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Protestors march during a demonstration against the upcoming G8 summit in Rostock, Germany. The leaders of the G8 nations will be holding their annual summit in the historic Heiligendamm sea resort on June 6-8, 2007. (Photo by Jens Meyer / AP)

Protesters attack police after anti-G8 demo

Protesters threw stones and bottles and attacked police officers with sticks in the German port of Rostock after a largely peaceful demonstration against next week's Group of Eight summit.

Reuters

G8 protests

CNN

U.S. trying to open a dialogue with al-Sadr, commander says

The U.S. military is seeking talks with Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr directly and through the government of Iraq, according to a top American general.

McClatchy Newspapers

IAEA chief warns of 'crazies' seeking war in Iran

The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief warned against the “new crazies” advocating military action to halt Iran’s nuclear program and said he did not want to see another war like that in Iraq.

Khaleej Times

Baghdad mortar attacks kill 8; bridge damaged

A series of mortar barrages killed eight civilians and wounded 25 others in a Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad, police said, while a strategic bridge was damaged by a bomb in northern Iraq.

U.S. News & World Report

Several arrested in JFK airport plot

Several people have been arrested in connection with a plot against ground operations at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, CNN said.

Reuters

U.S. fires at terror suspects in Somalia

The destroyer USS Chafee fired its deck guns along the northern coast of Somalia at a few suspected "high-value terrorist targets" accused in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

MSNBC

Boat filled with Taliban sinks; 60 dead

CBS News

Lebanon keeps up siege on militants in Palestinian camp

Six Lebanese soldiers were killed during intense fighting as the army battled again to rout militants from a Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli, a military spokesman said.

CNN

Heavy fighting in Lebanon camp

Yahoo! News

NATION

Chinese vice premier dies at 68

Vice Premier Huang Ju, a key ally of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin who climbed the ranks of Shanghai politics to join the Communist Party's inner sanctum of power, died. He was 68.

CNN

Rice chides Spain for overtures to Cuba

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Cuba was on the verge of a "major transition,'' and chided Spain for doing business with Fidel Castro while not working more to support dissidents there.

Guardian

Pakistan's President Musharraf increasingly isolated

When Pakistani President Perez Musharraf survived back-to-back assassination attempts in 2003, he might have thought the worst lay behind him.

Toronto Star

POLITICS

Top Bush aide Bartlett resigns

Dan Bartlett, a key member of President George W. Bush's inner circle and an aide for him going back more than 13 years, announced he is resigning as White House counselor effective July 4.

Reuters

Edwards launches plan to increase ethanol use

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards unveiled an energy proposal that rivals plans by fellow candidates in the race toward boosting the use of ethanol in the United States.

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Dow Jones says it will consider options for sale

The family that controls Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal and one of the great names in American journalism, has announced that it would consider selling the company.

International Herald Tribune

U.S. markets hit highs, but world stocks are soaring

Small investors aren't eagerly swapping stock tips as they were in 1999. But it's a bull market all the same, and one that's global in scope.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Venus falls as Serena, Henin win on Day 6

Venus Williams was knocked out of the French Open, losing to fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the third round.

USA Today

A soaring LeBron lifts the Cavaliers

Minute after hypnotic minute, LeBron James lifted into the air, suspended in a stratosphere where only he could breathe and only he could see the basket.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Taking action to admit

UCLA tweaks its admissions process to stop the black student enrollment decline.

U.S. News & World Report

Alumni gives U. of Chicago $100M for low-income scholarships

A graduate of the University of Chicago gave an anonymous donation of $100 million to his alma mater, the latest in a series of massive gifts to colleges around the country.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Spam flows despite high-profile arrest

A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested, and federal authorities said computer users could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.

ABC News

Google photos stir a debate over privacy

A new online feature of Google Maps called Street View is stirring up a debate over privacy concerns on the Web.

Ledger

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Can humility save Africa's giant?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Daniel Levitin):

Beatles on the brain

Guardian

Column (Ruth Ostrow):

Text rage

The Australian

Column:

Veterans group comes out in favor of antiwar vet

Salon.com

Column (Ari Berman):

Hillary, Inc.

The Nation

Column (Robert Fisk):

The scar of Hariri's murder will never heal in Lebanon

London Independent

Column (David Morris):

Greed, yes; public good, no

Star Tribune

Column (Paul Campos):

The elites' war

Rocky Mountain News

Editorial:

Court no help on unequal pay

St. Petersburg Times

Editorial:

Are Lebanon's dozing leaders finally ready to get to work?

Daily Star

Editorial:

The future of warfare

Newsday

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GOOD NEWS

Role reversal

The world's heaviest man is inspiring others to lose weight.

BBC

In rural America, philanthropy thrives

Enthusiasm for rural giving springs in part from concern for the future of small towns.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Tropical storm brings rain to dry Fla.

Tropical Storm Barry brought heavy rain to a parched Florida, along with strong winds and heavy surf along the state's Gulf coast.

Houston Chronicle

Eight badly hurt In Baltimore prison fight

A fight broke out among inmates in a prison yard, injuring as many as 15 prisoners, some of them seriously, authorities said.

CBS News

California allows gay conjugal visits in prisons

Reuters

Kevorkian out of prison after 8 years

Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist dubbed "Dr. Death" for claims that he participated in at least 130 assisted suicides, left prison after eight years still believing people have the right to die.

ABC News

Kevorkian walks out of jail

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

IWC validates commercial whaling ban, condemns Japan's hunt

The International Whaling Commission re-authorized an existing moratorium on commercial whaling. A group of 26 pro-whaling nations, including Japan, did not vote.

Environment News Service

Whaling row washes over Japanese

BBC

Dutch to grow meat in lab

Dutch researchers are trying to grow pork meat in a laboratory with the goal of feeding millions without the need to raise and slaughter animals.

Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

A French collector with a rare eye

There can be genius in art collecting. It is mostly found among those who cast aside the received ideas of their time and broke loose from the conventions of the society into which they were born.

International Herald Tribune

TV kidney competition was a hoax

A Dutch TV contest which purported to show a dying woman choose a patient to receive her kidneys was a hoax.

BBC

Lucky stars

Ocean's Thirteen is the second sequel of a remake of a movie that was lightweight even by the standards of a lightweight era.

TIME

HEALTH

Sunlight exposure may increase lymphoma risk

In women, ultraviolet radiation exposure from time spent in the sun appears to boost the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Reuters

Should you have surgery for back pain?

Persistent back pain is one of the most common ailments, but surprisingly little has been known about how best to treat it.

U.S. News & World Report

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Post-Falwell, Religious Right still strong

U.S. evangelist Jerry Falwell has been laid to rest but it is premature to write the political obituary of the conservative Christian movement he once led.

Reuters

American Muslims seek new leadership

Muslim congregations in the United States are beginning to seek native imams who can talk about religious and social issues that seem relevant to young people, like dating and drugs.

International Herald Tribune

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