Lebanon’s new president faces Hezbollah warns over disarmament
In Beirut Lebanon President Michel Suleiman begins his term with a ceremonial welcome. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah cautions against disarming the group, insisting its weapons guard Lebanon against Israel amid the new president’s call for dialogue on the issue. In Mosul, Iraqi youths claim forced training for suicide attacks by a Saudi militant, as UN and forces fear al Qaida in Iraq recruits more children.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hezbollah
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah
Michel Suleiman
Suleiman
Nasrallah
Israel
Baghdad
al- Qaida
Iraq
Mosul
United Nations
U.S
al-Qaida
Kamal Ali Hussein
Beichuan Becomes Site of New Tangjiashan Lake Crisis
Flood fears rise as Tangjiashan lake near Beichuan grows behind quake debris. Soldiers with explosives prepare to clear the blockage and drain water while storms threaten weakened dams and more spillovers. Death toll climbs toward 80,000 with thousands evacuated.
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Anxian
China
Beichuan
Sichuan
Tangjiashan
Xinhua
Qingzhu
Beichuan County
Tangjiashan Lake
Phoenix Mars Lander begins digging mission planning
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spent its first full day in the Martian arctic plains checking instruments for a digging mission to study past habitability. Engineers aim to deploy an 8 foot arm to scoop soil and seek buried ice beneath polygon shaped crust.
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Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Phoenix
Arctic
Mars
Peter Smith
University of Arizona
Tucson
Barry Goldstein
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Mission
Ray Arvidson
Washington University
St. Louis
Kennedy sails in Cape boat race after cancer biopsy
Sen Edward Kennedy helms his sailboat Mya in the Figawi regatta from Nantucket to Hyannis on Memorial Day. He had undergone a brain biopsy a week earlier and is accompanied by wife Vicki, Sen Christopher Dodd, and Kennedy relatives Patrick Edward Jr and Caroline Raclin. Kennedy praised the day as wonderful as onlookers and reporters greeted him at the Hyannis dock.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Edward Kennedy
Nantucket
Hyannis
Massachusetts Democrat
Island
Cape Cod
Nantucket Sound
Vicki
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
Patrick
Edward Jr
Caroline Raclin
Kennedy
Brain pacemakers hope to treat depression and OCD
Brain implants delivering deep brain stimulation show early promise against severe mood disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder. Studies from Cleveland Clinic Brown University and Leuven report remission in some depression patients and substantial improvements in many OCD cases over three years.
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Say
Cleveland Clinic
Brown University
Belgium
University of Leuven
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