Letter From Bill Keller on The Times's Banking Records Report  —  The following is a letter Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, has sent to readers who have written him about The Times's publication of information about the government's examination of international banking records:

Al-Qaida-Linked Group Claims 4 Killings  —  Al-Qaida-Linked Group Says It Killed 4 Russian Diplomats in Iraq, Posts Video Showing 3 Slayings  —  CAIRO, Egypt Jun 25, 2006 (AP)— An al-Qaida-linked group posted a Web video Sunday showing the killings of three Russian embassy workers abducted earlier this month in Iraq.

Democrats Cite Report On Troop Cuts in Iraq  —  Pentagon Plan Like Theirs, Senators Say  —  Senate Democrats reacted angrily yesterday to a report that the U.S. commander in Iraq had privately presented a plan for significant troop reductions in the same week they came under attack …

Al-Aksa claims biological, chemical capabilities  —  The Aksa Martyrs' Brigades group announced on Sunday that it its members have succeeded in manufacturing chemical and biological weapons to be used against Israel.  —  In a leaflet distributed in the Gaza Strip, the group …

GILLIARD-GATE:  —  Steve Gilliard claims that he did not write the email I attributed to him in this post.  After doing some further investigating, I'm afraid to say that he is correct.  He did not write that email.  I apologize to Gilliard for not checking with him before publishing my post, and I regret the error.

After Londonistan  —  SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS?  To Sir Ian Blair, top left, London's police commissioner, much of the answer to terrorism lies in developing a rapport between the police and residents of heavily Muslim communities like Brick Lane, Whitechapel and Forest Gate, bottom left …

Murtha says U.S. poses top threat to world peace  —  SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL  —  MIAMI — American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to an audience of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon.

Transcript for June 25  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: a heated debate over the Iraq war in the U.S. Senate.  —  (Videotape):  —  SEN. BILL FRIST (R-TN): If we break our promise and cut and run, as some would have us do, the implications could be catastrophic.

Dad: Sears Tower suspect under spell of man  —  The father of the former Chicagoan accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower remembers his son, Narseal Batiste, coming under the spell of a man who wore a black robe and walked with a black staff.  —  "We went to dinner with this old guy …

U.S. can't 'redeploy' its way out of Iraq  —  Last week John Kerry revealed his plan to "redeploy" U.S. forces from Iraq.  This plan is different from fellow Defeaticrat Jack Murtha's plan to "redeploy" U.S. forces from Iraq to Okinawa, which Congressman Murtha seems to think is in the general neighborhood of Iraq.

Warren Buffett gives away his fortune  —  FORTUNE EXCLUSIVE: The world's second richest man - who's now worth $44 billion - tells editor-at-large Carol Loomis he will start giving away 85% of his wealth in July - most of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Family life faces State 'invasion'  —  Government surveillance of all children, including information on whether they eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, will be condemned tomorrow as a Big Brother system.  —  Experts say it is the biggest state intrusion in history into the role of parents.