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	last updated: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:38:18 GMT

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:46:54 GMT Blair 'failed to influence Bush'

Tony Blair has failed to influence US policy, despite UK sacrifices, a report into foreign policy suggests.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:55:41 GMT Prostitute murders suspect held

Police continue to question a 37-year-old man about the murders of five prostitutes near Ipswich.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:23:45 GMT UK hooked on 'essential' gadgets

Britons will buy 30 million electrical 'essentials' such as juicers and cordless phones in the next six months.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:38:18 GMT

The new walls of Jerusalem: Part 1 • The Arabs on the outside

A forthcoming report says that 55,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites are being cut off from the city by Israel's security barrier. Part 1 of three.

Democrats challenge Bush doctrine on Mideast tour

Sens. John Kerry and Christopher Dodd are due to meet Syria's president on Tuesday.

Missing: a functional Iraqi state

The weak Iraqi government, riven by factions, is still crucial to most visions for stabilizing the nation.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:55:42 GMT

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:47:30 EDT Attacks in Iraq at Record High, Pentagon Says

A report found an average of almost 960 attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets every week from early August to early November.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:30:29 EDT Iraq Insurgents Starve Capital of Electricity

Baghdad has been all but isolated electrically, and attempts to repair power lines are falling behind attacks on the grid.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:47:30 EDT Inquiry Falters on Civilians Accused of Detainee Abuse

A U.S. investigation into accusations that civilian government employees abused detainees has not produced any indictments.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:38:20 GMT

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:00:00 EST Women's Health: A Low-Fat Diet May Protect Against Breast Cancer After All

Women treated for breast cancer may be able to lessen the odds of a recurrence by cutting fat from their diets, according to a new, large study. The findings come as good news to researchers, because a far larger study released earlier this year found such a slight difference in risk in women trimming the fat that it might have been due to chance alone.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:00:00 EST GOP Advisers: It's Make-or-Break Time for Bush

Senior Republicans are looking at the next month or so with a mix of trepidation and anticipation.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:00:00 EST Powell's Break Confirms GOP Rift

Colin Powell's break with the administration's Iraq policy is more evidence of the rift between the Bush team and members of the Republican establishment in Washington. Powell, who was Bush's first-term secretary of state and served in senior positions under Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, said yesterday that the United States is losing the Iraq conflict, which he described as a civil war (a term the White House declines to use).

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:38:20 GMT

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:21:39 GMT Gates: Failure in Iraq will haunt U.S. (AP)

AP - On his first day as defense secretary, Robert Gates warned Monday that failure in Iraq would be a "calamity" that would haunt the United States for years. Underscoring eroding security there, a Pentagon report said the number of insurgent and sectarian attacks had risen to the highest level in years.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:22:41 GMT Laura Bush had skin cancer tumor removed (AP)

AP - First lady Laura Bush had a skin cancer tumor removed from her right shin in early November. The procedure was not disclosed until Monday night. The cancer was identified as a squamous cell carcinoma, a malignant tumor that is the second most common form of skin cancer.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:11:30 GMT U.S.: No progress at Korea nuclear talks (AP)

AP - The chief U.S. negotiator said Tuesday there had been no progress yet at renewed six-nation talks aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms program in exchange for economic aid and security guarantees.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:55:43 GMT

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:59:00 -0500 Iraq Violence Rising 'Unbelievably' Quickly

Pentagon Report Says Violence Worse Than at Any Time Since Saddam's Fall

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:35:28 -0500 Despite Fighting, Abbas Pushes Elections

Abbas Pushing Ahead With Early Palestinian Elections, Despite Factional Fighting

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:22:01 -0500 Man Held in Deaths of 5 Brit Prostitutes

British Police Arrest 37-Year-Old Grocery Store Clerk in Murders of 5 Prostitutes

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:38:22 GMT

2006-12-19T00:00+00:00 Man arrested over Ipswich killings

Supermarket worker who saw himself as friend of all five victims questioned several times by police.

2006-12-19T00:00+00:00 Blair's last push in Middle East

PM proposes aid to bypass Hamas.

2006-12-19T00:00+00:00 Bitter harvest

Migrants working on Europe's fruit harvests live like refugees. Felicity Lawrence reports from Italy.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:55:43 GMT

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:43:37 EST Witness: New Orleans cops shot man in back as he ran

New Orleans police lined up "like at a firing range" and fatally shot an unarmed man in the back as he fled from them in the days after Hurricane Katrina swept ashore, a witness to the shooting told CNN. "He just fell like he was collapsing," Kasimir Gaston said. Gaston is the first witness to come forward publicly to talk about the shooting of Ronald Madison, a 40-year-old mentally retarded man.

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:35:13 EST First lady Laura Bush had skin cancer removed

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Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:35:16 EST Climber's body brought down mountain

The search for two missing climbers on Oregon's highest peak continues as the body of a third climber was brought down the mountain, authorities say.

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