Middle East
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It's back to chaos in Gaza as the Palestinian interior minister, an independent, resigns from the unity cabinet.
Ahead of a looming collapse of the ruling United Iraqi Alliance, Iraq's most powerful Shiite party dropped the word "revolution" from its name and changed its allegiance from Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to Najaf's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Some 4,000 U.S. troops have launched an intensive rescue operation south of Baghdad for three soldiers that al Qaeda claims to have captured.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired back at U.S. VP Dick Cheney, warning of "severe" consequences in the event of a U.S. attack. Behind the scenes, however, U.S.-Iranian cooperation over Iraq looks increasingly likely.
Europe
Over a million Turks gathered Sunday in the coastal city of Izmir to show their support for secular government.
France's conservative new president Nicolas Sarkozy is hitting the ground running. He's reportedly considering appointing a Socialist as his foreign minister, and has already met with union leaders on his proposed series of reforms.
Ahead of a high-level meeting Friday in Samara, Russia, EU leaders are badly split on how to deal with an increasingly aggressive Russian bear.
Asia
Pakistan's largest city is smoldering after two days of violent clashes between opposition groups and supporters of President Pervez Musharraf over the controversial sacking of the country's chief justice.
The Taliban's reclusive Mullah Omar confirmed the death of top military commander Mullah Dadallah but vowed to continue the jihad.
Polls closed in the Philippines, ending a midterm election season marked by sporadic violence and unrest.
Elsewhere
Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management will buy Chrysler for $7.4 billion.
A Nigerian communications satellite blasted into space on a Chinese rocket.
The U.S. military will begin enforcing an internal ban on YouTube, MySpace, and other video-heavy sites.
Today's Agenda
- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Moscow to smooth over a rough patch in U.S.-Russia relations.
- Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg kick off a four-day conference on climate change today in New York.
- Polio, tuberculosis, and bird flu are hot topics at the 60th World Health Assembly, which began today in Geneva.
- Managing world water supplies is Topic A at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's "OECD Forum" being held today and tomorrow in Paris ahead of the OECD's annual ministerial meeting later this week.
- Stamp prices go up in the United States to 41 cents.
- Tour de France winner Floyd Landis defends himself today before a three-member arbitration committee that will decide on whether he broke anti-doping rules.
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