Hello on this Wednesday, the
16th day of May, 2007. I'm
Kristin Volk with a UPI top
news headline.Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr.'s eldest child
has died at the age of 51.
Yolanda King passed away
yesterday in Santa Monica,
California. She was known for
following her father's goal of
racial harmony as an actress
and motivational
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Hello on this Wednesday, the
16th day of May, 2007. I'm
Kristin Volk with a UPI top
news headline.Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr.'s eldest child
has died at the age of 51.
Yolanda King passed away
yesterday in Santa Monica,
California. She was known for
following her father's goal of
racial harmony as an actress
and motivational speaker. The
family doesn't know the cause
of death but relatives believe
it may have been a heart
problem. King's mother,
Coretta Scott, died last year
of complications from ovarian
cancer following a stroke and
mild heart attack.Nicolas
Sarkozy is now officially the
president of France. The
center-right leader was sworn
in in Paris earlier today at a
ceremony. He replaces former
president Jacques Chirac.
Sarkozy and Chirac met
privately Tuesday, and among
the information exchanged were
France's nuclear launch codes.
The new president has departed
for Berlin to meet with German
Chancellor Angela Merkel.
There, he's expected to
demonstrate his desire to
shore up European unity. U.S.
President Bush has named a new
war czar. U.S. Army Lt.
General Douglas Lute was
picked to coordinate U.S.
efforts in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Pending Senate
confirmation, Lute will
oversee operations by the
military and State Department.
Sources reportedly say that he
expressed concern about the
effectiveness of the troop
surge in Iraq announced in
January. Reports say at least
five retired four-star
generals refused to be
considered for the war czar
job. Televangelist Jerry
Falwell has died. The
73-year-old founded the Moral
Majority, a movement that
turned American religious
conservatives into a political
force. Falwell was found
unconscious without a pulse
yesterday in his office at
Liberty University, the
college he founded in
Lynchburg, VA. Doctors
pronounced him dead of heart
failure Tuesday afternoon. The
controversial figure had a
history of heart trouble.For
more on these stories and all
of the day's news, go to
upi.com. Thanks for watching.

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