US-HOLOCAUST MUSEUM SHOOTING. Gunman shoots, kills, guard at US Holocaust museum.
KOREAS-TENSIONS. 2 Koreas hold rare talks amid nuclear tension.
BRAZIL-PLANE. Sub helps in hunt for Air France black boxes.
GUANTANAMO-SUICIDE. Gitmo suicide had been prisoners' representative
PAKISTAN-TACTICAL TERROR. Recent commando-style assaults show militants can pierce barricades and gates.
JAPAN-LUNAR PROBE. Japan's first lunar probe ends mission
SPACE SHUTTLE. 7 space shuttle fliers plus 6 station guys equal record.
THE NEW CHYRSLER. Chrysler gets a new life under Fiat, but still must overcome problems of the past.
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US-HOLOCAUST MUSEUM SHOOTING
WASHINGTON _ An 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past opens fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself by other officers, authorities say. By Nafeesa Syeed and David Espo.
WITH: US-HOLOCAUST MUSEUM SHOOTING-SUSPECT, US-HOLOCAUST MUSEUM SHOOTING-GUARD.
IRAN-ELECTION
TEHRAN, Iran _ In the final hours of Iran's fierce election campaign, the top pro-reform challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets a sharp warning that authorities would crush any attempt at a popular "revolution" inspired by the huge rallies and street parties calling for more freedoms. By Anna Johnson. Polls open at 1530 GMT Thursday. AP Photos.
UN-NORTH KOREA
UNITED NATIONS _ Western powers have reached agreement with North Korea's key allies on a proposal that would impose tough new sanctions on the reclusive communist nation's weapons exports and financial dealings, and allow inspections of suspect cargo in ports and on the high seas. By Edith M. Lederer.
ALSO: KOREAS-NUCLEAR
KOREAS-TENSIONS
SEOUL, South Korea _ The two Koreas hold rare talks lasting 50 minutes Thursday on the fate of a troubled industrial park, set up jointly as a symbol of reconciliation that is now a source of friction amid fears about North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. By Kwang-Tae Kim.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD _ Pakistani officials move swiftly to use the suicide bombing of a luxury hotel in their campaign to build public support for military offensives against the Taliban, saying the country is at war. Moved. By Asif Shahzad. Photos. AP Video.
ALSO: PAKISTAN-TACTICAL TERROR; moving by 0700 GMT.
JAPAN-LUNAR PROBE
TOKYO _ Japan's first lunar probe makes a controlled crash landing on the moon, successfully completing a 19-month mission to study the Earth's nearest neighbor, Japan's space agency says. By Shino Yuasa.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD _ A car bomb blew up in a packed outdoor food market in one of the most peaceful areas of Iraq's Shiite south, killing about 30 people and wounding dozens more. By Robert Reid. AP Photos.
BRAZIL-PLANE
RECIFE, Brazil _ A French nuclear submarine is scouring the Alantic Ocean, hunting for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 before the pings of the data and voice recorders fade away. By Marco Sibaja and Emma Vandore.
ITALY-G8 FINANCE MINISTERS
MILAN _ With markets up but still hesitant, finance officials from the Group of Eight countries will try to encourage nascent confidence at their summit in southern Italy as they take stock of measures taken so far to counter the world economic crisis. By Business Writer Colleen Barry.
BALTICS-NERVOUS NEIGHBORS
VILNIUS, Lithuania _ As Latvia fights speculation about default and painful currency devaluation, its neighbors are nervous that the tiny Baltic country's problems could spread well beyond its borders. By Liudas Dapkus And Gary Peach. AP Photos.
GUANTANAMO-SUICIDE
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico _ Almost five months before he was found dead at Guantanamo Bay, a detainee volunteered to represent prisoners in talks with the military and left his jailhouse for a meeting with the detention camp's most senior commanders. But he never returned _ from then on, he was held in the prison's psychiatric ward, a former detainee recalled. By Andrew O. Selsky.
US-SPACE SHUTTLE
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida _ NASA is aiming to launch the space shuttle on Saturday morning to the international space station for a long, laborious construction job. When Endeavour pulls up, there will be 13 people at the station _ the most people ever together in space at one time. By Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn.
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BUSINESS & FINANCE:
US-THE NEW CHRYSLER
DETROIT _ Chrysler has been reborn under a new Italian parent, Fiat, but it can't shake the shadows of its past: It's not selling enough cars, its fleet is tilted to trucks and sport utility vehicles, and help is more than a year away. By Tom Krisher. AP Photos.
WORLD MARKETS
SHANGHAI _ Asian markets are mixed, after a lackluster day on Wall Street, as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock average falls back after touching an eight-month high in early trading. By 0430 GMT. By Elaine Kurtenbach
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