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Bush’s surprise pick for the Court
feature Harriet Miers, longtime friend and lawyer to the president, is his controversial nominee for Supreme Court justice.
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Sharon’s Political Earthquake
feature After quitting the Likud Party, it appears Prime Minister Sharon has given up hope for a Greater Israel.
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‘Tookie’ Williams Executed
feature After last minute pleas and hours spent crusading against violence, Crips founder
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A Female Suicide Bomber’s Confession
feature After her bombs failed to explode in a Jordan hotel, Sajida Mrbarak al-Rishawi speaks on Jordanian TV.
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The Departure of Bush’s Closest Advisor
feature Karl Rove's resignation leads to a flurry of controversy over his past.
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Feels the Heat
feature Al-Maliki finds himself in a sticky situation.
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Iran’s Confrontation With Britain
feature Choice words are exchanged after the capturing of 15 British sailors.
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A giant merger amid airline woes
feature With the airline industry confronting mounting fuel prices and new safety concerns, Delta Air Lines and Northwest this week approved a $3 billion merger that would create the world
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Alarm mounts over a global food crisis
feature With riots over food prices erupting around the globe, the United Nations this week said that the world was on the brink of a
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Phoenix's search for life on Mars
feature NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed gently on a pebble-strewn, frozen plain near Mars’ north pole this week, beginning a mission to search for water, organic compounds, and evidence of life beyond Earth. After a 10-month, 422-m
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Al-Sadr's militia gains the upper hand
feature Militias loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr held off an Iraqi government offensive this week, dealing a major setback to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The fighting between the Iraqi army and al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army engulfed the southern city of Basra an
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A sober view of progress in Iraq
feature The U.S. has made
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The mounting pressure on Democratic superdelegates
feature Concerned that the bitter primary battle is doing permanent damage, Democratic Party leaders this week warned undecided superdelegates that they
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Alarm mounts as Myanmar’s misery deepens
feature Nearly two weeks after a massive cyclone devastated southern Myanmar, claiming tens of thousands of lives, the country’s secretive military junta this week continued to block relief efforts. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned of
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