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A narrowly divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local governments may take possession of people's homes and businesses against their will for private development. Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune analyzes the court ruling.

Voting in one of Iran's most heated presidential elections ended in a near tie between the country's top moderate candidate and former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and his conservative opponent Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Text of Downing Street Memo

The Times of London reported on May 1, 2005 about a 2002 confidential British memo describing how President Bush built his case for the Iraq war. The following is the text of the document, dubbed the "Downing Street memo."…

Eight candidates are running in Iran's presidential election Friday. Independent Television News reporter Lindsey Hilsum reports on the upcoming elections.