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�?Iran Says It Will Keep Its Nuclear Program - Washington Post
A defiant Iran said Tuesday that it is determined to hold on to all aspects of its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment, and lashed out at the United States and Europe for trying to limit its efforts.
�?Iraqi Gov't Sworn in Amid Wave of Violence - ABC News
The first democratically elected government in the history of Iraq was sworn in Tuesday against a backdrop of surging violence, and the new Shiite prime minister pledged before a half-empty parliament that he would unite the country's rival ethnic factions and fight terrorism.

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
�?Hamas protest forces Abbas to free gunman - London Telegraph
Hamas, the radical Palestinian group, won a crucial test of strength with the Palestinian Authority yesterday when it secured the release of a gunman arrested for allegedly firing rockets at Israel.

Inside the United States
�?Fed Raises Rates by Quarter-Point - Fox News
As expected, the Federal Reserve Tuesday raised its bellwether federal funds rate target by a quarter-percentage-point to 3 percent from 2.75 percent, its eighth increase in a row.
�?Official Likens Base Closings to Tsunamis - AP
New U.S. military base closings "will be tsunamis in the communities they hit," the chairman of the commission that will help decide which facilities survive said Tuesday as his panel met for the first time.
�?Feds Sound New Warning About Marijuana Use - AP
Youngsters who use marijuana are more likely to develop serious mental health problems, the government said Tuesday. A private group said law enforcement increasingly is targeting people who smoke and deal the drug.
�?House, Senate agree on billion war spending bill - USA Today
House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday on a measure that would provide $82 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan and a nearly tenfold increase in the death benefit for survivors of troops killed in combat zones.
�?Fla. Judge OKs Abortion for 13-Year-Old - Netscape News
Juvenile Judge Ronald Alvarez on Monday ruled that the teen, who has been in state custody for four years, would not be physically or emotionally harmed by the procedure. Last week, Alvarez blocked the girl's abortion until a psychological evaluation was completed.

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�?Benin Christian Missionaries' Children Kidnapped And Possibly "Sacrificed" - Worthy News
Voodoo leaders in a rural area of the African nation of Benin have attacked Christian missionaries and kidnapped their two young children to kill and "sacrifice" them to a voodoo god, sources told BosNewsLife Tuesday, May 3.

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