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Aristide Seeks Help As Rebels Capture Another Town

By PBS News Hour

Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is calling for international assistance in ending the conflict between rebels and armed government supporters that has raged across parts of the island nation for 12 days.

Disney Board Rejects Comcast’s Buyout Bid

By PBS News Hour

The Walt Disney Co. board of directors late Monday unanimously rejected Comcast's $54 billion, all-stock offer to take over the company, saying the offer was too low.

Roadside Bombs Kill Two U.S. Soldiers in Iraq; Governing Council Meets

Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers in separate attacks Monday in Baghdad and a city northeast of the capital, while the Iraqi Governing Council met to discuss prospects for a handover of power from U.S. administrators to Iraqis.

Former Chechen Leader Killed in Qatar Bomb Blast

By PBS News Hour

Former Chechen President Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, suspected of having terrorist ties and wanted by Moscow, died Friday after an explosion ripped apart his car in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, police said.

Bush Campaign Launches Ad Attacking Kerry Special Interest Record

For the first time, President Bush's reelection campaign directly criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry Thursday in a Web video that called the Massachusetts senator "unprincipled."…

Drugs and Sports

The trainer for the San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds was among the people indicted earlier this week in a federal steroid sting. Spencer Michels looks at the challenges new sophisticated performance-enhancing drugs are presenting in policing the Olympics and…

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Abizaid Convoy Attacked; Timing of Elections Still Uncertain

By Admin

The U.S. commander in the Middle East, Gen. John Abizaid, escaped unharmed from a rocket-propelled grenade attack on his convoy Thursday in the turbulent city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad.

Inside the Vatican

Jeffrey Brown visits the Vatican and speaks with John Allen, Rome correspondent for National Catholic Reporter, about the 25th anniversary of the John Paul II papacy, the heath of the pope and the issues facing his successor.

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Media Battle

Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable operator, launched an unsolicited bid to merge with Walt Disney. Jim Lehrer and media experts discuss the implications of a Comcast-Disney union for consumers and whether the federal government should try to intercept a…

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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 47 in Second Deadly Attack

A suicide attacker detonated a car packed with explosives in a crowd of Iraqis outside a Baghdad army recruiting center Wednesday, killing at least 47 people in the second bombing in two days targeting Iraqis working with U.S. occupation forces.