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Seven bombs hit Bombay's commuter rail network during the evening rush hour, killing as many as 100 people and wounding 250 in what authorities called a well-coordinated attack. India's major cities were put on high alert after the blasts.

The new documentary An Inconvenient Truth is an important counterbalance to the misinformation about global warming, say Al Gore and film producer Laurie David. The movie is based on the former vice president's slideshow presentation on climate change.

President Bush has chosen Wall Street veteran Henry M. Paulson Jr. to be his third treasury secretary. If confirmed, he would succeed John Snow. The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel tells Steve Inskeep that the Goldman Sachs CEO can make a difference at Treasury by taming the federal budget process and the tending to the value of the dollar.

American Floyd Landis has reclaimed the leader's yellow jersey in the Tour de France. He reclaimed it after the 15th stage of the race, which included three Alpine peaks. Sports journalist James Raia talks with John Ydstie about the race.

Indonesia is struggling to deliver aid to people who survived an earthquake that killed more than 5,400 people over the weekend. At least 22 countries have pledged to help relief efforts. At the same time, Indonesian authorities continue to watch for the eruption of an active volcano in the area. And six more human cases of bird flu have been reported.

Author James Carroll's book House of War takes an in-depth look at the power and structure of the Pentagon. He talks about the impact of the "military-industrial complex" on America over the past 60 years.

John Dillinger was America's first Public Enemy No. 1. His crime spree terrorized and fascinated the country during the Depression. But a museum devoted to his life and "career" can't show its collection, because one of his heirs claims it violates the late bank robber's "rights of publicity." A judge has agreed. The museum is appealing the ruling.

The choice of Henry Paulson, a 30-year veteran of Wall Street, to be President Bush's new Treasury secretary is a move to breathe new life into the White House's economic policies. Paulson, the chairman of the investment bank Goldman Sachs, is replacing John Snow, who had formerly been a railroad executive.

Iraq's prime minister says he's losing patience with what he called American "excuses" for killing Iraqi civilians. Nouri al-Maliki told the Reuters news agency that he plans to launch an Iraqi investigation into the deaths of 24 civilians in the western Iraqi town of Haditha last fall.

Israeli warplanes pound a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut, killing two-dozen people, in the seventh day of Israeli air attacks. More than 200 Lebanese have been killed in the bombing campaign. The bombing is a response to Hezbollah missile attacks on Israel from Lebanon, and the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers.