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"I am very concerned about these pictures and any indication of pressure on or coercion of our personnel, who were carrying out a routine operation in accordance with international law and under a United Nations resolution in support of the Iraqi government."
—British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett in response to a video released by Iran showing the 15 sailors and Marines who were seized last week.
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TUESDAY

03/27/07

• Is YouTube Losing Its Populist Appeal?

• Alter: Don't Judge the Edwards Family

• From Iraq, U.S. Troops Write Home

• Heart Health: Surprise Findings for Doctors

• 'The Onion' Gets Its Own TV Show

• Humor: Choose Your Own Hillary Positions

• Q&A: Why Soldiers are Deserting the Army

SUNDAY AND MONDAY

3/25 - 26/07

• Study: A Downside to Day Care?

• N. Ireland: Finally, a Pact to Share Power

• iPods Teach Docs to Recognize Heartbeats

• The War in the Words of the Dead

• Tensions High Between White House, Justice

• America's Top 50 Rabbis

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

3/23 - 24/07

• Iraq: U.S. Soldiers' Letters Left Behind

• Can Pols Be Your Online Friends?

• Jim Webb on the Warpath

• A Son's Illness, A Family's Journey

• Egypt: A Referendum to Roll Back Reform

• My Trip to the Postal Service Bomb-Detection School

• Up Close and Edible: Green Tea

• Movies: Soccer and Sexism

• Lethem's Rock and Roll Romance

• Books: Why Was 1919 So Bad?

THURSDAY

3/22/07

• Media Giants Take on YouTube

• Gellman: Religious Freedom, Captain America and '300'

• Starr: Scandal Returns to Baseball

• Goodbye and Good Riddance, Gov. Blanco

• Fighting Cancer: What Elizabeth Edwards Can Expect

• Men, Chlamydia and the Cycle of Infection

• Q&A: America's Political Divide

• Zimbabwe: Is Mugabe Finally on His Way Out?

• Terror Watch: Interrogating the Interrogators

• TV: A Radio Classic Gets a Look

• Hirsh: Can Bush Force Iran Into a Deal?

WEDNESDAY

3/21/07

• Is pet food properly regulated?

• Study: Firefighting Triggers Heart Attacks

• Jimmy Carter's Bible-Study Teachings

• Tech: Inside The FBI's Cybercrime Survey

• Samuelson: When Global Warming Goes Hollywood

• Fineman: The New Uncontrollable Campaign

Dean Ornish on Diet and Lifestyle

• Why I Disagree With New Diet Study

• Debating ‘South Beach Diet’

• Our Kids Are Too Fat!

• Good Carbs vs. Bad Carbs

• Can Tea Help You Live Longer?

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• A New Wrinkle in Rove's Role in DOJ Scandal

• TV Review: How Will 'The Sopranos' End?

• From Dream Home to Foreclosure

• Fineman: Does Early Money Matter in '08 Race?

• Audio: Iran-U.K. Stalemate Heats Up

• Alter: Don't Judge the Edwards Family

• 'The Onion' Gets Its Own TV Show

• Humor: Choose Your Own Hillary Positions

• Is YouTube Losing Its Populist Appeal?

• Q&A: Why Soldiers are Deserting the Army

• N. Ireland: Finally, a Pact to Share Power

• Nepal: Hopes for a Tourism Revival

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