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Each Thursday we read from listeners' emails. Pluto's demotion from full-fledged planet to "dwarf planet" has brought in a lot of letters. We hear your creative suggestion of a new status for Pluto. Also, comments on a mixup in a cemetery, and new lyrics for the old musical "The Fantasticks".

Commentator Sandip Roy compares the new Bollywood superhero Krrish with Hollywood's "man of steel." The biggest difference? Krrish can sing and dance.

In Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych has returned to power as prime minister. The opposition leader was closely identified with the former Communist regime that was ousted two years ago. Yanukovych will share power with President Viktor Yushchenko, who led Ukraine's Orange Revolution.

The 34-nation Summit of the Americas concludes in Mar del Plata, Argentina, with little apparent progress on a free-trade area promoted by President Bush. The meeting was overshadowed by violent anti-Bush protests.

If Vice President Cheney is an aggressive, loyal defender of President Bush, then David Addington is an aggressive loyal defender of Cheney.

Reconstructing the damaged infrastructure of the Gulf Coast is a focal point for the Bush administration. Mark Schleifstein, staff writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, says many who lost their homes or saw severe damage are still unclear on how much of the city can be saved.

The Horn of Africa is where al Qaeda first made its mark, including the U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa and the suicide attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen. Many fear continued instability makes Somalia a safe haven and transit point for Islamic extremists.

An Australian television network is making public a series of previously unpublished images from 2003 that show U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Many of the images are similar to those that first appeared nearly two years ago. But others are even more graphic and brutal.

The U.S. Army says it has banned the use of body armor that is not issued by the military. Army officials say any soldier wearing commercially purchased body armor will have to turn it in and have it replaced by authorized gear. Military officials said they cannot guarantee the commercial gear's safety.

If faced with a bird flu pandemic, the Bush administration would divert the nation's limited supplies of the antiviral drug Tamiflu to medical personnel, says Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt.