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In this July 2007 file photo, an iceberg is seen melting off the coast of Ammasalik, Greenland. Many scientists attribute such activity to rising greenhouse-gas emissions.
5:40 p.m. ET · A Senate bill's target for emission cuts is akin to level US is likely to offer in Copenhagen. Ahead of the global warming talks, other nations have been waiting to see US target.
6:20 p.m. ET · A video that appears to show a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer pushing a passenger into a glass barrier rekindles the issue of excess police force. A passenger was shot by a BART police officer in January.
6:03 p.m. ET · Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Sunday that he is being barred from taking communion because he favors abortion rights. The disagreement points to broader tensions in the Catholic church regarding abortion measures in the healthcare reform bill.
4:10 p.m. ET · Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - whom US President Barack Obama called 'the most popular politician on earth' - hosted Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today. It is the first visit by an Iranian president.
3:40 p.m. ET · Many Indians felt that Obama gave too much deference to China during his recent Asia trip, setting off doubts about whether the US is on India's side. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives at the White House Tuesday.
Israel's captured soldier Gilad Shalit would be exchanged for up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in a deal that could be be finalized this week, a Hamas official told the Monitor.
Philippines political violence claims 35 lives on the southern island of Mindanao. An adviser to President Gloria Arroyo calls it a "massacre... unequaled in recent history."
Is northern Italy a new haven for terror fundraising? Police in Italy arrested four Pakistanis suspected of sending money to Mumbai terrorists.
Despite efforts of Medvedev and Putin, Russia corruption forces businesses to add as much as 40 percent to production costs.
Gaza militants vowed counterattacks for Israeli air strikes, one day after Hamas-brokered deal to stop rocket attacks.
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Pat Murphy talks with reporter Ilene Prusher
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Kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit could be on his way home.
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