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Turkey continues to voice its opposition to a controversial resolution circulating in the U.S. House regarding the 1915 mass killing of more than a million Armenians. The Turkish government has threatened to curtail military ties with the U.S., and lawmakers are withdrawing their support of the resolution.

Senate Democrats and Republicans on one committee have struck a deal on the continuing use of domestic wiretaps in the war on terrorism. But other key figures in the Senate say the deal gives up too much.

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had a news conference Friday in Karachi, a day after bomb attacks aimed at her motorcade left more than 130 people dead and dozens more wounded. Bhutto blamed militants for the attack and said she would not surrender the country to them.

Admiral William Crowe, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died. He was 82. No cause of death was released. He served as the nation's top-ranking military officer under President Reagan during the waning days of the Cold War.

Turkey's parliament has passed a motion authorizing military attacks against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. The United States government and Iraqi leaders have warned Turkey not to enter Iraq.

Paula Newberg, author of Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan, talks about who Benazir Bhutto is, why she's so popular, and why she's a target for assassination.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirms he and wife Cecilia will separate, leaving him devoid of an important adviser. Also, public transportation has come to a halt as part of a 24-hour strike by the public sector unions. The strike is in response to Sarkozy's proposed pension reform.

The U.S. military commander alleges that Iran's ambassador to Iraq belongs to an elite force of the Iranian revolutionary guard that has targeted U.S. forces.

Republican Pete Domenici announces he won't seek re-election because of a progressive brain disease.

Peter Bailey, chairman of health and safety for the National Union of Mine Workers in South Africa, discusses rescue developments at the Elandsrand gold mine in Carletonville, a town in South Africa's mining heartland near Johannesburg.