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[/url]Reuters - The top U.S. military officer on Tuesday defended Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld against three retired generals demanding his ouster, and denied that the United States invaded Iraq without sufficiently weighing its plan. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - A bomb has ripped through a vegetable market in northeastern Sri Lanka, killing 13 people in the latest of a series of blasts which have cast a cloud over upcoming peace talks. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Australia made a solid start as they sought to chase down a target of 307 after dismissing Bangladesh cheaply on the fourth day of the first Test. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Shiite politicians failed Tuesday to resolve the deadlock over their candidate for prime minister, which is blocking formation of a new government. A bomb exploded on a minibus in a Shiite area, killing three people and underscoring Iraq's grave security crisis. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Pump prices for gasoline are rising and likely will average about a 25 cents a gallon more than last summer, but not enough to keep people home. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - A doctor in Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) denied five charges of failing to comply with orders when he refused to go to Iraq because he believed military action there was unlawful. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Center-left challenger Romano Prodi claimed an outright electoral victory Tuesday over Premier Silvio Berlusconi before official results were in, but the slim margin could return Italy to political paralysis and instability. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Ibrahim al-Jaafari's stubborn fight to stay on as Iraq's prime minister looked all but over on Tuesday after a party in his main Shi'ite alliance offered to name a replacement to break a four-month-old political deadlock. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The Israeli Cabinet declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon permanently incapacitated on Tuesday, officially ending his five-year tenure. Link To Original Article
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[/url]USATODAY.com - President Bush acknowledged for the first time Monday that he ordered declassification of parts of a prewar intelligence report on Iraq to counter critics who charged he manipulated intelligence to justify the war. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Students at a crowded school in eastern Afghanistan were studying outside when a rocket slammed into the schoolyard on Tuesday, killing six children and wounding 14 people. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told an official inquiry he knew nothing about huge kickbacks paid to Saddam Hussein's Iraq despite 21 diplomatic warnings which were sent to his office. Link To Original Article
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[/url]The Christian Science Monitor - The train arrives with a rush of cool air and on time, and passengers walk on board in an orderly fashion and settle down into the clean stainless-steel seats. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - A bomb attack on a small bus killed three people in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Along with ads for bottled water and iTunes, a new campaign has begun appearing on the online social networking hub MySpace.com. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The Australian media heaped scorn on the performances of two senior ministers at an official inquiry into a scandal over huge bribes paid to Saddam Hussein's Iraq by the nation's monopoly wheat exporter. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Keith Urban won video of the year and Carrie Underwood of "American Idol" was the only double winner at the Country Music Television awards show Monday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - US-led coalition forces need to stay put in Iraq for another three to five years to secure the insurgency-wracked country's stability and stave off ethnic tensions, an Iraqi general said. Link To Original Article
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AP - An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her cane across Foothill Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley when the light was green, but was unable to make it to the other side before it turned red. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Australia's foreign minister told an official inquiry on Tuesday he had been unaware of persistent diplomatic reports that the country's monopoly wheat exporter was allegedly paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Link To Original Article
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