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[/url]Reuters - Saddam Hussein and seven co-accused returned to court on Monday and proceedings focused on attempts to prove the ousted Iraqi president signed documents implicating him in crimes against humanity. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Saddam Hussein's trial met for an hour with the deposed Iraqi leader challenging the prosecution's claim that he had signed documents authorising the killing of 148 Shiite villagers. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Crude oil futures hit $70 a barrel for the first time in seven-and-a-half months Monday, pushed higher by concerns over declining gasoline stocks in the U.S., supply disruptions in Nigeria and tension over Iran's nuclear program. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Three civilians have been killed in overnight clashes between the Iraqi army and insurgents in Baghdad. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - From the cradle to the grave and most points between, obesity has found its niche in American marketing. Make that a wide berth. Baby seats, doorways and caskets are but a few examples from a long list of life's accouterments that are getting much bigger to accommodate much bigger people. There are also vacation resorts for those embarrassed to be seen in a bathing suit. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Iraq's new government will hopefully be in place by the end of the month, the country's foreign minister told the BBC. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Noelle's given birth in Afghanistan, California and dozens of points in between. She's a lifelike, pregnant robot used in increasing numbers of medical schools and hospital maternity wards. Link To Original Article
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[/url]USATODAY.com - Joshua Bolten, former director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, takes over a team battered by Iraq, low approval ratings and friction with Congress. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Bob and Harvey Weinstein returned to the box-office lead as "Scary Movie 4" debuted with $41 million, the first No. 1 opening for the new company founded by the former Miramax bosses. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Saddam Hussein and seven co-accused returned to court on Monday and proceedings focused on attempts to prove the ousted Iraqi president signed documents implicating him in crimes against humanity. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - More than 20,000 runners are expected to line up in Hopkinton for the start of the Boston Marathon, 26.2 miles away from the traditional bowl of beef stew, an olive wreath and a $100,000 first prize. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - At least one civilian was killed and seven wounded in a gunbattle Monday between insurgents and the Iraqi army in northern Baghdad, hospital officials said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - A Palestinian suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 60 others in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Monday in an attack a spokesman for the Islamic militant group Hamas called an act of "self-defense." Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up outside a fast-food restaurant in a bustling commercial area of Tel Aviv during the Passover holiday Monday, killing eight other people and wounding at least 49, police said. Israeli Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert said Israel would respond "as necessary." Link To Original Article
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[/url]The Christian Science Monitor - Amid slumping poll numbers for President Bush and defections of retired military brass and conservative heavyweights over the handling of the Iraq war, some of Washington's most effective insiders are reaching out to help the White House. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Iran will continue to enrich uranium, influential former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday, as concerns grow over possible U.S. military action against Tehran's nuclear program. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The political snarl over choosing Iraq's new government tightened Monday as Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's party indicated it was standing firm for him to keep the post for a second term despite opposition from Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Link To Original Article
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[/url]The Christian Science Monitor - He's known at the US military base here as Roger, from the radio lingo used in old American war movies that he watched to learn English. Like the other Iraqi interpreters working with the Americans, he is certain that if his identity were revealed he would be killed. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Senior Democrats sought to raise the heat on embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday as Republicans and the Pentagon came together to defend him and the way he has conducted the war in Iraq. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Military officials are investigating two clashes in which Afghan civilians and police may have been killed by U.S.-led coalition forces, authorities said Monday. Link To Original Article
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