From Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, thousands of supporters of radical Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr are heading for Najaf to demand that U.S. troops and Iraqi government forces withdraw from the holy city.
China won first gold medal of the Athens Olympic Games.
Pope John Paul is in southern French town of Lourdes for a two-day pilgrimage to one of Christianity's most visited shrines.
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