Headlines for September 5, 2006

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- Lopez Obrador Vows to Form Parallel Gov’t In Mexico
- Vicente Fox Blocked From Giving State of the Union Address
- Sudanese Government Dramatically Intensifies Attacks in Darfur
- Lebanese MPs State Sit-In To Protest Israeli Blockade
- Israel Concerned Over War Crimes Charges
- Pentagon Warns Iraq Could Face Civil War
- Opium Production in Afghanistan Reaches All-Time High
- Eight Million U.S. Children Now Have No Health Insurance
- Congress Prepares to Vote on NSA Spy Programs & John Bolton
- Puerto Rican Independence Leader Jorge Farinacci-Garcia, 56, Dies