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This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” May 9, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) VLADIMIR PUTIN, PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This …

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Michael Jackson’s former attorney took the stand in the pop star’s child molestation trial, testifying he investigated the accuser’s family and became “gravely concerned” about them as a threat to his client. Mark Geragos (search) told jurors Friday that he had both researched the family himself …

NEW YORK – Computer Associates International Inc. (CA), one of the largest U.S. software makers, Thursday posted a lower quarterly profit due to higher compliance-related costs and tax expenses. The company, which emerged from a long-running accounting scandal last year, said it is likely to defer the filing of its …

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CHICAGO – The union representing mechanics at bankrupt United Airlines (search) Monday said it was making plans for a labor strike, saying the No. 2 carrier was putting their retirement plans in jeopardy. The threat from the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (search) comes in response to news that United, a …

WASHINGTON – The Labor Department (search) cautioned organized labor in a letter made public Wednesday not to use money from pension funds to lobby against President Bush’s proposal to overhaul Social Security (search). “The department is very concerned about the potential use of plan assets to promote particular policy positions,” …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A Shiite cleric was chosen Tuesday to chair the committee drafting Iraq’s new constitution, while a Sunni Arab and a Kurd will be his deputies as the government seeks a charter reflecting the country’s ethnic and religious makeup. Hummam Hammoudi (search), a deputy with the United Iraqi …

HADITHA, Iraq – More than 1,000 U.S. troops on Wednesday swept into this city on the road to Syria (search) to root out insurgents — including those loyal to terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — after rebels damaged the hospital, knocked out the electricity and prevented police from entering. The …

BRASILIA, Brazil – Deforestation in the Amazon (search) rain forest in 2004 was the second worst ever, figures released by the Brazilian government showed Wednesday. Satellite photos and data showed that ranchers, soybean farmers and loggers burned and cut down a near-record area of 10,088 square miles of rain forest …

ROME – Pope Benedict XVI (search) indicated Saturday he will stick to Pope John Paul II’s unwavering stands against abortion and euthanasia, saying pontiffs must resist attempts to “water down” Roman Catholic teaching. Benedict outlined his vision of his papacy in a homily during a ceremony in which he took …