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Democrats take control of Senate\nWASHINGTON -- In a historic midsession change of command, the Senate convened today under Democratic control as new Majority Leader Tom Daschle called for bipartisanship. But he cautioned that he would also use his party's new muscle to stop President Bush on areas where they disagree. "We need to prove to the American people that we can overcome the lines that too often divide us," Daschle said in his first Senate speech as majority leader. "We need to prove that we can do the work the American people have sent us to do."\nIsrael begins to ease restrictions\nJERUSALEM -- As a fragile cease-fire held, Israel today began easing travel and other restrictions on Palestinians that were imposed after last week's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv disco. About 2,000 Palestinian workers were allowed to enter an Israeli industrial zone inside the Gaza Strip today and several food trucks were seen entering the territories. Late last night, a 5-month-old Israeli boy suffered severe brain damage when Palestinians threw rocks at a car in the West Bank, according to doctors and the Israeli military.\nNepal arrests editor, publishers\nKATMANDU, Nepal - The editor and publishers of Kantipur Daily, Nepal's largest newspaper, were arrested today on suspicion of treason for printing an article written by a Maoist rebel leader. The arrests -- the first of mainstream journalists since the Nepalese monarchy lost power in 1990, ceding the way for establishment of a constitutional democracy -- reflect Nepal's unease after two days of unrest following the shooting deaths of most of the royal family. Crown Prince Dipendra allegedly carried out the massacre and then fatally shot himself. His uncle Gyanendra was installed as king on Monday.\nBush dedicates D-Day Memorial\nBEDFORD, Va. -- About 15,000 people crammed onto a former cow pasture for the unveiling of the National D-Day Memorial today, the 57th anniversary of the Allied invasion that turned the tide of World War II. President Bush dedicated the memorial commemorating the June 6, 1944 Normandy beach battle in which 6,036 Americans were killed or wounded. Twenty-three of the Americans killed were from Bedford, then a farming community of 3,200 that sent 35 soldiers to Normandy.