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Headlines for 9 June 2004

New York’s currently: questioning its movie choices

 Security Council votes unanimously in favor of ending Iraq occupation on June 30, with transfer of sovereignty to Iraqi interim government.

 Arguments between Kurdish and Shiite leaders over minority rights in the new Iraq resolution, as well as sellout from the U.S., push the Kurds toward secession.

 U.S. interrogation with nudity began as early as John Walker Lindh in Afghanistan.

 New Yorkers set on getting out of town for the Republican National Convention, plus jacking up their rents for G.O.P. out-of-towners. Related: In Iraq, Donkeys in the Desert.

 Clear Channel agrees to cough up $2 million for Howard Stern’s shocking and jocking.

 Dye pack explodes on subway-riding bank robber, temporarily blinds other passengers, makes for easy getaway.

 Akin to spending $640 for a toilet seat, the Pentagon dropped $100 million on unused, reimbursable airline tickets.

 Venus, transited. And what it means.

 Sedaris, rock star reader, packs them into the stadiums, er, symphony halls.

 A long way from delivery: the ancestral homes of pizza and hamburgers.

 A photojournalist tracks his own graphic journey through kidney failure and transplant.

 “Parkay!” “Butter.” 1970s TV commercials, revisited.

 “‘Freaking’ is our word of choice.” Cleaning up Sex and the City for basic cable.

 Mexican jail offers aromatherapy.

 Brilliant, fun, can’t stop, ever: Bow Man

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