UNITED NATIONS – Iraq’s U.N. ambassador urged the U.N. Security Council (search) on Monday to lift “the shackles and burdens” it imposed on Saddam Hussein’s government, saying the new Iraq is a fledgling democracy that should no longer be subject to a U.N. arms embargo and economic restraints. Samir Sumaidaie …
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7 January
U.S. Launches Deadly Raid on Iraq Insurgents
BAGHDAD, Iraq – U.S. troops battled arms smugglers and fighters near the Iraqi town of Qaim (search) along the Syrian border Tuesday, killing an unknown number of foreign insurgents, the U.S. military said. Local hospital officials reported at least nine people killed in clashes in the same area, and said …
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7 January
Tax Incentives in Energy Bill Pass House Panel
WASHINGTON – House taxwriters advanced an $8 billion package of energy tax breaks Wednesday, including measures aimed at spurring construction of electricity transmission lines (search) in hopes of reducing the likelihood of future blackouts. The tax provisions, many of which would help energy companies, will be merged with non-tax energy …
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7 January
'Fockers' DVD Bursts With Many Bloopers
NEW YORK – It’s time to “Meet the Fockers” (search) — again. The new DVD out Tuesday is packed with 65 bloopers and a version of the movie extended 15 minutes. Why so much extra footage? Director Jay Roach (search) says method acting gone awry is to blame. “We were …
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7 January
Tsunami Toll Lowered
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Indonesian government has lowered the number of people missing after the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami by more than 56,000, saying most of them have been found alive in emergency camps. The National Disaster Relief Coordinating Board (search), which has been keeping the most detailed tally …
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7 January
Prince Charles, Sons, Admit Love for Reality TV
LONDON – Even British royals need a dose of reality sometimes — reality TV. Prince Charles and his sons, William and Harry, appear with comedians Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly in a TV interview to air Saturday. Among the shocking royal revelations: Charles is a fan of Canadian folk singer …
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7 January
Bono Urges Africa to Work to Stop Malaria
ARUSHA, Tanzania – Bono said Saturday that Africa must keep working to stop malaria, which kills more than 1 million people a year — many of them young children on the continent. “In the 21st century, we have Africans using modern technology to find its own solutions to deadly malaria,” …
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7 January
U.S. Shipping Tamiflu to Asia
GENEVA – The United States is sending a stockpile of the antiviral drug Tamiflu to Asia as a first defense against a possible flu pandemic, the U.S. health chief said Monday. Mike Leavitt, U.S. secretary of health and human services, said Washington has shipped treatment courses of Tamiflu to a …
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7 January
Coalition Forces Kill 5 Suspected Militants in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. and Afghan soldiers killed five militants during a large-scale operation targeting Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters in a volatile eastern region near Pakistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The renewed violence in Kunar province came as Afghanistan urged neighboring Pakistan to do more to curb militancy …
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7 January
Body of Missing Portland Hiker Found
STEVENSON, Wash. – Authorities say the body of a missing 24-year-old Portland woman has been found. Katherine Huether’s had been missing since March 4 when she went hiking near Bonneville Dam in Washington’s Skamania County. Undersheriff Dave Cox says her body was found Saturday in the Columbia River Gorge by …
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