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Carrying on at Bastille DayTom Dessereau, of New York City, participates in the guest race with his 2-year-old daughter, Boheme, during the 35th annual Bastille Day races on Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., between 12th and 13th streets on Friday in Washington.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Soldiers follow militants
Thousands of soldiers rolled across northwestern Pakistan on Friday, a day after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf vowed to follow the storming of Islamabad’s Red Mosque by eliminating extremism from “every corner” of the country.
Anti-Musharraf protesters took to the streets of every major city to blame the U.S.-backed leader for the violence at the mosque, some chanting slogans in favor of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
But the rallies were smaller than expected, and there was a lull in the violent backlash from militant groups that had staged suicide bombings and attacks on foreign aid groups in reaction to the mosque siege.
Officials said thousands of soldiers were deploying to various parts of North West Frontier Province, which borders Afghanistan and where militant groups are increasingly active.
NEW YORK
Charges evoke Columbine
Two teenagers were charged with conspiring to attack a Long Island high school on the anniversary of the Columbine attacks after a chilling journal and videotape surfaced in which one teen identifies several potential victims by name, authorities said Friday.
“I will start a chain of terrorism in the world,” a 15-year-old suspected of planning the assault allegedly wrote in the journal, which led to his arrest. “This will go down in history. Take out everyone there. Perfecto.”
Both teens were charged with misdemeanor conspiracy, punishable by up to a year in jail. The 15-year-old was scheduled to appear in juvenile court Friday; the second suspect, 17-year-old Michael McDonough, pleaded not guilty.
Authorities said the two suspects, co-workers at a suburban McDonald’s, targeted scores of students in an attack they planned for April 20, 2008 — the ninth anniversary of the Columbine High School rampage, where 12 students and a teacher were killed in Littleton, Colo.
WASHINGTON
House Dems threaten Miers
House Democrats told no-show witness Harriet Miers on Friday that she could soon be held in contempt as they issued the Republican National Committee a new subpoena for White House e-mails.
The deadline for replies from both: Tuesday.
Miers, President Bush’s former legal counsel who a day earlier defied a subpoena to appear before the House Judiciary Committee, could be held in criminal contempt of Congress if she fails to notify the panel by Tuesday that she has changed her mind and will appear, according to a letter sent to her attorney by Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich.
MADRID, Spain
Brothers survive bull attack
A bull that broke from the pack seriously gored two American brothers, catching one on each of its horns during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, but both were recovering Friday in the hospital.
Lawrence and Michael Lenahan were gored simultaneously by the bull, which also injured 11 other people Thursday. It was the worst day for injuries in the nine-day festival.
“I yelled at my brother to show him I was bleeding everywhere but he showed me he was bleeding everywhere,” said Lawrence Lenahan, 26, an Air Force captain from Hermosa Beach, Calif.