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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS U.N. to Resume Relief Shipments to Burma Burma's ruling military junta today impounded United Nations food shipments bound for the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta, forcing a temporary suspension of U.N. aid deliveries. A U.N. official later said shipments would resume tomorrow, and the United States said it has received approval to fly in... (By Amy Kazmin, Colum Lynch and William Branigin, The Washington Post) Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Several Beirut Neighborhoods (By Alia Ibrahim and Robin Wright, The Washington Post) McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer (By Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post) Storm Carves Path of Destruction in Stafford County (By Michael Laris, Howard Schneider and Raymond McCaffrey, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidenti... (By Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post) 39 Republicans Join Democrats As Mortgage Bill Passes House (By Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post) Obama Seeks To Unify Party For November Meanwhile, Clinton Gives No Hint She'll Surrender (By Shailagh Murray and Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post) ANALYSIS: Don't Expect Clinton to Quit Before Superdelegates Decide (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) 'Blue Dog' Democrats Join GOP in Opposing War Bill (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NATION Negotiators Agree on Farm Bill, but Bush Vows to Veto It House and Senate negotiators yesterday reached final agreement on a new farm bill that will spend close to $300 billion on nutrition, conservation, energy and farm subsidy programs over the next five years, but administration officials immediately announced that President Bush will veto it. (By Dan Morgan, The Washington Post) 'Blue Dog' Democrats Join GOP in Opposing War Bill (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) Respiratory Illness Rose in Children After Katrina Hit (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post) Judge Plans To Review Opinion on CIA Tactics (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) U.S., Russia Each Order Expulsion Of Officials (The Washington Post) More Nation Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Several Beirut Neighborhoods BEIRUT, May 9 -- Gunmen from the Shiite Hezbollah movement seized control of several downtown Beirut neighborhoods Friday as the number of people killed in three days of fighting rose to at least 11. (By Alia Ibrahim and Robin Wright, The Washington Post) Mexico's Police Chief Is Killed In Brazen Attack by Gunmen (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) U.N. to Resume Relief Shipments to Burma Junta Allows One U.S. Aid Flight to Land Monday (By Amy Kazmin, Colum Lynch and William Branigin, The Washington Post) Medvedev: Russian Military Gaining in Strength, Power Russian President Presides Over First Public Ceremony in Red Square (By Peter Finn, The Washington Post) U.S.: Man Held is Not Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (By Sholnn Freeman and Zaid Sabah, The Washington Post) More World Looking Past the Capital City The recent opening of the Washington Nationals' baseball stadium culminated a decade of panoramic change in the District, one in which downtown and an array of long-forlorn neighborhoods blossomed. (By Paul Schwartzman, The Washington Post) Rhee Dismisses Principal of School That Her Children Attend (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) Going With The Glow With a 6,000-Volt Palette, A Swiss Artist Transforms A Washington Landmark (By Paul Farhi, The Washington Post) Poorest Would Be Hurt by Tax Hikes Group Criticizes Va. Transportation Funding Proposals (By Eric M. Weiss, The Washington Post) Police Union Says Fenty Unwelcome Invitation to Event Withdrawn Over Response to Shooting (By David Nakamura and Allison Klein, The Washington Post) More Metro 39 Republicans Join Democrats As Mortgage Bill Passes House The House yesterday approved an ambitious plan to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them trade exotic loans with rapidly rising monthly payments for more affordable mortgages backed by the federal government. (By Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post) Oil Lobby Reaches Out to Citizens Peeved at the Pump (By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Washington Post) Future Shock: Ford Optimistic, Toyota Forecasts Gloom Japanese Carmaker Predicts Profit Dip (By Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post) Icahn prepared to buy Circuit City if Blockbuster can't (By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP) McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer (By Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post) More Business Losses and Static For Radio One Urban broadcaster Radio One yesterday said it lost $18.3 million in the first three months of the year, as a slump in national advertising sales overshadowed company efforts to revamp operations and hire on-air talent. (By Anita Huslin, The Washington Post) Security Fix Live (Brian Krebs, washingtonpost.com) New Kid on the Blox (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) Best Buy Announces Joint Venture in Britain Deal Part of Bid to Expand in Europe (By Steve Karnowski, The Washington Post) More Technology A Net Loss For Washington Olie Kolzig, the Capitals goaltender through some of the best and worst moments in the team's history, confirms that he has played his final game for the franchise that drafted him in 1989. (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) For Fisher, Cheers, Tears And Boos (By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post) Avalanche, Quenneville Go Separate Ways (AP) NASCAR Claims Electrical Fire Caused Fatal Plane Crash (AP) Federer Upset in Rome Masters (By ANDREW DAMPF, AP) More Sports A Vivid Spectrum of Commentary Though 15 days shy of graduation, Benjamin Jurgensen is enjoying the kind of success his Corcoran College of Art and Design peers can only pray for. Over the past few years, Jurgensen has contributed intriguing sculptures to several important group exhibitions, including Project 4's uneven, if... (By Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post) 'Vegas' Hits the Jackpot Kutcher, Diaz Come Up Winners in Deft Comedy (By Stephen Hunter, The Washington Post) Going With The Glow With a 6,000-Volt Palette, A Swiss Artist Transforms A Washington Landmark (By Paul Farhi, The Washington Post) A Voice to Still All His Others NFL Legend Discloses His Painful Struggle With a Mental Disorder (By Teresa Wiltz, The Washington Post) New Law Takes Step To Latino Museum (By Jacqueline Trescott, The Washington Post) More Style U.S. Women's Soccer Women's soccer team forward Heather O'Reilly discusses Saturday's exhibition game against Canada at RFK Stadium and what's in store for the Beijing Olympics in August. (Heather O'Reilly, washingtonpost.com) Burma: Desperation Mounts Military Junta Today Impounded U.N. Food (Suzanne DiMaggio, washingtonpost.com) The 'Lost' Hour (Jen Chaney and Liz Kelly, washingtonpost.com) On TV Reality, Non-Reality and Everything In-Between (Lisa de Moraes, washingtonpost.com) Real Estate Live (Maryann Haggerty and Elizabeth Razzi, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions Plow It Under AFTER WEEKS of wheeling and dealing, a House-Senate conference committee has finally produced a farm bill. And what an unlovely creation it is. The nearly $300 billion, five-year legislation brims with subsidies for everything from biofuels to historic-barn preservation. It includes a dubious sug... (The Washington Post) Zimbabwe's Terror Will no one act to stop Robert Mugabe's attack on his own people? (The Washington Post) Unready in the Capital Washington Hospital Center has a plan to handle a medical catastrophe -- but not the federal funds it needs. (The Washington Post) |
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