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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The death toll is now 53, with another 105 people hurt, in a suicide car bombing across from a major Shiiteshrine in the Iraqi city of Kufa. Officials say the bomber targeted day laborers who had gathered across from the shrine.

UNDATED (AP) - As Israel continues to rain missiles on Lebanon,Iran has a sober warning for the Jewish state. Iran's parliamentary speaker says no part of Israel is safe from guerrilla attacks. Iran is a sponsor of Hezbollah, which is Israel's target in the conflict. Israel says the guerrillas have to be disarmed.

PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) - The death toll from yesterday's tsunami in Indonesia is now at least 327 and is expected to rise. Soldiers are digging through flattened homes, searching for more victims. Also searching are the parents of missing children.

CAPITOL HILL (AP) - Debate resumes in the Senate this morning ona stem-cell research bill that President Bush has promised to veto.The bill would expand federal funding of research using embryos that would otherwise be discarded. Republican Sam Brownback says it's immoral to destroy what he refers to as "the youngest of human lives" for research.