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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is refusing to resign Monday after a special commission harshly criticized his leadership during last July's war in Lebanon. The two Israeli soldiers whose kidnapping sparked the war in Lebanon are still not free.

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died. We remember him as the man who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union. He served nine years as the first freely elected president of Russia.

Among the dead at Virginia Tech are students and professors who made deep and lasting impressions on the Blacksburg community and beyond. Friends and colleagues pay tribute.

Democratic leaders are to meet Wednesday with President Bush to discuss war funds. Congress is likely to send the president a funding bill with a timeline for troop withdrawal. The president says he will veto any such bill.

Right at the top of a list of the country's most endangered rivers is New Mexico's Santa Fe. The American Rivers group says the river must be cleaned up — and it shouldn't be siphoned off for other purposes, either.

The shootings at Virginia Tech have prompted the postponement of a much anticipated Senate hearing with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The nation's top law enforcement official is under pressure to explain his role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales goes to Capitol Hill this week to defend the decision to fire eight federal prosecutors. The Justice Department released his prepared testimony over the weekend. In it, he concedes that mistakes were made.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf continues to work through the most serious political crisis since he took power in a coup several weeks ago. Musharraf suspended the country's chief justice and since then, public protests have increased. The question is whether this is the crisis that will bring down his presidency.

Pakistanis angry over President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's chief justice hold their largest demonstration yet.

Most weight-loss diets work, as long as you stick to them. But studies show that most of us can't make ourselves stay with a diet long-term. Now, a growing focus on behavioral tricks may help people change the way they think about food and eating.