Iranian envoy asks U.N. to stop U.S. threats

Iranian envoy asks U.N. to stop U.S. threats
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has urged U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and the U.N. Security Council to stop "Washington's illegal and impudent threats against Iran," the state-run Iranian news agency IRNA reported.

Egypt`s parliament okays two-year extension of emergency law
CAIRO, 05/01 - The Egyptian People`s Assembly, the lower house of Egypt`s parliament, has approved on Sunday the extension of the state emergency law for another two years, the official MENA news agency reported.

Lawyers: Libby Needs Media Records
Lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby urged a federal judge Monday to force several media organizations to turn over e-mails, drafts of news articles and reporters' notes they say the former top White House aide needs to receive a fair trial in the CIA leak case.

News of the Weird
Teachers at several nursery schools in Oxfordshire, England, have been encouraging kids to learn the verse "Baa, baa, black sheep/Have you any wool?" without the word "black," but in its place a variety of emotions (e.g., "Baa, baa, sad sheep") or colors (including "Baa, baa, rainbow sheep") because they believe that kids with black skin might feel disrespected.

Community News Briefs
FALLBROOK ---- Fallbrook area churches will take part in the annual National Day of Prayer by conducting a service at 7 p.m. May 4 at the Fallbrook First Baptist Church, 125 W. Hawthorne St. Local ministers will participate.

ATW Daily News
The spate of airline bankruptcies around the globe and the challenges they have presented to the leasing and finance sector will impact the way commercial transports are financed in the future, says GE Commercial Aviation Services President and CEO Henry Hubschman.

World News in Brief
After three weeks of negotiations, Israel's leader put together a coalition government Monday that backs his plan to pull out of parts of the West Bank and draw Israel's final borders by 2010.