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Attorney General A Gonzales says that he did nothing improper in the firing of 8 federal procecutors last year. He released his prepared testimony today. In it he says he has nothing to hide but in high-sight he would handle the firing differently.Gonzales heads to the capital hill Tuesday to testify before a lawmakers looking into the firing. Some democratic lawmakers believe those firing are pollitically motivated

The national weather servic is trying to determine whether a tornado or straight-line winds caused much of these damages in /, South Carolina. A heavy line of / storm moved through the southeast lastnight. At least one person was killed and four others hurt as the system moved across South Carolina. Much of that weather is now headed up the east coast.

There is a claim so far unverified that kidnapped British journalist Allen Johnson is dead. The BBC correspondent's car was found abandoned in Gaza last month. News organizations have seen the statement in a previously un-heard-of millitant group, claiming it killed Johnson ,and the video was soon be posted on the Web. Neither the BBC nor CNN has been able to confirm that statement.

In Saint Peter's Burg,Russia wild pollice used violence to shut down anti-goverment demonstrations. Today's violent / arrested more the 200 anti-Kremlin demotrators yesterday in Moscow. There is no word on how many people were hurt today. S about one report says more than 100 people were detained.

Bomb attackes across Iraq have lead 47 dead and 104 others wounded. The most deadly of the attacks took place in a crowded shopping and dinning distric in Baghda. Police say two car bomb exploded within miniutes each other,killing at least 18 people.

/ coalition sources told CNN that two British soldiers were killed when two seperated helicopter collided north of Baghda today. The milliltary says early report suggested an accident, not enermy fire ,caused that crash. And Pentagon says 3 American soliders were also killed in Iraq this weekend, one by small arms fire , the second soldier was killed by road-side bomb. And a US marine was killed on Saturday during combat operations on / Province, west of Baghda.

A prominent critic at the President's Iraq policy is in Baghda today. Senator C Hagel is the possible candiate for the Repulbican presidential normination.He told the reporters that while there are / progress in Iraq, it should up to the Iraqis to continue the fight.