Afghanistan wants U.S. troops prosecuted; "Afghanistan's parliament has approved a motion calling for the government to prosecute the U.S. soldiers responsible for a deadly road crash that sparked the worst riots in Kabul in years, officials said Wednesday." Congress hit with 10,000 bricks in campaign to build fence along entire southern border; "Over 10,000 bricks have been mailed to Senate and Houses offices in a campaign to support the construction of a fence along the entire southern border to prevent illegal immigration." Senior official: Military files contradicted Marine claims; "A military investigator uncovered evidence in February and March that contradicted repeated claims by Marines that Iraqi civilians killed in Haditha last November had been the victims of a roadside bomb, according to a senior military official in Iraq." Congressman Tried to Hide Papers, Justice Dept. Says; "The Justice Department yesterday vigorously defended the recent weekend raid of Rep. William J. Jefferson's Capitol Hill office as part of a bribery investigation, asserting that the Democratic lawmaker attempted to hide documents from FBI agents while they were searching his New Orleans home last August." Zimbabwe: Satellite images provide shocking evidence of the obliteration of a community; "Amnesty International today released the first-ever satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe -- providing the clearest possible evidence to date of the devastating impact of the Zimbabwean government's policy of house demolitions." Gore: Bush is 'renegade rightwing extremist'; he's not stating something we didn't already know. ElBaradei: Iran not an immediate nuclear threat; the head of a UN watchdog group warns the world to keep from "jumping the gun" when it comes to erroneous information about North Korea and Iran and asks people to not make the same mistakes the US did with Iraq. As Hurricane Season Looms, States Aim to Scare; "Cities are circulating storm-preparation checklists, counties are holding hurricane expositions at shopping malls and states are dangling carrots like free home inspections and tax-free storm supplies in hopes of conquering complacency." Helen Thomas calls new Bush aide 'contemptible,' tangles with Tony Snow; "Helen Thomas, doyenne of the White House press corps, tangles with Tony Snow at today's briefing over President Bush's appointment of Karl Zinmeister as domestic policy adviser." Spanish version of US national anthem debuts at Ellis Island; "A controversial Spanish version of the US national anthem was given its first live performance at Ellis Island -- the former immigration gateway to the United States."Tags: [Spanish version of US national anthem debuts at Ellis Island], [A controversial Spanish version of the US national anthem was given its first live performance at Ellis Island -- the former immigration gateway to the United States], [Nuestro Himno], [As Hurricane Season Looms, States Aim to Scare], [Stay Alert Stay Alive], [Mississippi], [Florida], [save-yourselves approach], [Iran not an immediate nuclear threat], [Mohamed ElBaradei], [International Atomic Energy Agency], [U.N. nuclear watchdog agency], [Monterey Institute of International Studies], [Gore: Bush is 'renegade rightwing extremist'], [If you have a renegade band of rightwing extremists who get hold of power, the whole thing goes to the right], [Zimbabwe: Satellite images provide shocking evidence of the obliteration of a community], [Amnesty International], [policy of house demolitions], [Kolawole Olaniyan], [Congressman Tried to Hide Papers, Justice Dept. Says], [Court Filing in Response to Jefferson Lawsuit Defends Raid], [the Democratic lawmaker attempted to hide documents from FBI agents while they were searching his New Orleans home last August], [Rep. William J. Jefferson], [Senior official: Military files contradicted Marine claims], [Haditha, Iraq], [Col. Gregory Watt], [enough inconsistencies that things didn't add up], [Congress hit with 10,000 bricks in campaign to build fence along entire southern border], [Over 10,000 bricks have been mailed to Senate and Houses offices in a campaign to support the construction of a fence along the entire southern border to prevent illegal immigration], [Helen Thomas calls new Bush aide 'contemptible,' tangles with Tony Snow], [Helen Thomas, doyenne of the White House press corps, tangles with Tony Snow at today's briefing over President Bush's appointment of Karl Zinmeister as domestic policy adviser], [Afghanistan wants U.S. troops prosecuted], [parliament has approved a motion calling for the government to prosecute the U.S. soldiers responsible for a deadly road crash that sparked the worst riots in Kabul in years], [Saleh Mohammed Saljuqi]
