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Monitor articles for April 18, 2006

• A poet who celebrates the joy of verse
• Bearing true witness
• Etc...
• US detainees are no threat, but lose appeal
• Jobs that save the earth
• In all details of life, she finds grace
• Lit bits
• For GIs, some days in Iraq are slightly less worse than others
• Egypt's grand mufti issues fatwa: no sculpture
• USA
• Key role of Nepal security forces
• Reporters on the Job
• Principal helps village feed itself
• In the home-buying frenzy, renters could reap bargains
• Attack tests Israeli response to Hamas
• Backstory: Can the Motor City walk?
• A roundup of bestselling poetry books
• California tackles greenhouse emissions
• Poetry sharpened by wisdom
• Strong spending still defies economic gravity
• World
• Letters
• No yuan is an island
• Returning from war, soldiers splurge
• Employers risk little in hiring illegal labor
• On agenda with China: trade challenges
• A fascinating journey with two women poets