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Iran, Syria invited to meeting about Iraq

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2007 12 a.m.

WASHINGTON – The United States and the Iraqi government are launching a new diplomatic initiative to invite Iran and Syria to a “neighbors meeting” on stabilizing Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.

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Wednesday, Feb. 28,2007 12 a.m.

18 boys were killed in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad, when a car bomb exploded Tuesday near a park popular with young soccer players, police and Iraqi state television said.

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Tuesday, Feb. 27,2007 12 a.m.

Britain’s defense secretary on Monday announced the deployment of 1,400 extra troops to Afghanistan. It bolsters NATO’s mission to oust the resurgent Taliban only days after Prime Minister Tony Blair disclosed plans to trim British forces in Iraq. The deployment will bring British troop levels in Afghanistan to around 7,700 until 2009, meaning Britain will have more forces based there than in Iraq for the first time since the 2003 Iraq invasion.

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Monday, Feb. 26,2007 12 a.m.

Genealogists have found that civil-rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond.

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U.N. agency: Iran still enriching uranium in defiance

By George Jahn · Friday, Feb. 23,2007 12 a.m.

VIENNA, Austria – Iran has expanded its uranium enrichment program instead of complying with a U.N. Security Council ultimatum to freeze it, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday in a finding that clears the way for harsher sanctions against Tehran.

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Friday, Feb. 23,2007 12 a.m.

Children will be exempt from new rules that will require travelers to show passports when entering the U.S. at land or sea borders, the Bush administration announced on Thursday. The new passport requirements will take effect as soon as January 2008.

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A new warrior prince: Harry to be sent to Iraq this spring

By Tariq Panja · Friday, Feb. 23,2007 12 a.m.

LONDON – He’s the redheaded son of the late Princess Diana, the rowdy royal known more for dancing until dawn than waking for battle. But Britain’s party prince, Harry, is getting his wish and is being deployed to Iraq this spring with his Blues and Royals regiment.

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Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

Britain will withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the coming months and aims to further cut its 7,100-strong contingent by late summer if Iraqi forces can secure the country’s south, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.

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Presidential hopefuls field questions about Iraq at forum

By Beth Fouhy · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Democratic presidential hopefuls launched serial attacks against President Bush’s Iraq war policy on Wednesday and generally steered clear of criticizing one another in the first joint appearance of the young 2008 campaign for the White House.

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Presidential hopefuls field questions about Iraq at forum

By Beth Fouhy · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2007 12 a.m.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Democratic presidential hopefuls launched serial attacks against President Bush’s Iraq war policy on Wednesday and generally steered clear of criticizing one another in the first joint appearance of the young 2008 campaign for the White House.

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Wednesday, Feb. 21,2007 12 a.m.

Britain will withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the coming months and aims to further cut its 7,100-strong contingent by late summer if Iraqi forces can secure the country’s south, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.

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By Abdullah AlShihri · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2007 12 a.m.

Language skills and culture background are the aspects President Bush instructed the nation’s new spy chief to focus on when finding more recruits to collect information on al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.

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JetBlue terminal at JFK airport begins to return to normal 6 days after storm

By Deepti Hajela · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – The six-day siege of angry and disgruntled travelers at JetBlue’s Kennedy airport terminal appeared to ease on Monday as service desks functioned more smoothly and customer calm prevailed despite flight cancellations. The beleaguered company said it was canceling almost a quarter of its flights on Monday but planned to restore full operations on Tuesday, a week after a Valentine’s Day snowstorm created a travel meltdown that virtually paralyzed JetBlue.

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Tuesday, Feb. 20,2007 12 a.m.

XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have agreed to merge. The deal, announced Monday, would consolidate the only two companies in the emerging business of subscription-only satellite radio, but it is sure to face tough scrutiny from federal regulators. The two companies said in a statement that Mel Karmazin, the CEO of Sirius, would become chief executive of the new company. Gary Parsons, the chairman of XM, would remain in that role.

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Colombia replaces foreign minister

Tuesday, Feb. 20,2007 12 a.m.

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia’s president quickly named a new foreign minister Monday, hours after Maria Consuelo Araujo resigned amid a growing scandal linking the political establishment and far-right paramilitaries.

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