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Negotiators for the Palestinian Authority and Hamas may reach agreement by tomorrow in Egyptian- brokered talks aimed at stopping terrorist attacks against Israel, the authority's foreign minister, Nabil Sha'ath, said.

Iran didn't report some of its nuclear activities as required by the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and should allow more inspections of its facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said today on its Web site.

At least four U.S. military personnel were injured when Iraqi resistance forces attacked a convoy about 40 miles north of Baghdad, MSNBC reported.

Manufacturing in New York state expanded at a stronger-than-expected pace this month as orders and sales grew the most since January, a Federal Reserve report showed.

U.S. stocks rose before exchanges opened after a Federal Reserve survey showed that business is picking up for manufacturers in New York.

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Armor-mounted American troops swept through towns and villages west of Baghdad, arresting suspected resistance leaders and searching for outlawed weapons.

Egyptian mediators summoned all Palestinian militias Monday in a final push to persuade them to halt attacks on Israelis, but a Hamas leader said that "now is not the time for a truce" and Israel's foreign minister demanded the militias be crushed, not courted.

Federal officials say it could be months before they know why a charter fishing boat capsized in rough surf off the Oregon coast, killing at least nine people.

President Bush is placing renewed emphasis on spurring the lagging economy as he opens his drive for re-election this week with a burst of fund-raising appearances.

Hong Kong and China expect to sign on June 30 a free trade agreement intended to give ailing businesses a boost by promoting trade and investment, the territory's leader said Monday.

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency appealed to Iran on Monday to cooperate with additional inspections to prove the peaceful nature of its nuclear programs.

A recall campaign against Gov. Gray Davis backed by $800,000 from a conservative congressman seems poised to reach the ballot, and that possibility already has politicians scrambling.

Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating's expected resignation as head of a panel examining sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests was met with disappointment by church critics, while others said it wouldn't be a fatal setback to the probe.

Scientists say they've identified a flawed gene that appears to promote manic-depression, or bipolar disorder, a finding that could eventually help guide scientists to new treatments.

The threat of national deflation, an economically dangerous long-term slide in prices, rose anew Friday with a second monthly decline in wholesale costs.

Asian stock markets closed mixed Monday, with prices slumping in Tokyo on profit-taking.

Treasury yields turned mixed on Monday as early price gains were eroded by a surprisingly upbeat survey of manufacturing in the New York area.

The euro moved in tight ranges against the dollar ahead of U.S. economic data, but held firmly to gains on the Swiss franc which was knocked down by bearish comments from Swiss National Bank.

Warnings about corporate earnings may rain down on Wall Street this week, along with economic reports that could strengthen expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates soon.

For the first time in more than two years, there were more redemptions than new investments in authorized mutual funds in Hong Kong in April, according to data issued Monday by the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association.

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A storm has erupted in Italy after a senior government minister was quoted as saying that boats carrying illegal immigrants to Italy should be shot out of the water.

Police battling the latest wave of Islamic insurgency in Saudi Arabia have reportedly wounded and captured four suspects on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca.

Senior US defense officials are in Delhi to try to persuade India to send peacekeepers to Iraq.

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So concerned are U.S. officials about the growing vulnerability of America to the long-range missiles of countries like Iran, Syria and North Korea, that Washington last month instituted punitive sanctions against China over concerns Beijing was helping Iran in pursuing nuclear weapons and advanced missiles.

It’s become much easier to count the number of supporters who showed up for a Draft Gore rally in Gore's home state of Tennessee yesterday – just over 100.

NYC is wide awake with talk that ex-President Bill Clinton is looking to run for mayor, where he would hold elected office in the same state as his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A growing dispute between the United States and the European Union over the power and scope of the controversial International Criminal Court (ICC) is threatening to undermine further their already uneasy relations.

Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont has urged President Bush to avoid a traumatic national battle over the Supreme Court by consulting with him and other leading Democrats before choosing a nominee, should a vacancy occur.

State Duma deputies overwhelmingly approved a tax relief package the government says is crucial to meeting a presidential challenge to double the size of the economy by 2010.

HOLLYWOOD is staging a cover-up as public and political pressure for less sex and nudity prompts a shift towards more wholesome screen scenes.