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U.S. Readies for Basketball World Championships

The basketball world championship takes place in Japan next month. A team led by young NBA superstars Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Carmelo Anthony will try to put the U.S. back at the top of the world's basketball heap.

U.S. Readies for Basketball World Championships

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Analysis

U.S. Pressures Syria Through Regional Friends

The Bush administration realizes that Syria is one key to a peaceful resolution of the current conflict in the Middle East. But the president has so far refused to talk directly with the government in Damascus. Instead, the U.S. has decided to try and put pressure on Syria through other Mideast governments.

U.S. Pressures Syria Through Regional Friends

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Middle East

Fighting Constant Along Lebanon-Israel Border

A fresh barrage of rockets slams into the northern Israeli city of Haifa, despite days of fierce fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli troops along the Lebanon-Israel border. Much of the current fighting is centered in and around a major Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon.

Fighting Constant Along Lebanon-Israel Border

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Middle East

U.S. Diplomats Work Under Fire in Lebanon

The current crisis between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli troops is testing the mettle of U.S. diplomats in Lebanon. They have arranged the evacuations of thousands of American citizens under dangerous conditions.

U.S. Diplomats Work Under Fire in Lebanon

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World

G-8 Leaders Deliver Cautious Statement on Mideast

G-8 leaders meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, release a statement expressing "deepening concern" about rising civilian casualties on all sides of the violence in the Middle East. It also blamed the immediate crisis on "efforts by extremists forces to destabilize the region."

G-8 Leaders Deliver Cautious Statement on Mideast

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Middle East

Middle East Crisis Dominates G8 Economic Summit

In St. Petersburg, Russia, world leaders are gathered at the annual G8 economic summit. The situation in the Middle East has eclipsed all other issues of importance for the group, and despite objections, President Bush continues to defend Israel's right to defend itself.

Middle East Crisis Dominates G8 Economic Summit

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World

Show Goes On at G-8; Lebanon Dominates Side Talk

The formal agenda of this weekend's G-8 economic summit meeting in Russia will hold. But away from the structured sessions, President Bush, Russia's President Putin and other leaders are occupied by the crisis in the Middle East.

Show Goes On at G-8; Lebanon Dominates Side Talk

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Mideast Distracts Bush, G-8 Summit Members

The agenda for the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg has been overtaken by concern over the violence between Israel and Lebanon. President Bush meets Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mideast Distracts Bush, G-8 Summit Members

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Bush Pays Visit to German Chancellor's Home Province

President Bush is in northern Germany, meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in the province where she grew up. The leaders touched on several topics at a news conference Thursday, including tensions between Israel and Lebanon.

Bush Pays Visit to German Chancellor's Home Province

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World

Bush Visits Germany Ahead of G-8 Summit

President Bush visits Germany, before flying to Russia for the G-8 summit. He is consulting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a key U.S. ally. The Bush administration is counting on Germany's support for a flurry of recent diplomatic initiatives to defuse problems like the nuclear program in Iran.

Bush Visits Germany Ahead of G-8 Summit

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Politics

Bush Vows to Work with Allies on N. Korea

President Bush addresses the diplomatic challenge of North Korea's missile tests at a press conference in Chicago, where he vowed to work with allies to pressure the Stalinist nation to abandon its aggressive nuclear weapons program. Don Gonyea talks with Alex Chadwick about the president's remarks.

Bush Vows to Work with Allies on N. Korea

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National

Bush, Koizumi Pay Homage to the King

President Bush accompanies Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi on a tour of Elvis Presley's home at Graceland, in Memphis, Tenn. Koizumi, a long-time fan of Elvis, is headed back to Japan as his official visit ends. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Memphis.

Bush, Koizumi Pay Homage to the King

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Detainees at Guantanamo Bay

Bush Pledges to Obey, Analyze Court's Ruling

Met with news that the Supreme Court has blocked his administration's plans for military tribunals at the Guantanamo Bay prison, President Bush says the White House will study the decision. The court said the administration's approach does not meet the standards of international law or federal statutes.

Bush Pledges to Obey, Analyze Court's Ruling

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World

Bush Visits Hungary to Commemorate 1956 Uprising

President Bush is marking the 50th anniversary of Hungary's 1956 uprising against Soviet rule with a visit to the former Soviet satellite. He met with European Union leaders in Vienna on Wednesday, where he addressed the issues of North Korea, Iran and Iraq.

Bush Visits Hungary to Commemorate 1956 Uprising

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Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

Bush Praised in Europe for Approach to Iran

European Union leaders praise President Bush's approach in taking on Iran's nuclear ambitions at a one-day meeting in Vienna. The president and his European counterparts urged both Iran and North Korea to resume multinational talks aimed at ending their nuclear weapons programs.

Bush Praised in Europe for Approach to Iran

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