 China blocks quake school protesters
(AP: Tue, 03 Jun) Angry parents whose children were killed in an earthquake-stricken school shouted "Oh, my child!" and "Tell us something!" when police forcefully removed them Tuesday from a protest outside a courthouse.
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 Diplomats: 3 suspect Syrian nuke sites off limits
(AP: Tue, 03 Jun) Syria has told fellow Arab countries that it will not permit an International Atomic Energy Agency probe to extend beyond a site bombed by Israel, despite agency interest in three other suspect locations, diplomats told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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 Zimbabwe government suspends aid group activities
(AP: Tue, 03 Jun) CARE International said Tuesday that Zimbabwe's government suspended the group's aid operations in the country after accusing it of campaigning for the opposition. At least two other aid groups also said they had been told to curb some activities.
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 US-Iraq security pact shapes up as major battle
(AP: Tue, 03 Jun) A proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement is shaping up as a major political battle between America and Iran, as the debate over the future of troops here intensifies ahead of the fall U.S. presidential election.
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 Tussauds defends planned Hitler display in Berlin
(AP: Tue, 03 Jun) Madame Tussauds on Tuesday defended its decision to include a wax likeness of Adolf Hitler at its new Berlin museum, arguing that it would make little sense to ignore his role in German history.
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 US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,087
(AP: Tue, 03 Jun) As of Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at least 4,087 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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 US charges British resident at Gitmo
(AP: Tue, 03 Jun) U.S. military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay have filed war-crimes charges against a former British resident accused of plotting with al-Qaida to bomb apartment buildings in the United States, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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US nets 2 al-Qaida suspects, Shiite leader in Iraq