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Alito Ad Flap Centers Over Strip Search
AP - When police in a small Pennsylvania coal town went to the home of a suspected methamphetamine dealer, they sent for a female meter maid to search the suspect's wife and 10-year-old daughter.
NATO troops find dead children 6 weeks after quake
Reuters - The grim task of recovering
childrens' bodies is far from over for NATO engineers helping
the relief effort in northern Pakistan more than six weeks
after the earthquake struck.
Bush widens sanctions against Zimbabwe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush has widened economic sanctions against Zimbabwe, blocking the assets of an additional 128 people and 33 entities Washington says undermine democratic reform in the southern African state.
Rep. Kolbe Won't Seek Re-Election
AP - Rep. Jim Kolbe, a leading proponent of free trade and the only openly gay Republican in Congress, announced Wednesday that he will not seek a 12th term next year, and cited Washington's increasingly partisan atmosphere as one reason he's leaving.
Lawmakers Helped Tribes Get Federal Money
AP - More than a dozen members of Congress intervened to help Indian tribes win federal school construction money while accepting political donations from the tribes, their lobbyist Jack Abramoff or his firm.
Excerpts: Nixon Administration Discussions
AP - At an Aug. 9, 1973, meeting, national security adviser Henry Kissinger and other Nixon aides and military leaders discussed the feasibility of waging a limited nuclear war with the Soviet Union. At the time, U.S. nuclear war plans provided for attacks on a much larger scale. President Nixon sought plans for a narrower nuclear attack but left office before they were fully developed.
New German foreign minister to visit Washington
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will travel to New York and Washington as part of the new government's efforts to 'intensify' relations with the United States, a ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
US to consult with industry on Canada lumber aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will examine Canada's billion-dollar aid package for its softwood lumber industry and take action if necessary to protect its own domestic industry, senior U.S. trade officials said on Thursday.
U.S. Committed to Stability in Iraq
AP - Responding to a statement by Iraqis recognizing a right of resistance, the State Department on Tuesday said they had endorsed neither terrorism nor violence.
Bush Makes Thanksgiving Calls to GIs
AP - President Bush said Thursday that he's thankful for troops serving in a time of war as he made Thanksgiving Day phone calls to 10 members of the U.S. military services stationed around the world.
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