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Anti-war protesters from across the nation including Jane Fonda rallied in the shadow of the Capitol building in Washington today to demand that Congress block President George W. Bush’s new plan to send more troops to Iraq and withdraw those already there.The demonstration, the first national peace rally since voters gave Democrats a majority in [...]

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Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft.
It’s launch long delayed Microsoft plans an enormous marketing campaign to promote the software as a way to get more out of computers.
    But detractors are rolling their eyes and saying the new Windows is nothing more than a weak imitator of other operating systems. And [...]

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President Bush’s “New Way Forward” in Iraq faces two immediate obstacles that are best framed as questions: Will the new Democratic-led Congress go along, and what difference will the latest tactical shift make on the ground?
Bush is betting that a modest increase in American force and money will reverse a spiral toward sectarian anarchy in [...]

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America’s largest city got a scare early Monday when the smell associated with natural gas covered a large swath of Manhattan. Sirens blared, emergency vehicles raced through streets, people poured out of buildings, and some train stations were evacuated.
But nothing dangerous was discovered, and there was no immediate explanation for the odor. New York City [...]

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TV talk host Oprah Winfrey was the target of an alleged extortion plot involving potentially damaging audio tapes, federal officials in Chicago say.
Keifer Bonvillain of Atlanta was charged with illegally taping telephone conversations he had with a Winfrey employee he had met at a party in an effort to extort $1.5 million from the star, [...]

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Saddam Hussein, among the world’s most brutal dictators, struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners. But as his final moments approached, he grew calm. Dressed in a black coat and trousers, he clutched a Qur’an as he was led to the gallows, and in one final moment of defiance, refused [...]

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Saddam Hussein’s half brothers visited him in his jail cell and he gave them his will, Iraqi officials said Friday, indicating his execution may be approaching. But they said he had yet to be transferred to Iraqi custody.
The White House was preparing for Saddam’s execution as early as this weekend, based on information that US [...]

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It is the first time the US has made a direct link between global warming and the threat to a species.
President George Bush has steadfastly refused to back mandatory controls of emissions of carbon dioxide - believed the main gas behind global warming.
There are 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears across the globe, [...]

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Former President Gerald Ford, who healed a divided nation in the wake of President Richard Nixon’s resignation and the Watergate scandal, has died in the U.S. state of California at the age of 93.
He had battled pneumonia and undergone two heart procedures earlier this year. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has a look back [...]

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