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Hostile questioning and a tense exchange with a fellow Republican, Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, mark Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Seven Marines and one sailor have been charged with murder in connection with the April death of an Iraqi civilian, the Marine Corps says. The case revolves around the search for a suspected insurgent on April 26. Investigators say the U.S. group killed an innocent man and portrayed him as an insurgent.

Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk wins the Nobel literature prize. Pamuk, 54, gained international acclaim for books including Snow, Istanbul and My Name Is Red. But he has also earned notoriety for legal troubles over his comments on Turkey's past.

Presidential candidate John Edwards announced Thursday that his wife, Elizabeth, has a recurrence of breast cancer. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, when her husband was the Democratic vice presidential candidate. She was thought to be recovering, but the cancer has returned.

President Bush says he will make Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers available to testify — but not under oath — about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and others on the Judiciary Committee respond that the rules won't bring true accountability to the process.

President Bush is urging 15 major nations to agree on a global goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The plan isn't playing well with critics, including some leaders with whom the president will meet at upcoming G-8 economic talks.

Iranians are voting Friday in a parliamentary election with limited choices. Many pro-reform politicians were barred from running as candidates. Conservatives are split over the policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

When parents bring their children in for shots, one can often sense a touch of relief that, as adults, their time with the needle is over. Wrong. Immunizing adults is the most natural, cost-effective way of preventing illness.

Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is dead at 89. His many films included Scenes from a Marriage and Wild Strawberries. Fellow director Woody Allen once called Bergman "probably the greatest film artist ... since the invention of the motion picture camera."

San Francisco celebrates Barry Bonds Day in the wake of the slugger's Tuesday night home run, which broke the career home-run record set by Hank Aaron in 1974.