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ÊBaghdad - U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on another quick visit to Iraq, pressed the country's new leaders Tuesday to avoid delays in developing a constitutional government and defeating the insurgency. "Anything that would delay that or disrupt that as a result of turbulence or incompetence or corruption in government would be unfortunate," Rumsfeld said before he began a round of talks with Iraqi leaders. Ramallah, West Bank - More than 200 Palestinian militants have pledged not to carry out acts of violence in exchange for jobs, in a first step toward disarming gunmen wanted by Israel, a Palestinian official said on Tuesday. The Palestinian Authority is seeking signed commitments from a thousand militants to allow them to join security forces or get civilian government jobs, but the program stops short of taking away their weapons immediately as Israel has demanded. ÊSanta Maria, Calif. - The stepfather of Michael Jackson's accuser testified Tuesday in the singer's child molestation trial that the boy's mother called him in distress from the pop star's Neverland estate during the period in which prosecutors alleged the family was held captive. The stepfather took the stand as the prosecution shifted from witnesses who alleged past improprieties by Jackson.
