Friday, June 29, 2007 - 9:17 AM
Middle East
Car bomb kills at least 20 in Iraq. Five U.S. soldiers killed on patrols in Baghdad.
Israeli President Moshe Katsav agrees to step down if rape charges against him are dropped.
Egypt puts an end to female circumcision.
Europe
The EU shows the U.S. some love, agreeing to continue to share banking records for counterterrorism purposes. This comes one day after the EU agrees to share passenger data for trans-Atlantic flights.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appoints Iraq war opponents to his cabinet.
London police defuse car bomb.
Americas
The Fed leaves key interest rates unchanged.
The U.S. Senate dashes President Bush's hopes for immigration reform.
The bald eagle lives on. Somewhere (in his studio, probably) Stephen Colbert sheds a tear of joy.
Elsewhere
The IAEA and North Korea reach agreement on how to monitor the closing of a major nuclear reactor.
Nearly one million affected by severe flooding in South Asia.
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