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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, have scheduled a news conference for Thursday to discuss what sources close to Edwards described as possible developments with her health.

AP - U.N. member states raised concerns Monday to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over his plan to split the growing and overburdened U.N. peacekeeping department and move stymied global disarmament efforts into his office.

AFP - Palestinian gunmen fired on the convoy of the director of the United Nations refugee agency as he returned to Gaza City, but there were no casualties, security sources and witnesses said Friday.

AP - Congressional Democrats and the Bush administration have reached agreement on labor and other issues that could provide momentum to stalled free trade agreements with Peru, Panama and other countries, Democratic officials said Thursday