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  • When President Bush and Russian president Vladimir Putin met in Slovakia this week, much of the talk was about democracy, and whether Russia was backtracking from democratic reforms. What is the United States doing to promote democracy in Russia and other former Soviet states, such as Kyrgyzstan?
  • Terri Schiavo, who had been in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years, has died at age 41. Schiavo's feeding tube was removed 13 days ago, after her parents lost a protracted battle with husband Michael Schiavo for guardianship.
  • The CIA's recent "document sweep" of papers in an archive at the University of Washington raises issues of access to old classified documents that have been open to historians for 20 years. The CIA says the documents were never properly declassified. But some academics say the agency is trying to regain control over documents that have been in the public domain for two decades.
  • The House of Representatives plans to hold an emergency session to consider legislation aimed at preserving the life of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged Florida woman. Doctors Friday removed the feeding tube that has kept Schiavo, 41, alive.
  • A Florida judge has ruled that the feeding tube keeping Terri Schiavo alive can be removed Friday, but the Florida legislature and the U.S. Congress are trying to prevent that. Schiavo is the brain-damaged Florida woman whose husband and parents have been battling in court over her fate for more than a decade.
  • As the tug-of-war continues over the fate of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman, several Republican lawmakers have inserted themselves into the fray. A House committee issued subpoenas and a Senate panel sought to have her appear as a witness for a hearing in a bid to stave off removal of the feeding tube.
  • Congress holds a hearing into steroid use in Major League Baseball. Several players have been subpoenaed to testify. Some say they may refuse to answer many questions. Other scheduled witnesses include Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and parents of children who died after using steroids to enhance their athletic performance.
  • Iraqi insurgents stir deadly trouble for a third straight day. At least two bombs exploded in Baghdad Friday, killing at least one person. Twin car bombs killed 18 people Thursday, following less damaging blasts on Wednesday. New York Times reporter Robert Worth details the latest developments.
  • United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposes major changes to the world body. The reforms would expand the Security Council and keep countries that violate human rights off the Human Rights Commission.
  • After confirming plea deals in Georgia and Alabama Wednesday, confessed bomber Eric Rudolph will serve life in prison. Afterward, he said his 1996 attack at the Atlanta Olympics was meant to embarrass the federal government. In reference to a fatal 1998 bombing at an Alabama women's clinic, he said "abortion is murder."
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