Rudy plea reveals Abramoff’s worldwide reach - MSNBC
Hamas urges end to gang fighting - BBC News
Cries for Help Edited Out of 9/11 Tapes - CBS News
No Masters superstition for Mickelson - Supersport
Moussaoui jurors adjourn for weekend (Reuters)
Reuters - Jurors in the death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui adjourned on Friday without reaching a verdict and will return on Monday to deliberate in the only U.S. case related to the September 11. hijackings.
Egyptian Is Jordan's First Bird-Flu Case - Houston Chronicle
Jeu de Vivre (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- Given all the things in this overwrought culture operating to divide amiddle-aged mother from a 13-year-old boy, I'm relieved to be able topoint to at least one interest that my son and I can still enjoytogether:
Rice Concedes 'Tactical Errors' in Iraq (AP)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conceded Friday that the United States probably has made thousands of "tactical errors" in Iraq and elsewhere, but said it will be judged by its larger aims of peace and democracy in the Middle East.
Freed US hostage says Iraq insurgents 'will win:' video (AFP)
AFP - US authorities guarded freed hostage Jill Carroll in Iraq after insurgents released her from nearly three months of captivity and published a video showing her praising them.
Iraq Shi'ite ayatollah wants US envoy sacked (Reuters)
Reuters - A leading Iraqi Shi'ite cleric on Friday demanded the United States sack its envoy and accused him of siding with fellow Sunni Muslims in the country's growing sectarian conflict.