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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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Big Oil’s return to Iraq
feature The Iraqi Ministry has awarded two-year, no bid contracts to ExxonMobil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, and BP for oil-field repair and technical support, and also given them an advantage in securing licenses for oil drilling in the future.&l
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Serbia digs in over Kosovo
feature Rioters in Belgrade set fire to the U.S. Embassy last week, and demonstrations broke out throughout Serbia after Kosovo declared its independence and won recognition from the U.S. and other Western states. Striking a militant pose, Serbian Prime Minister
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McCain has it virtually sewn up
feature Arizona Sen. John McCain solidified his position as the presumptive Republican nominee this week with three more primary victories. McCain rolled up double-digit victories over former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Maryland and the District of Columbia,
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McCain makes it official
feature Capping a highly improbable comeback, Sen. John McCain of Arizona officially secured the Republican nomination this week, after a sweep of four primaries pushed his delegate count above the 1,191 needed to clinch a win. McCain
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Job losses point to bigger trouble ahead
feature More bad news deepened the gloom over the slumping economy, as the Labor Department reported last week that 63,000 Americans lost their jobs in February
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Tense times in the Middle East
feature A tense lull in the violence that has wracked Gaza was holding this week, after Israel agreed to curtail its assault if Palestinians refrained from launching new missile attacks. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied that any
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Desperate Palestinians pour into Egypt
feature Thousands of Palestinians desperate for food and fuel stormed into Egypt last week, after Hamas militants blew holes in a Gaza border wall. The crisis began after Israel cut off supplies to Gaza in retaliation for a barrage of Hamas rocket fire that hit I
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Edwards changes the equation
feature The battle for the Democratic nomination officially became a two-person race this week, when former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards announced he was ending his candidacy. Having come in third place in most of the early contests, Edwards
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A proposal for new oversight of financial markets
feature The Bush administration this week proposed the most sweeping reform of the financial regulatory system since the Great Depression, offering a blueprint that would give the Federal Reserve broad powers over virtually all financial institutions. Treasury Se
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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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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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Tea Party candidates jolt GOP establishment
feature Tea Party–backed conservatives pulled off stunning upsets of establishment GOP candidates in Delaware and New York.
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The uproar over body scanners and pat-downs
feature The Transportation Security Administration has installed 385 full-body scanners in 68 of the nation’s biggest airports; travelers who refuse the scanner must submit to a pat-down by a TSA employee.
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