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Headlines for 8 June 2004

New York’s currently: 500 down, and only just beginning

 Nine Iraqi militias agree to disband—though not Moqtada Sadr’s forces, the ones most active against the U.S.

 Forced nudity of prisoners at Abu Ghraib so pervasive that many soldiers later did not see it at all out of the ordinary.

 Looking toward his own upcoming election, Afghan President Karzai gets cozy with warlords.

 With continued ethnic cleansing in Sudan, and U.S. forces spread thin, Is it time for Europe to pitch in?

 Bloomberg calls for quiet, even from the Mister Softee truck.

 The history books haven’t yet closed on Reagan. “Optimistic?” A better taxer than Bush? Dimwitted? Bad to New York?

 Thank goodness: Jennifer Lopez receives marriage approval from her exes.

 Tonight, all art, no traffic: The Museum Mile Festival.

 The 50 coolest song parts.

 Go outside: Walking tours of New York, San Francisco, Seattle, San Antonio, and London.

 A gallery of old railway maps from Taiwan.

 Protesters at G-8 summit receive warm welcome in and around Savannah, while other area residents consider “coping strategies.”

 Klimt model’s niece wins right to sue Austria over seized Nazi art.

 Playful subversion of popular music with A Flock of Segers.

 The world, according to Hecataeus, circa 550 B.C., and more ancient maps.

 Music video: William Shatner in the Sky With Diamonds.

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