ABC NewsHow Jesse Helms Made a DifferenceWall Street Journal - 4 hours agoBy JOHN FUND If Ronald Reagan was the sunny and optimistic face of modern conservatism, the uncompromisingly defiant exemplar of it was Jesse Helms, who died yesterday at age 86.Video: A Look Back At Jesse Helms CBS5-time senator 'great patriot' who held fast to his beliefs Chicago TribuneWashington Post - The Associated Press - RedOrbitall 2,219 news articles

ABC NewsColombian rebels splinteringLos Angeles Times - 3 hours agoBOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- The sensational rescue of 15 hostages from the grip of Latin America's largest rebel group has highlighted the diminished state of an organization that just six years ago threatened to overrun the Colombian government.Video: Film emerges of mission to free Farc hostages - 04 July 08 AlJazeeraEnglishIngrid Betancourt’s homecoming soured Times OnlineVoice of America - BBC News - Telegraph.co.uk - euronewsall 5,729 news articles

Sky NewsTwin fires raging along California's central coastWashington Post - 3 hours agoBy AMANDA FEHD AP BIG SUR, Calif. -- A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4500 homes.Video: Wind Keeps California Wildfires Raging AssociatedPressHot weather returns, complicating firefighting efforts San Jose Mercury NewsChicago Tribune - WLOS - Bloomberg - Ventura County Starall 585 news articles

ABC NewsBack From AU Summit, Mugabe Sets Terms For Power-Sharing TalksVoice of America - 13 hours agoBy Ntungamili Nkomo, Blessing Zulu & Benedict Nhlapho Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, seemingly unfazed by African Union and international pressure to compromise with the opposition on power-sharing, said today that he would only negotiate with the ...EU to consider Zimbabwe sanctions PRESS TVQ&A: Zimbabwe's disputed election guardian.co.ukAFP - Xinhua - The Associated Press - Times Onlineall 4,869 news articles

Washington PostAntiwar Demonstrators Interrupt Annual Naturalization Ceremony at ...Washington Post - 8 hours agoBy Karin Brulliard CHARLOTTESVILLE, July 4 -- President Bush kicked off the Fourth of July at the hilltop estate of one of the nation's Founding Fathers, where he welcomed dozens of new American citizens from 30 countries.Video: Bush Invokes Jefferson on July 4 AssociatedPressBush booed at citizenship ceremony Kentucky.comLos Angeles Times - Sarasota Herald-Tribuneall 853 news articles

ABC NewsBarack Obama now wears his patriotism on his lapelLos Angeles Times - 4 hours agoJae C. Hong / AP FLAG-WAVER: Sen. Barack Obama and daughter Sasha are onlookers at an Independence Day parade in Butte, Mont. Tired of having his patriotism questioned, the Democratic candidate has made Old Glory a major visual element of his campaign.In Montana, Obama Tries to Rally Support on Iraq New York TimesIn Montana on the Fourth, a Barometer of Obama's Chances Washington PostThe Associated Press - Fort Worth Star Telegram - New York Daily News - Reutersall 635 news articles

Sydney Morning HeraldUPDATE 1-Calm in Mongolia as emergency rule nears endReuters - 2 hours agoBy Lindsay Beck ULAN BATOR, July 5 (Reuters) - Troops began pulling back from the streets of the Mongolian capital on Saturday and political leaders called for calm ahead of the lifting of emergency rule that was declared after rioting over alleged ...Mongolia to lift emergency rule BBC NewsRelatives await news of Mongolia riot detainees Reuters AlertNetXinhua - Wall Street Journal - New York Times - International Herald Tribuneall 1,429 news articles