Monday, June 25, 2007 - 7:33 AM
Middle East

Chemical Ali, Saddam Hussein's cousin, was sentenced to hang along with two other men convicted of war crimes.
A suicide bomber struck at Sunni tribal leaders who were meeting in a hotel near Baghdad's Green Zone.
This is "clear and hold"? Al Qaeda mostly fled before the sweep operations in Baquba, and Iraqi forces can't hold the cleared territory.
In Lebanon, an explosion killed six U.N. peacekeepers from the Spanish army.
Asia
North Korea confirmed that it has received its $25 million and that it will move to shut down the Yongbyon reactor as agreed. The devil is now in the details.
Japan's sushi chefs are running out of tuna. Is it Europe's fault?
NATO has killed more civilians in Afghanistan than the bad guys have, the BBC reports. And now, NATO is even killing civilians in Pakistan.
Japanese banks are putting the financial squeeze on Iran.
Europe
Alan Johnston, a BBC reporter who was kidnapped in Gaza over three months ago, appeared in a hostage video wearing a belt of explosives.
Has the European project been saved?
Tony Blair formally handed the Labor Party leadership over to Gordon Brown, his successor as British prime minister.
Elsewhere
Time for higher interest rates? Citing creeping inflation and global trade imbalances, the Bank for International Settlements warned that central bans may need to tighten the money supply.
Yale professor David Gelernter argues that "it is hugely unlikely, though not impossible, that a conscious mind will ever be built out of software."
Despite heavy lobbying by top executives from Google and Microsoft, Congress isn't budging on allowing more H1-B visas.
The number of African-Americans joining the U.S. military is down sharply.
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