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AP - Spraying flu vaccine into the noses of babies and preschoolers offers significantly more protection than shots, says one of the largest comparisons of flu inoculations ever performed. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has said that "dignity of work" would be guaranteed in the new Iraq even as workers abstained from May Day celebrations out of fear of violence. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Yahoo Inc. on Monday plans to unveil a new section aimed at helping consumers cope with the onslaught of new technology that's reshaping modern life. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Iran on Monday denied Baghdad's accusation that Iranian soldiers had shelled Kurdish positions on the Iraqi border and ventured five kilometers (three miles) into Iraq to attack Kurdish rebels. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Audiences hit the road with Robin Williams as his family-vacation romp "RV" opened at No. 1 with $16.4 million, while the acclaimed Sept. 11 drama "United 93" debuted with $11.6 million. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Three roadside bombs exploded in Baghdad on Monday, a national holiday in Iraq, police said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Kobe Bryant scored on a looping runner with seven-tenths of a second left in the fourth quarter to force overtime, and made a 17-footer as time expired to lift the Lakers to a 99-98 triumph over the Suns on Sunday. The victory also gave Los Angeles a 3-1 lead in the first-round Western Conference playoff series. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Under pressure from the United States, rebels in Sudan's Darfur region agreed to continue negotiations with the government after rejecting a peace proposal that would end a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people. Link To Original Article
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The Christian Science Monitor - At the small, crowded prisoner-tracking department of the Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR), tears often flow freely. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Pro-immigrant backers of a nationwide boycott set for Monday predict millions of immigrants will stay away from work, school and stores and rally in support of an overhaul of America's immigration laws. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - President Jalal Talabani met with representatives of seven armed groups and is optimistic they may agree to lay down their weapons, his office said Sunday. It was the first time a senior Iraqi official has acknowledged talks with insurgents. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Whenever minibus driver Hussein Khalaf starts his engine he wonders whether it will be his last run through Baghdad. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Chances of a peace agreement for Sudan's Darfur region looked slim on Monday despite a 48-hour extension to negotiations, observers said, citing rebel inflexibility. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Workers around the world held May Day rallies Monday to press for better factory conditions and higher wages in mostly peaceful marches, while activists in the Philippines and Belarus used the holiday to show their opposition to their governments in tense protests watched by police. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Iraq's president said on Sunday he and U.S. officials had met with insurgents and that a deal with some groups to end violence could be reached. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - Former Florida University professor Sami al-Arian was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison on Monday, after which he will be deported for helping the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - After three weeks of negotiations, Israel's leader put together a coalition government Monday that backs his plan to pull out of parts of the West Bank and draw Israel's final borders by 2010. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday defended the Bush administration's Iraq war planning after her predecessor, Colin Powell, said he had made a case to send more troops to deal with the war's aftermath. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Suspected Islamic militants shot dead at least 35 Hindus in Indian-administered Kashmir ahead of crucial talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri separatists, officials and police said on Monday. Link To Original Article
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AP - A sodium tank exploded at a paper factory in northern India on Monday, sparking a blaze that killed at least nine nightshift workers and trapped hundreds more, police said. One official said 15 people were killed. Link To Original Article
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