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	last updated: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:32:43 GMT

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:40:20 GMT UK 'must tackle ethnic tensions'

Tensions between people of different ethnic groups must be tackled, says a minister as a new commission is launched.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:13:51 GMT GCSE results improve again

Hundreds of thousands of students receive their GCSE results, with 62.4% of entries awarded C or above.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:34:45 GMT Pluto loses status as a planet

Astronomers meeting in the Czech capital have voted to strip Pluto of its status as a planet.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:00:04 GMT

Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story - Part 9 • The Muj brothers

Jill's two guards watch cartoons and the Koran channel. But tension grows as she becomes more desperate.

A weaker US hand in the Mideast

With American leverage perceived to be waning, Iran and others have more room to move in.

2006 voter turnout: Prospects high

A $1 million prize, early voting, and the moving back of elections are all aimed at increasing turnout.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:32:44 GMT

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT ‘Morning After’ Pill Is Cleared for Wider Sales

The Food and Drug Administration today approved over-the-counter sales of the “morning-after” contraceptive pill to women 18 and older.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT Some in G.O.P. Say Iran Threat Is Played Down

Some Republicans are voicing anger that American spy agencies have not issued more ominous warnings about Iran.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT Stem Cell News Could Intensify Political Debate

A new technique seems to remove the principal objection to stem cell research.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:58:59 GMT

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:00:00 EST Taking measure of No Child Left Behind

According to a new Gallup Poll, 58 percent of Americans believe the five-year-old No Child Left Behind law has either harmed or had no effect on schools, compared withjust over a quarter who believe it has helped. And while most people approve of NCLB's goal of raising standardized test scores, few seem to support its methods. "Systematically, the public rejects every strategy in it," said Lowell Rose, director of the poll, which is jointly authored by Gallup and the Phi Delta Kappa teachers' association.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:00:00 EST Q&A with Spike Lee: When the Levees Broke

Dead bodies floating in putrid water, sick people suffering in a sewage-filled Superdome, an airport terminal-turned-emergency hospital ward. This week, director Spike Lee resurrects the images broadcast one year ago in a new documentary, When the Levees Broke, which chronicles Hurricane Katrina from start to disastrous aftermath, adding a host of new voices to familiar images. Lee takes his cameras inside FEMA-provided trailers for the displaced; he talks with victims who have contemplated suicide; he even offers videoconference footage of President Bush being briefed by hurricane experts about the enormity of Katrina's threat just before it struck. Spike Lee, now in the 20th year of his directing career, traveled to New Orleans nine times to make the film.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:00:00 EST Bush on Katrina media push

The battle over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina has been joined--again.

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:41:04 GMT

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:38:16 GMT Astronomers say Pluto is not a planet (AP)

AP - Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:10:46 GMT Envoys: Iran offer likely to be rejected (AP)

AP - The six world powers studying Iran's response to their offer of nuclear negotiations will likely reject Tehran's terms for talks because they do not even touch on the possibility of freezing uranium enrichment, diplomats said Thursday.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:37:31 GMT FDA eases limits on morning-after pill (AP)

AP - Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription — but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health officials decided Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration ruling culminated a contentious three-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:41:04 GMT

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:31:38 -0400 Merkel: Iran's Response Comes Up Short

Merkel Says Iranian Nuclear Response Appears Unsatisfactory; Is Missing 'Decisive Sentence'

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:39:28 -0400 Top Five Least Known and Most Oppresive Leaders

They May Not Be Household Names, But They Exact a World of Pain

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:23:29 -0400 White House Softens Iran Nuclear Response

Pressure From Europeans Changed Administration's Tone, Officials Say

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:59:00 GMT

2006-08-24T00:00+00:00 Algerian 'should be deported'

Ruling on man cleared of involvement in supposed 'ricin plot' will affect government's ability to deport 15 other Algerian terror suspects.

2006-08-24T00:00+00:00 Pluto loses planet status

Astronomers vote to create first scientific definition of the word 'planet' - and Pluto does not make the cut.

2006-08-24T00:00+00:00 Kidnapped girl 'found alive after eight years'

World: 18-year-old discovered in Vienna believed to be abducted schoolgirl who was kept in cellar as sex slave.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:32:44 GMT

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:27:16 EDT Solar system loses a planet

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Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:56:34 EDT Schools evacuated after blast at bomb plant

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Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:14:22 EDT JonBenet suspect ran daycare in his home

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