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Presley at odds with CallPlus

Jackson parts with Bahrain label
Pop star Michael Jackson parts company with a record label based in the Gulf state of Bahrain.

Tycoon Ebbers to begin jail term
Former Worldcom boss Bernard Ebbers will start his prison term on Tuesday for his role in an $11bn fraud case.

Weather hampers crash work
Nepalese officials say they hope to retrieve the bodies from a recent helicopter crash when the weather improves.

Thailand reports bird flu death
A 59-year-old farmer becomes the third person in Thailand to die of bird flu this year, health officials say.

Fastow sentencing due
Former Enron executive Andrew Fastow, who pleaded guilty to fraud, will be sentenced on Tuesday.

Football: Wenger's Europe doubts
Arsene Wenger says he will always have unfinished business in the Champions League - even if Arsenal win it three times.

Negroponte denies terror claims
US intelligence chief John Negroponte rejects claims that the terror threat has increased since the Iraq invasion.

Somali Islamists in war warning
The Islamist group that has seized much of Somalia says Ethiopia has declared war by sending its troops.

Thai military leader defends coup
One of Thailand's new military rulers pleads for international understanding of the reasons behind the coup.

One last matinee, and it's the end of "History" (Reuters)
Reuters - Hail and farewell: This is, regretfully, the final week playgoers can catch the year's best play with the year's best ensemble cast.

Eyesight hope for stroke victims
Scientists in Aberdeen say a breakthrough could help improve the vision of thousands of stroke victims.

Mandelson admits Labour 'fissure'
Gordon Brown has never reconciled himself to Tony Blair leading Labour instead of him, says Peter Mandelson.

Marines charged over Iraq killing
Three US marines will face a military tribunal for murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdaniya, the US military says.

Iran reactor launch date agreed
Russia and Iran sign a deal to launch Iran's nuclear reactor at Bushehr in a year's time, Moscow officials say.

China's warning over graft probe
An inquiry into corruption that led to the sacking of a top official may implicate others, Chinese officials say.

Ivory Coast waste 'was not toxic'
A Netherlands-based company says the waste it disposed of in Ivory Coast, blamed for seven deaths, was not toxic.

Saddam thrown out for third time
The judge in Saddam Hussein's trial throws Saddam Hussein out of court for the third time in a week.

Afghan suicide bomber 'kills 18'
A blast near the governor's office in south Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province kills at least 18 people, police say.

Abe elected as new Japan premier
Japan's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.

"Overly candid" Musharraf memoir tough on neighbors (Reuters)

Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday he went against the advice of aides to write a memoir that could rile neighbors India and Afghanistan and accuses the United States of threatening to bomb his country "back to the Stone Age."