The Senate approves a $120 billion war funding bill, sending the hotly debated measure to the White House for President Bush’s signature.

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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to resign at the end of June, bank directors announced in a written statement.

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The Rev. Jerry Falwell has died at age 73, The Associated Press reports.

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Televangelist Jerry Falwell is being given CPR after being found unconcious and taken to a Virginia hospital, Falwell assistant Ron Godwin says

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UPDATE BY BRENDAN, 1:41 PM: Rev. Falwell has died, according to the AP. May he rest in peace.

Five U.S. soldiers have been killed and three others are missing after an attack about 20 miles south of Baghdad, the U.S. military says.

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Russia’s ambassador to Costa Rica and seven other people have been taken hostage at the country’s embassy by an armed man, The Associated Press reports.

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Cameroon state radio says Kenya Airways jet with more than 100 people aboard has crashed, wire services report.

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A judge has sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in Los Angeles County jail for violating her probation on a reckless driving charge.

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been placed under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service, reportedly because of a threat against him, the Secret Service said Thursday.

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President Bush vetoes a war spending bill which includes a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, the White House announces.

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“Multiple shootings” at Ward Parkway Shopping Center in Kansas City, Missouri, police department spokeswoman says.

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The U.S. Senate has voted to approve a war funding bill that includes an Iraq troop withdrawal timetable. The measure now goes to President Bush, who has vowed to veto it.

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Nine U.S. soldiers were killed in a bombing in Diyala province near a patrol base, the U.S. military confirms. Twenty more U.S. troops and an Iraq soldier were reportedly injured.

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Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died, Russian news agencies report.

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The pilot of a U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 jet that crashed at an air show in South Carolina is dead, the Beaufort County coroner says.

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