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Monday, April 24, 2006 09:00 AM PDT

Today's Top Stories: Defense Asks to Deny Moussaoui Martyrdom Bush Tries to Refocus Immigration Debate Iran Hints at Exiting Nuclear Treaty 7 Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad, Killing 6 Japan, US agree on funding for troop relocation Many Cancer Survivors Stop Mammographies Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can't Be Fired Papa Cruise Makes Suprise Showing Iran to Let Women Go to Soccer Games Poll: Fans Want More Done About Steroids Jury to decide if Moussaoui sentenced to death Wave of bombs hits Baghdad as Saddam on trial Iran president says no need now for US talks Prophet cartoon offenders must be killed: bin Laden US readies Darfur sanctions vote at UN this week Prosecution wraps up evidence against Saddam US embassy tells diplomats' families to leave Nepal as violence goes on Ahmadinejad says UN sanctions 'unlikely' Ukraine conference starts Chernobyl 20th anniversary commemorations Microsoft, EU fire first shots in courtroom showdown Defense Asks to Deny Moussaoui Martyrdom Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:39 am PDT AP - Zacarias Moussaoui's lawyer pleaded with jurors Monday to send his client to prison for life — "the long slow death of a common criminal" — rather than give him the martyrdom he seeks through execution. The prosecution argued for a death sentence for the Sept. 11 conspirator because "there is no place on this good Earth" for him. Full Story Top Bush Tries to Refocus Immigration Debate Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:15 am PDT AP - As Congress headed back Monday from a two-week recess, President Bush was in the country's most immigrant-rich state to push a stalled bill that would allow more foreigners to work legally in the United States. Full Story Top Iran Hints at Exiting Nuclear Treaty Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:01 am PDT AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hinted Monday that Iran was considering withdrawing from the worldwide Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and said he did not think the U.N. Security Council would impose sanctions on Iran. Full Story Top 7 Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad, Killing 6 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:15 am PDT AP - Seven car bombs exploded across the capital Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, as politicians met to try to finalize a new Cabinet. Police discovered the bodies of 20 Iraqis — apparent victims of sectarian killings the United States hopes the new government can end. Full Story Top Japan, US agree on funding for troop relocation Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:45 am PDT Reuters - Japan and the United States have reached an agreement on the touchy issue of funding the relocation of U.S. Marines to Guam, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said on Monday. Full Story Top Many Cancer Survivors Stop Mammographies Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:18 am PDT AP - More than a third of breast cancer survivors gradually stop getting annual mammographies, according to a new study. Full Story Top Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can't Be Fired Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:12 am PDT AP - Saying surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge has suggested that only a reprimand is appropriate as punishment for a city worker accused of failing to heed warnings to stay off the Internet. Full Story Top Papa Cruise Makes Suprise Showing Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:48 am PDT AP - Tom Cruise says his "mission impossible" was leaving his infant daughter and fiancee Katie Holmes to promote his new film, "Mission: Impossible III," in Rome. Full Story Top Iran to Let Women Go to Soccer Games Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:57 am PDT AP - Iranian women will be allowed to attend soccer matches for first time since the country's 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran's president said in a decree posted on his Web site Monday. Full Story Top Poll: Fans Want More Done About Steroids Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:46 am PDT AP - More than half of America's baseball fans say the sport has not done enough to curb the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, an AP-AOL Sports poll found. Full Story Top Jury to decide if Moussaoui sentenced to death Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:59 am PDT Reuters - A U.S. attorney told the jury considering the fate of Zacarias Moussaoui on Monday that after weeks of heart-wrenching testimony it was time to sentence the September 11 conspirator to death. Full Story Top Wave of bombs hits Baghdad as Saddam on trial Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:12 am PDT Reuters - A wave of car bombs hit Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly 80 as the trial of Saddam Hussein heard his signature was on documents linking him to the killings of 148 people. Full Story Top Iran president says no need now for US talks Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:33 am PDT Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday there was no need for U.S.-Iran talks now that a permanent Iraqi government was in place. Full Story Top Prophet cartoon offenders must be killed: bin Laden Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:34 am PDT Reuters - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has called for people who ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad to be killed, weighing into the furor that erupted after a Danish newspaper ran cartoons lampooning Islam's holy messenger. Full Story Top US readies Darfur sanctions vote at UN this week Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:16 am PDT Reuters - The United States plans a U.N. Security Council vote on Tuesday that would impose sanctions on four Sudanese for abuses in Darfur, despite opposition from Russia and China that could kill the measure, council members said. Full Story Top Prosecution wraps up evidence against Saddam Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:21 am PDT AFP - The prosecution in the trial of Saddam Hussein wrapped up its evidence against the deposed Iraqi dictator after a new report by handwriting experts that linked him to the massacre of Shiite villagers in the 1980s. Full Story Top US embassy tells diplomats' families to leave Nepal as violence goes on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:41 am PDT AFP - The US embassy ordered the families of its diplomats to leave crisis-hit Nepal as opposition leaders planned a huge rally after nearly three weeks of violent protests against the king. Full Story Top Ahmadinejad says UN sanctions 'unlikely' Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:10 am PDT AFP - The UN Security Council is unlikely to impose sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed. Full Story Top Ukraine conference starts Chernobyl 20th anniversary commemorations Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:08 am PDT AFP - Chernobyl 20th anniversary commemorations were to begin in Kiev with a government-organized international conference on dealing with the affects of the world's worst civilian nuclear accident. Full Story Top Microsoft, EU fire first shots in courtroom showdown Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:33 am PDT AFP - US software giant Microsoft has opened a new chapter in its seven-year anti-trust standoff with EU regulators, urging a top EU court to quash a half-billion euro fine slapped on it by Brussels. Full Story Top

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