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BUSH PROMOTES IRAQ WAR
President Bush launched a new, nationwide publicity today campaign promoting the war in Iraq. His first stop was Salt Lake City.

AWOL SOLDIER TURNS HIMSELF IN
22-year old Army Specialist Mark Wilkerson. Wilkerson, who had been AWOL for more than 18 months, turned himself in to authorities at Fort Hood. The Colorado Springs native served in the 720th Military Police Battalion in Iraq from March 2003-March 2004. He made the decision to refuse redeployment on moral grounds, and went AWOL when his request for Conscientious Objector status was denied by the Army late in 2004.

CANADA CONSIDERS SENDING TROOPS TO LEBANON

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ANNAN IN RAMALLAH
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan continued his tour of Middle East hot spots today, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah before heading off to neighboring Jordan.

ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE
The Israeli government refused to lift its blockade on Gaza, however, and continued its daily parade of military attacks. Manar Jibrin reports.

US TRIES TO OUST CHAVEZ

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NEW CONSTRUCTION MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA

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NO JUSTICE IN IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS

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IRAQ WAR COST: $1,075 PER PERSON
So far, the Iraq war has cost every American $1,075. That according to the non-profit National Priorities Project which has calculated the cost of the Iraq war by congressional district, city, state and even household. According to the group, if George Bush had never invaded Iraq, money directed to the war could have been used to hire 5 million teachers, fund 15 million four-year college scholarships, or construct 2.8 million units of affordable housing.

ISRAELI'S DEMAND OLMERT RESIGN

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PLAN B APPROVED
The US Food and Drug Administration today approved the over-the-counter sale of Plan B emergency contraceptive pills to women 18 and older. The drug can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Rebecca Myles reports.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is paying a visit to the rural Texas county of Willacy. He’s there to hale the opening of 500 new beds in an immigrant detention facility. The new beds, which are already at full capacity, are in tent domes built by private contractor Hale Mills. As Leigh Ann Caldwell reports, prison expansions add up to business for the prison industry.

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Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca is in its third month of a political crisis. A broad social movement, sparked by a public school teachers' strike over wages, has been pushing for the resignation if Governor Ulises Ruiz. Various elements of that movement have shut down highways, taken over five radio stations, burned more than a dozen buses, blocked off the city's historic center, seized government offices, and blockaded some tourists in their hotels. Governor Ruiz has so far refused to leave office, and the federal government, distracted by continuing controversy over the presidential election, has largely stayed out of the conflict.

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