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President Bush is calling on Congress to pass a bill worth $15 billion that is designed to stem the spread of AIDS. Saying time is not on our side, the president urged Congress on Tuesday to focus on saving lives. However, some lawmakers are hesitant to support the bill.

President Bush signed legislation on Wednesday that encourages states to implement a national Amber Alert system. The law, called the Protect Act of 2003, builds on what the president calls an increasingly important tool in rescuing kidnapped children.

Overview: With the smoke clearing over Baghdad, coalition officials are taking steps to implement a solid government in Iraq. One of the first tasks before them is reorganizing the country's civil sector. That job rests on the shoulders of retired U.S. Army Gen. Jay Garner, who arrived in Baghdad on Monday.

Overview: Canada's SARS outbreak is the largest outside of Asia. On Tuesday, the World Health Organization confirmed that 139 probable cases of SARS and more than a dozen SARS-related deaths had occurred in the country. The U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is assisting Canada by sending a crew of epidemiologists across the border.

Overview: U.S. Marines helped drag a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to the ground in Baghdad on Wednesday. The White House called it an historic moment in Operation Iraqi Freedom. However, U.S. officials also cautioned that the war was far from over. The U.S. hopes that Baghdad will embrace democracy, but some officials question whether that's even what the Iraqi people want.

Overview: U.S. forces arrested the self-proclaimed mayor of Baghdad on Sunday. Mohammed Mohsen Ali al-Zubaidi was charged with hampering coalition efforts to restore order to the Iraqi capital. Meanwhile, Iraqi officials discussed the country's future at an international meeting in Spain, and U.S. officials faced the task of organizing a country of widely varied and often conflicting interests.

Overview: CNN's Jan Hopkins reported that experts who keep track of overall retail sales in the country are optimistic that the U.S. could be emerging from the economic slump that came with the war.

U.S. Marines rescued seven American POWs on Sunday. Though some of the ex-POWs appeared to be wounded, all seven of them were able to walk without help to the U.S. transport vehicles awaiting them. The seven soldiers can expect to be treated at Washington, D.C.'s Walter Reed Army Hospital - the same facility where Pfc. Jessica Lynch is being treated. On Saturday, supporters lined the streets in W...

Overview: The U.S. Central Command said on Thursday that Baghdad was still an ugly place. One day after coalition forces dragged a statue of Saddam Hussein to the ground, firefights broke out in other sections of the city, leaving dozens of U.S. troops wounded. U.S. officials cautioned that coalition military personnel were holding positions in a very dangerous country.

With the smoke clearing over Baghdad, coalition officials are taking steps to implement a solid government in Iraq. One of the first tasks before them is reorganizing the country's civil sector. That job rests on the shoulders of retired U.S. Army Gen. Jay Garner, who arrived in Baghdad on Monday.

U.S. forces arrested the self-proclaimed mayor of Baghdad on Sunday. Mohammed Mohsen Ali al-Zubaidi was charged with hampering coalition efforts to restore order to the Iraqi capital. Meanwhile, Iraqi officials discussed the country's future at an international meeting in Spain, and U.S. officials faced the task of organizing a country of widely varied and often conflicting interests.

The U.S. Central Command said on Thursday that Baghdad was still an ugly place. One day after coalition forces dragged a statue of Saddam Hussein to the ground, firefights broke out in other sections of the city, leaving dozens of U.S. troops wounded. U.S. officials cautioned that coalition military personnel were holding positions in a very dangerous country.

With the major battles fought in Iraq, President Bush turned his attention to the home front on Tuesday in an effort to jumpstart the sagging U.S. economy. The president said that a $550 billion tax cut would ensure the economy's growth by encouraging Americans to invest more money, putting more cash into the pockets of the nation's consumers, and leading to the creation of 1.4 million new jobs b...

A Pentagon spokesman said on Monday that some sharp fights are still expected in some parts of Iraq. However, Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal added that major combat operations have ended in the Gulf nation because there is little organization left in Iraqi military units. With the major battles apparently over in Iraq, the White House says its next step is to bring democracy to the Gulf nation.

North Korea has admitted to having at least one nuclear bomb, according to White House officials. The acknowledgement violates an agreement that Pyongyang (North Korea) made in 1994. In the agreement, North Korea said that it would not build nuclear weapons if other countries provided aid to the impoverished Asian nation.

U.S. Marines rescued seven American prisoners of war on Sunday. The Marines were operating north of Baghdad when they were approached by an Iraqi policeman, who said he had information about American prisoners. He led U.S. forces to a nearby building in the Iraqi town of Samarra, where the Marines found the prisoners under Iraqi guard, according to the Marines' commander.

U.S. Marines helped drag a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to the ground in Baghdad on Wednesday. The White House called it an historic moment in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pictures of the falling statue appeared on live television throughout the world, evoking images of the conquest of Iwo Jima and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Many Hong Kong schools that had been shut down recently due to the epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) were reopened on Tuesday. Meanwhile, scientists throughout North America are doing everything they can to prevent widespread outbreaks on their continent.