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	BBC News \| News Front Page \| UK Edition
	last updated: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:50:38 GMT

Sat, 21 May 05 22:10:05 GMT Brown unveils cheap mortgage plan

Struggling first-time home buyers could gain cheap mortgages funded by public money, Gordon Brown says.

Sat, 21 May 05 19:23:09 GMT Attacks 'delay' Iraq rebuilding

Too much money earmarked for rebuilding Iraq is having to be spent on boosting security, a US official says.

Sat, 21 May 05 22:22:39 GMT Eurovision win for Greek singer

Greece's Helena Paparizou wins the Eurovision Song Contest amid disappointment for the UK's Javine.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:50:38 GMT

New dealmakers on Capitol Hill

A group of centrist senators are working to avert a showdown over filibustering.

A Castro ally with oil cash vexes the US

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez is the new driving force for a left-leaning region.

Steps toward more drug testing in schools

A new Massachusetts proposal giving schools the option to test students for drugs is proving controversial.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:50:39 GMT

Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT U.S. Memo Faults Afghan Leader on Heroin Fight

Poppy eradication has been ineffective in part because President Hamid Karzai "has been unwilling to assert strong leadership."

Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT Army Faltered in Investigating Detainee Abuse

Investigators initially advised closing the case of two deaths at Bagram, Afghanistan, without bringing any criminal charges.

Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT In Exam of 126 Walls, Cracks, Bulges and Leaks

A examination by The New York Times of privately owned retaining walls across the five boroughs revealed a range of problems.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:50:39 GMT

Sat, 21 May 2005 18:00:00 EST Mortimer B. Zuckerman: Giving the three fairies a new lease on life

Once upon a time, America' s workers were protected by three good fairies. "If you work all your life to build a new America and save when you can," the fairies promised, "we three will make your dreams of a secure and happy retirement come true." One of the fairies guarded personal savings against the ogres of inflation, another kept an eye on the gremlins in employers' pension plans, and the third--the grandest fairy of them all--had a cave full of gold coins piled up by all the workers in a magical scheme called Social Security.

Sat, 21 May 2005 18:00:00 EST Video Games

Battle of the video-game boxes

Sat, 21 May 2005 18:00:00 EST It's a babymoon boom

Next month, Charis Atlas Heelan and her husband, Chris, are taking a vacation with a little stranger: 4-month-old daughter, Ella. They'll spend a week at a San Diego golf resort, enjoying its spa services. "People have said, 'You can't take her on vacation; she's just a baby,' " Charis says. "But I don't buy that excuse." And the cross-country flight from their New York City home is just the beginning. Later this year they're planning to take Ella to Australia.

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:50:40 GMT

Sun, 22 May 2005 01:53:39 GMT Paper Prints More Photos of Saddam in Jail (AP)

AP - A British tabloid published more surreptitiously taken prison pictures of Saddam Hussein on Saturday, and Iraq's once-dominant Sunni Muslim minority sought to break out of its deepening isolation by forming an alliance of tribal, political and religious groups.

Sun, 22 May 2005 02:00:20 GMT Fire at Children's Sleepover Kills 9 (AP)

AP - A fire broke out at a crowded house during a children's sleepover early Saturday, killing seven kids and two adults, the fire department said. The fire was so hot it scorched the frame of the home jet black and forced back neighbors who rushed in to help.

Sun, 22 May 2005 01:41:05 GMT Karzai Wants More Control of U.S. Forces (AP)

AP - Hours before flying to Washington for talks with President Bush, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai demanded greater control Saturday over American military operations in his country and called for vigorous punishment of any U.S. troops who mistreat prisoners.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:50:41 GMT

Sat, 21 May 2005 21:56:21 -0400 Paper Prints More Photos of Saddam in Jail

Paper Prints More Photos of Saddam Hussein in Jail; Sunni Groups Team Up Politically in Iraq

Fri, 20 May 2005 16:38:24 -0400 Scantily Clad Saddam: Geneva Conventions Violation?

Are the Photos of Saddam Hussein in His Prison Cell Violations of the Guidelines for POWs?

Sat, 21 May 2005 09:07:24 -0400 Iraq War Images Seep into Popular Culture

TV Shows and Movies Use War as a Storyline Even as It Happens in Real Life

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:50:41 GMT

Taxpayers to fund mortgages

· New scheme for first-time buyers· Warning over soaring house prices

Officer drawn into jail death probe

British Army officer under investigation over events that led to Iraqi civilian's death in custody.

Slash and burn

Teenage angel or wicked pop temptress? Charlotte Church cuts through the myths.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:50:41 GMT

Sat, 21 May 2005 19:19:04 EDT Children's sleepover turns deadly in Cleveland

A children's sleepover ended tragically early Saturday when fire swept through a two-story home, killing nine people, including seven children. Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell said the mother who perished in the fire was known as "one of those kind of women who loved having children in her home, loved her own children, cared for them carefully, and so other children came close."

Sat, 21 May 2005 22:25:18 EDT From near disaster to Preakness victory

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Sat, 21 May 2005 22:22:23 EDT Aunt begs missing children: 'Hang in there'

The aunt of two missing Idaho children urged whoever has the siblings to turn themselves in and hope for "compassion."