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Bombings in Baghdad Area Claim at Least 24 Lives Officials say Sunday death toll from Amrli attack could be as high as 130 Israel Approves Release of 250 Palestinian Prisoners Palestinian spokesman Mustafa Barghouti says Israel is holding 11,000 Palestinians in its jails Bush Says He Will Veto Democratic Bills That Violate His Policy of Fiscal Restraint Democrats say president not doing enough to keep nation safe Britain Marks 2nd Anniversary of London Transport Bombings PM Gordon Brown and other British officials laid wreaths Saturday at scene of one of the 2005 bombings US Court Dismisses Challenge to Bush's Domestic Spying Program Court says those trying to end eavesdropping program cannot establish whether government violated their free-speech rights and privacy Pakistan Mosque Leader Vows to Continue Standoff Cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi says he and his supporters inside Red Mosque would rather die than surrender Pope Benedict Approves Wider Use of Latin Mass Practice had been largely abandoned by Catholic Church in 1960s New 7 Wonders of the World Announced Colosseum in Europe, Great Wall of China, India's Taj Mahal, Jordan's ancient city of Petra, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, and Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid are selected Boeing Unveils New, High-Tech Airliner Boeing says Dreamliner will use 20 percent less fuel than other similarly sized planes CPIMAGE:365644|M.F. Husain, India's most famous artist, finishes off a canvas he painted together with Shah Rukh Khan, unseen, one of India's biggest movie stars, during a fund-raising auction in a central London's auction house, 7 Jun 2007' Indian Art Witnesses Boom Times India's galleries, auction houses and websites cater to growing market for both well-known modern masters, contemporary painters as sales total $350 million in 2006 Rock Stars Perform Around World to Raise Awareness of Global Warming Concerts held in London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hamburg, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro and New York