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passes Earth at a distance of under 55.76 Million Kilometer s, the closest it has been in approximately 60,000 Year s [http://www.space.com/spacewatch/where_is_mars.html

Private Jessica Lynch , whose rescue from an Iraq i hospital has been surrounded by controversy, is honourably discharged from the United States Army National Guard .

/ CNN / Gallup Poll , nearly two-thirds (63%) of Americans polled say the war in Iraq was worth fighting. {Link without Title}

leader Yasser Arafat calls on militant groups to reinstate a ceasefire they formally ended last week after a Hamas leader was killed by Israel i Gunship s. {Link without Title}

s approve of the Federal Court Order under which workers removed the ''Ten Commandments'' monument from the rotunda of Alabama 's state judicial building Wednesday, according to a new Poll . {Link without Title}

in Chicago as a worker opens fire on his colleagues at a car parts store. The police shoot the gunman dead. {Link without Title}

, the '' Madonna With The Yarnwinder '' is stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland , the home of the Duke of Buccleuch.

in the Republic Of Ireland . It is suspected to be the body of Jean McConville , a young Belfast woman and mother of ten children kidnapped and murdered by the Provisional IRA in the mid 1970s . The IRA had suggested two years ago that McConville was buried in the vicinity. Previous attempts to find her remains had failed. {Link without Title}

corporate offices of Chiron (corporation) ; electronic mail sent to reporters from Revolutionary Cells claims responsibility.