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    Al-Qaida Links Jordan Bombings to Iraq War (AP)

AP - Al-Qaida claimed responsibility Thursday for three suicide bomb
 attacks on Western hotels that killed at least 56 people, linking the
 deadly blasts to the war in Iraq and calling Amman the "backyard
 garden" for U.S. operations. Police continued a broad security lockdown
 and authorities sent DNA samples for testing to identify the attackers.
 Land borders were reopened after being closed for nearly 12 hours.

    French Violence Falls Sharply Overnight (AP)

AP - Violence in France fell sharply overnight, the police chief said
 Thursday, one day after the government toughened its stance by imposing
 emergency measures and ordering deportations of foreigners involved in
 riots that have raged for two weeks.

    Iraq Bombers Target Police, Army Recruits (AP)

AP - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a restaurant frequented
 by Baghdad police, killing at least 33 people and seriously injuring
 19, while a car bomb killed seven army recruits in Saddam Hussein's
 hometown, police said.

    Defeat Raises Doubts About Blair's Future (AP)

AP - The House of Commons' vote to quash Tony Blair's anti-terror
 legislation dealt the prime minister his first-ever defeat -- an
 embarrassing setback that raises doubts about his political future.
 Blair had staked his authority on the plan to detain terror suspects
 for 90 days without charge and doggedly refused to compromise.

    Judith Miller Retires From The N.Y. Times (AP)

AP - Judith Miller, the New York Times reporter who was first lionized,
 then vilified by her own newspaper for her role in the CIA leak case,
 retired from the Times on Wednesday, declaring that she had to leave
 because she had "become the news."

    GM Stock Slips Further on Restatement News (AP)

AP - General Motors Corp. shares, already at 13-year lows, fell another
 3 percent Thursday in premarket trading after the world's largest
 automaker said it would restate its earnings for 2001 because an
 accounting error led it to overstate its 2001 profit by up to $400
 million.

    'Lost' Loses Another Main Character (AP)

AP - It would seem to be lights out for Shannon on "Lost." The spoiled
 Daddy's girl was apparently killed off Wednesday night as the ABC
 thriller made good on its promise to eliminate one of its characters.

    Security Guard Fired for Seeing Ghosts (AP)

AP - A judge ruled that a former security guard who was fired for seeing
 ghosts cannot be denied unemployment benefits.

    House Report on Palmeiro Due Out Thursday (AP)

AP - A House committee's report on whether former Baltimore Orioles
 slugger Rafael Palmeiro lied under oath when he denied taking steroids
 was to be released Thursday, a day after he publicly offered a possible
 explanation for his failed drug test.

    Al Qaeda claims Jordan blasts (Reuters)

Reuters - The Qaeda group led by America's deadliest foe in Iraq on
 Thursday claimed bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's
 capital and killed 57 people.

    Iraq's Qaeda claims Baghdad bombing: Web (Reuters)

Reuters - Iraq's al Qaeda said on Thursday it had carried out a suicide
 bomb attack at a Baghdad restaurant that killed 35 people, according to
 an Internet statement.

    US to North Korea: stop reactor now (Reuters)

Reuters - North Korea must halt its nuclear weapons program now to show
 it is taking negotiations on disarmament seriously, the United States
 said on Thursday on the second day of six-party talks in Beijing.

    Assad expects showdown with UN (Reuters)

Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad promised on Thursday to cooperate
 with a U.N. inquiry into the killing of a former Lebanese prime
 minister, but said Syria would not sacrifice its own national interest
 in the process.

    Iran may still be hiding atomic activity: Germany (Reuters)

Reuters - Iran is not being fully open with U.N. inspectors about its
 nuclear program and may still be hiding something from the
 international community, Germany's designated foreign minister said on
 Thursday.

    Zarqawi vows more Jordan attacks after hotel bombings (AFP)

AFP - The group of Al-Qaeda's Iraq frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed
 the Amman hotel bombings and vowed to pursue attacks on Jordan for
 providing a "protective wall" for Israel and US-led forces in Iraq.

    French urban violence on the wane after night of curfews (AFP)

AFP - The violence that has wracked France's city suburbs for two weeks
 has shown clear signs of being on the wane, as police reported another
 decrease in the number of overnight incidents.

    Indonesia says radical bombmaker Azahari dead (AFP)

AFP - Indonesia has confirmed that master bombmaker and Islamic radical
 Azahari Husin, one of Asia's top terror suspects and most wanted men,
 was killed after a shootout with police.

    US calls for North Korea to close reactor (AFP)

AFP - The United States has called for North Korea to act immediately in
 dismantling its nuclear weapons program, after the Stalinist regime put
 forward another go-slow approach at six-party talks in Beijing.

    Bank of England leaves key interest rate at 4.50 percent (AFP)

AFP - The Bank of England left its key interest rate steady at 4.50
 percent for the third month in a row.

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