- West Bank to hold municipal elections July 17
(AP)
 AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government decided Monday to hold municipal elections in the West Bank in July, the first voting since Abbas' Fatah movement was trounced by the militant Islamic Hamas in national polls four years ago.
- Yemen al Qaeda urges jihad, wants Red Sea blocked
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda called for a regional Muslim holy war and a blockade of the Red Sea to cut off U.S. shipments to Israel, a further sign of the group's ambitions to mount new strikes outside its base.
- Palestinians set terms for talks as violence flares
(Reuters)
 Reuters - More than a dozen people were injured when Israeli police confronted Palestinian protesters in a refugee camp at the edge of Jerusalem on Monday, violence stoked by rising tensions over a stalemate in peace talks.
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- Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
(AP)
 AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.
- Attorney: Brooke Sheen wants case dismissed
(AP)
 AP - Charlie Sheen and his wife were reunited Monday after a judge modified a restraining order and allowed them them to work out their differences following a Christmas Day domestic violence dispute in which the actor allegedly pinned his spouse on a bed with a knife to her throat.
- Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty
(AP)
 AP - The doctor who prosecutors say caused Michael Jackson's death has been released from jail after posting ,000 in bail, only a few hours after surrendering to authorities on a manslaughter charge.
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