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Iran's New Leader Faces Questions on '79 Hostage-Taking
Washington Post - 10 hours ago By William Branigin and Robin Wright. The United States challenged Iran yesterday to answer questions about the reported involvement of the nation's new president in the 1979 seizure of American hostages in

All Eyes on Upcoming Comet Crash
Wired News - 2 hours ago Professional and amateur astronomers will team up this weekend to give the world a look at the upcoming crash between comet Tempel 1 and a washing machine-size projectile launched by NASA. The 4-mile-wide

Bush Calls For Doubling Africa Aid
CBS2 Chicago - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) With a pledge to fight disease and to promote legal protection for women, President Bush says he wants to more than double aid to Africa. �Across Africa, people who were preparing to die

Mars, Snickers bars 'poisoned'
Daily Telegraph - 32 minutes ago By BEN SHARKEY. ALL Snickers and Mars chocolate bars are to be withdrawn from sale in NSW amid fears seven contaminated bars are on the market. IIThe recall comes after Masterfoods, the company that owns the

This time the Ben and Jen story is true
Boston Globe - 3 hours ago By Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan, Globe Staff | July 1, 2005. It's official: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are married and are expecting their first child in November. Their publicists, Ken Sunshine and Nicole

After 2 Years on Ground, Shuttle Is Set to Fly in July
New York Times - 13 hours ago CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 30 - NASA will return the space shuttle Discovery to space in two weeks, after almost two and a half years on the ground since the loss of the shuttle Columbia, officials said Thursday.

Senate votes 54-45 to OK CAFTA
Miami Herald - 2 hours ago The US Senate approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement late Thursday by a vote of 54-45. Next, a vote must be taken in the House. BY JAMES KUHNHENN. WASHINGTON - Both Florida Senators, Republican

Rate up, and no end in sight to hikes
Chicago Tribune - 4 hours ago By William Neikirk. WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's statements are often more important for what they do not say. And what the Fed did not say Thursday moved the markets. Optimism had abounded in the stock

Time agrees to name confidential sources
San Francisco Chronicle - 4 hours ago Time magazine has agreed to surrender confidential documents demanded by a Washington special prosecutor, despite objections from the reporter who faced up to four months in jail for not complying with the court order.