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Full Text (437 words)The U.S. filed charges against alleged 9/11 leaders.
The capital charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other suspected al Qaeda conspirators must be approved at the Pentagon, starting a 30-day clock for each defendant's arraignment. Officials said they will seek the death penalty and hope to try all six together, but their lawyers may request separate trials.
A big issue hanging over the proceedings is torture. U.S. and international law ban evidence obtained by torture.
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Obama is favored to win primaries today in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and contests in Hawaii and Wisconsin next week. He and Democratic rival Clinton are about equal in delegates.
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Gates said he wants to temporarily halt the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq this summer, a move that's likely to reignite a war debate.
Car bombs targeted a meeting of U.S.-allied Sunni leaders in Baghdad, killing at least 22 civilians and wounding 42.
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Bush is expected to sign a stimulus plan as early as tomorrow, rejecting calls by Democrats for further measures to spur the economy.
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The Justice Department charged a U.S. analyst and a former Boeing engineer in separate cases of passing military secrets to China.
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Pakistan's generals are starting to distance themselves from Musharraf ahead of elections that opposition parties are expected to win.
Pakistani forces wounded and captured a senior Taliban figure in a firefight near the border with Afghanistan.
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An Afghan governor escaped an apparent assassination attempt after a bomb exploded by his vehicle convoy.
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Israel threatened to assassinate Hamas leaders responsible for rocket attacks on border towns and warned that it could bring down the Gaza regime.
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East Timor declared a state of emergency after a failed coup attempt left the president in "extremely serious" condition with gunshot wounds.
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An autopsy study of younger adults who died from unnatural causes found many had clogged arteries, suggesting that heart disease may be on the rise.
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Armed robbers stole four 19th-century paintings valued at about $163 million from a Swiss museum, in one of Europe's biggest art thefts.
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Ahmadinejad vowed not to slow Iran's nuclear program in a speech marking the anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
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Chad's prime minister blamed the influx of Darfur refugees for tensions with Sudan and demanded their transfer.
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A first-class stamp will soon cost a penny more, rising to 42 cents on May 12.
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Astronauts attached Europe's new science lab to the international space station.
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Died: Rep. Tom Lantos, 80, 14-term California Democrat and the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, of cancer.
