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CIA director Michael Hayden says the agency destroyed videotapes of its interrogations of two top al Qaida suspects, made in 2002. Philip Zelikow, executive director of the 9/11 Commission, had hoped to review the tapes.

Officials from more than 40 nations gather in Annapolis, Md., for the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The summit is the Bush administration's first initiative in seven years. Analysts urge President Bush to use his full influence to help bring about peace.

Venezuelans vote Sunday on a slate of constitutional reforms that would give President Hugo Chavez greater powers and lift limits on presidential terms. Opponents say this is a power grab by an authoritarian leader. Polls suggest the referendum may be defeated.

Los Angeles braced for a large turnout for two immigrant rights demonstrations this May Day. The focus on pressuring Congress to adopt broad immigration changes could draw large enough crowds to bring downtown businesses to a halt.

A Turkish court has invalidated the first round of last week's presidential election. The decision is a setback for the moderate Islamist party's candidate, Abdullah Gul, who was expected to win easily. The fear: too much power for a non-secular party.

The Scottish National Party, the SNP, has become the biggest party in Scotland, by just one seat. The SNP, which is committed to Scottish independence, will need to form a coalition in order to take power in Edinburgh. Although the result will have little immediate effect, the SNP has promised to hold a referendum on Scotland leaving the United Kingdom in 2010.

Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal have advanced to a May 6 runoff in France's presidential elections. With most of the votes counted, Sarkozy took in more than 31 percent, with Segolene second at just under 26 percent.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is refusing to resign Monday after a special commission harshly criticized his leadership during last July's war in Lebanon. The two Israeli soldiers whose kidnapping sparked the war in Lebanon are still not free.

French voters will elect their new president this Sunday, in a run-off between the two winners of the first round, conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist Segolene Royal. Both have been fighting for the center-ground of French politics. Most independent pollsters say they lean toward Royal, but Sarkozy is still ahead in the polls.

The Department of Homeland Security is installing nine high-tech towers as part of its Secure Border Initiative Network along the Arizona-Mexico border. Local residents of Arivaca, Ariz., say the towers will be eyesores and an invasion of their privacy.