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks to Alexander Linklater about the murder of her colleague Theo van Gogh.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Tue, 17 May 2005 01:09:08 GMT

Mon, 16 May 2005 22:19:24 EDT Newsweek retracts Quran desecration story

Newsweek magazine issued a retraction Monday of its report on the desecration of the Quran at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The report -- which stated that American interrogators put copies of the Quran on toilets or in one case, flushed one down a toilet -- was blamed for anti-American riots, which eyewitnesses said left at least 15 people dead.

Mon, 16 May 2005 22:56:35 EDT White House refutes UK's memo on Iraq war plans

Claims in a recently uncovered British memo that intelligence was "being fixed" to support the Iraq war as early as mid 2002 are "flat out wrong," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Monday.

Mon, 16 May 2005 16:09:17 EDT Busy hurricane season predicted

The nation's weather agency predicted two or three hurricanes could hit the United States this year, based on an Atlantic season forecast released Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast, announced today, calls for seven to nine hurricanes during the coming season, June 1 to November 30, with as many as five becoming major storms.