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When the FBI investigators first started looking into the CIA leaks, they had a veritable treasure trove of information in the form of phone and visitor logs. Perhaps more significantly they had I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby‘s diary-like notes, that chronicled events inside the White House in the weeks leading up to the disclosure of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

A US military inquiry into television footage purportedly showing American troops burning the bodies of two dead Taleban fighters has been completed and will be released soon, a US spokesman said on Monday.

Hoping to boost sales, General Motors Corp. on Monday announced a new discount program of “Red Tag” prices that could knock from several hundred dollars to more than $4,440 off the list price of some of its 2005 and 2006 model cars and light trucks through Jan. 3.

Police in southern Germany are investigating an apparent attempt to poison the drinking water used by 4.5 million people.

German airline DBA said Monday it would update and expand its fleet by ordering 40 Boeing 737s for delivery beginning next year.

A Chinese province has announced plans to build special jails to hold inmates with HIV or Aids, in a bid to halt the spread of the virus. The official China Daily newspaper says two separate prisons are to be built somewhere in Guangdong province.

A nuclear research reactor was a possible target for a group of men arrested on terrorism charges last week in Australia, police have said.

In Irving, Texas, a woman accused of suffocating her 5-month old daughter by using chili powder as a thumb-sucking remedy was convicted of manslaughter Sunday.

Republican leaders return to the Capitol this week determined to cut both taxes and spending, a combination that is fraying party unity as the GOP prepares for next year’s elections.

In Lititz, Pennsylvania, a 14-year-old girl is missing after her parents were shot to death in their home Sunday morning, and authorities issued an arrest warrant for an 18-year-old believed to be her boyfriend.