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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• INSURGENTS ATTACK SHIITE, KURDISH POLITICIANS
Insurgents launched a spate of attacks in the strife-ridden northern city of Baqouba, killing three people and wounding two others, hospital officials and witnesses said. Six guerrillas were also killed.

• Bush arrives in Ireland for EU-U.S. summit• 2 U.S. Marines killed in Afghanistan• Deadly bus bombing in Turkey• WP: Tactics surprise U.S. troops

POLITICS

• HOLDING HIS OWN
On many fronts, this has been a disastrous year for President Bush. Yet he’s tied with John Kerry.

• High-profile Dem Miller to address GOP• Hollywood stars come out for Kerry• Iacocca switches from Bush to Kerry• White House Derby: Watch out for Nader

U.S. NEWS

• CODES TURN APARTMENT GRILLERS INTO CRIMINALS
New fire codes are banning grilling on apartment and condominium balconies across the country, but not everyone is hot on the idea. By Alex Johnson.

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• Single in the city? Options abound• NBC: ‘Swarming season’ for killer bees• Bus driver complains of kids in KKK robes• Calif. weighs speedy killing of stray animals

TERRORISM & SECURITY

• U.K. RIPS U.S. OVER GITMO TRIALS
Britain’s top legal officer Friday slammed a U.S. plan to use military trials to prosecute detainees of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, calling the move “unacceptable.”

• Yemen says 46 anti-U.S. ‘rebels’ killed• Saudis denounce beheadings by militants• Border Patrol launches drone plane• Lebanese national charged in terror investigation

ENVIRONMENT

GREEN MACHINES | MORE

• NEW SPECIES FOUND IN EARTH'S 'REFRIGERATOR'
A new survey of the depths of the ice-capped Arctic Ocean has found five new species and could reveal a lost world of living fossils and other exotic new species from jellyfish to giant squid.

NOAA via AP

• Retiree to swim for reefs' sake• Hydrogen cars ready to roll — for a price• Worst national parks for air quality listed• How much habitat for vanishing species?

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

• PETERSON PROSECUTION FIGHTS BACK OVER WITNESS
Police said Friday that Scott Peterson’s lawyer tried to give jurors the false impression that authorities investigating the death of his pregnant wife conspired to hide a sympathetic witness.

• Justices let death sentences stand• Court reins in judges on sentencing• L.A. police beating under investigation• Judge delays Rudolph bombing trial

PECULIAR POSTINGS

• $60 MILLION TO SAY 'I DO'
An Indian steel tycoon reportedly paid $60 million for his daughter’s wedding — a six-day bash for 1,500 guests in France’s most sumptuous settings, including Versailles.

Reuters

• German men urged to have more sex• When vending machines attack• Biker sets ‘iron-butt’ record across U.S.

SPECIAL REPORT

• INSPECTOR GENERAL: ABUSE FAULT OF ‘BAD EGGS’
The Defense Department’s inspector general said Friday that abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison appeared to be the fault of a few soldiers whom he called “bad eggs.”

• Contractor allegedly beat Afghan detainee• Dead end for Abu Ghraib scandal?• Soldiers face charge in POW death• WashPost: Give-and-take on interrogation

WASHINGTONPOST.COM HIGHLIGHTS

• FOES OF U.S. IN IRAQ CRITICIZE INSURGENTS
Key Iraqi opponents of the U.S. occupation expressed unease Friday over the wave of insurgent attacks that killed more than 100 Iraqis a day earlier and rejected efforts by foreign guerrillas to take the lead in the insurgency and mate it with the international jihad advocated by Osama bin Laden.

• Battle for the holy cities• Outsider tries to shake 'spoiler' label• Cheney defends use of four-letter word• The sex scandal from outer space

SPECIAL REPORT

• ROMNEY URGES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, whose state is the only one to recognize gay marriages, urged passage of a constitutional amendment banning same sex unions.

NEWSWEEK NATIONAL NEWS

• 9/11: WHO WAS REALLY IN CHARGE?
Did Bush know Cheney had given orders to down airliners on September 11? The commission staff wonders—and remains at odds with both men over alleged Saddam-Al Qaeda ties.

• Politics: Agent Provocateur• Under the Hot Lights• 'My Life': Bill Clinton’s Self Portrait• Justice: Not-So-Hallowed Halls

SPECIAL REPORT

• Technology, politics behind elections

• L.A. POLICE BEATING UNDER INVESTIGATION
Los Angeles police officers who arrested a man suspected of driving a stolen car were shown in TV news footage repeatedly hitting him after it appeared he had surrendered. The incident is under investigation.

• Bus driver complains of kids in KKK robes• Hispanics most likely to drop out of college• Negro League players receive pension checks

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