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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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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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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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Syria and North Korea had nuclear ties, says U.S.
feature A Syrian nuclear reactor, built with the aid of North Korea, was within weeks of completion before it was destroyed by Israel last September, the Bush administration announced last week. In its first year, the finished plant
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Fighting flares in Iraq as the U.S. passes a milestone
feature Violence erupted across Iraq this week, sparked by the launch of an Iraqi government offensive against Shiite factions in Basra, Iraq’s main oil-transport center. At least 64 Iraqis died in fighting that spread to Baghdad, with the heavily protected Green
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Musharraf gives a little ground
feature Pakistani leader Gen. Pervez Musharraf this week began to release hundreds of political prisoners and vowed to hang up his army uniform within days, though he refused to end the emergency rule he declared early this month. A Musharraf aide described the m
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A new push for Mideast peace
feature Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged at a U.S.-sponsored summit in Annapolis, Md., this week to begin negotiating a possible peace agreement that would finally create a Palestinian state. After an intense, 24-hour round of negotiations, Palestinian Pre
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The world unites against global warming
feature After two weeks of arduous, emotional negotiations, 187 countries, including the U.S., agreed to negotiate a treaty on cutting greenhouse-gas emissions over the next two years. The framework agreement, made at the U.N. climate conference in Bali, Indonesi
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Violence down again in Iraq
feature U.S. troop deaths in Iraq dropped sharply for the second consecutive month, the Pentagon announced this week.
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A surprising new view of Iran’s nuclear ambitions
feature Iran halted its pursuit of nuclear weapons four years ago, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded this week in a stunning report that reverses previous Bush administration assessments. The National Intelligence Estimate, compiled from assessments by 16 U.S.
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The CIA admits it destroyed waterboarding tapes
feature The CIA destroyed videotapes of suspected terrorists being subjected to waterboarding and other extreme interrogation techniques, The New York Times reported last week. The tapes, shot in 2002, contained footage of high-ranking al Qaida operative Abu Zuba
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feature A Nobel Peace Prize for Al Gore
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