Bush to thank Iraq ally Mongolia (Reuters)

Reuters - George W. Bush became the first U.S. president to visit Mongolia on Monday, coming to thank the country for helping in Iraq and to compare Islamic radicalism to the yoke of communism that Mongolians threw off.

Sharon asks for snap election (Reuters)

Reuters - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon asked Israel's president on Monday to dissolve parliament, opening the way for a snap election that he hopes to win as head of a new centrist party.

Anger simmers in New Orleans' dead Ninth Ward (Reuters)

Reuters - Mabel Howard's beige house is built in the shadow of a Mississippi River-bound canal, so low that the passing barges seem almost to float over neighboring rooftops.

Leak case announcement seen Friday (Reuters)

Reuters - Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald does not plan to act in the CIA leak case on Thursday, a spokesman said, setting the stage for the prosecutor to make a last-minute announcement on indictments before the grand jury expires on Friday.

Miers withdraws herself

Newsfilter: Miers withdraws herself