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Leading the News
Violence Grips Tehran . . . Police used sticks and tear gas to force back thousands of demonstrators. Moussavi: “I am ready for martyrdom.”
New York Times
Wide Support for Public Insurance Option. . . Americans favor plan for government-run insurance to compete with private insurers, poll finds. New York Times
Scores Die in Iraq Truck Bombing . . . At least 67 killed as they left a mosque, just after PM urged Iraqis not to lose faith if a U.S. military pull-back sparked violence. Reuters
Politics
Drug Industry Agrees to Obama Health Plan . . . Will spend $80 billion over next decade improving Medicare drug benefits and defraying health legislation costs. Wall Street Journal
Obama Internal Oversight Officials Departing . . . Amtrak inspector general is third such official to leave under questionable circumstances. Boston Globe
Obama Power Grab Looks Like Bush's . . . administration attorneys adopt executive-authority and national-security rationales of their GOP predecessors. McClatchy Newspapers
Obama Trips Mix Policy, Politics . . . In first five months of term, president has followed timeworn path of going where votes matter most. Washington Post
Obama: Be a Better Dad Than Mine Was . . . President got a basketball, his name and ambition from his father. Little else.
Washington Times
National Security
Obama Continues Cautious Iran Strategy . . . Approach aims to further goal of talks with Tehran over nuclear program, links to terrorism, and other issues. Washington Post
Russia Says it Wants Deep Nuclear Arms Cuts . . . The price? U.S. must scale back missile defense plans. Financial Times
Some Gitmo Detainees Want to Stay . . . At least some of the 13 detainees accepted for resettlement by the island nation of Palau don't want to go there. Wall Street Journal
Taliban Infests Karachi . . . As Pakistani troops try to drive militants from Swat Valley, they must also root them out of the back alleys of Karachi. Bloomberg
Money
Inflation Fears Ease . . . Treasuries rise as report showing prices tumbled the most in six decades eased concern efforts to revive the economy would generate inflation. Bloomberg
Losing Jobs at Apple . . . CEO Steve Jobs, reported to have had liver transplant, should serve instead as visionary and technology evangelist when he returns, many say. Los Angeles Times
The Angus Burger is on The Way . . . McDonald's set to roll out a new sandwich stacking a third of a pound of quality beef.
Chicago Tribune
International
Berlusconi's Rule in Jeopardy . . . Revelations by starlet Barbara Montereale may lower the curtain on the Italian PM's career.
The Guardian
Life in North Korea Unveiled Through Internet . . . Palaces, labor camps and mass graves of those who starved. The Independent
Dozens Dead in Pakistan Clashes . . . At least 44 people have died in a series of clashes between government forces and Taliban militants in the northwest. BBC
Australian PM Under Fire . . . Kevin Rudd has challenged the opposition to prove claims that he abused his position to help a friend's car-dealing business. BBC
Self Rule Coming to Greenland . . . Greenlanders take another step towards independence from Denmark. BBC
Also Today. . .
New York Times Reporter Escapes Taliban . . . David Rohde escapes and makes his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity. New York Times
A Forgotten Tunnel Under Brooklyn . . . Legend is there's' a locomotive down there with papers of John Wilkes Booth, but NYC officials won't permit further digging. Los Angeles Times
Help Us or We'll Grow Opium, Say Afghans . . . Broken government promises of aid to farmers could result in a resurgence of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. Reuters
Surprise Prostate Cancer Result Probed . . . After advanced cases are reversed, researcher plan trial to test higher doses of drug and hope to start much larger tests. BBC
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Violent Protests Rock Tehran . . .
