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KBR, Partner in Iraq Contract Sued in Human Trafficking Case
A Washington law firm filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, one of the largest U.S. contractors in Iraq, alleging that the company and its Jordanian subcontractor engaged in the human trafficking of Nepali workers.
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Crises Reveal Limits of Bush's Personal Diplomacy on World Stage
He glimpsed inside Vladimir Putin's soul and found something to his liking. He has also showed off his Texas ranch to Saudi King Abdullah, talked economics with Chinese President Hu Jintao and visited Graceland with then-Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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Russia Says 2 Regions in Georgia Are Independent
MOSCOW, Aug. 26 -- Russia recognized the independence of two breakaway provinces of Georgia over the strong objections of the United States and much of Europe on Tuesday, escalating tensions in the region as Russian troops dug in on Georgian soil and U.S. warships prepared to deliver humanitarian...
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Suicide Bombing in Volatile Iraqi Province Kills at Least 25
BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 -- A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people in restive Diyala province Tuesday in one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in weeks, officials said.
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Morning Spew
DENVER, Aug. 26--Joe Scarborough and David Shuster didn't quite come to blows Tuesday morning, but their anger really boiled over.
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Maliki Demands All U.S. Troops Pull Out by 2011
BAGHDAD, Aug. 25 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demanded a complete U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 as he embarked Monday on an attempt to win support among Iraqi leaders for a draft security accord with the United States.
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Biden Son's Service In Iraq Complicates Succession Question
Sen. Barack Obama's decision to name Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) as his running mate has set off intense speculation in Delaware over who would be named -- and when -- to succeed Biden in the Senate if Democrats were to win the White House in November.
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To Shore Up Abbas, Israel Releases Jailed Palestinians
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug. 25 -- Israel freed 198 Palestinian prisoners Monday, including the longest-serving Palestinian detainee in an Israeli jail, in a move Israeli officials said was meant to strengthen Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Cheney To Visit Georgia Next Week
Vice President Cheney will travel next week to war-ravaged Georgia as part of a swing through several former Soviet republics, making him the highest-level U.S. emissary to visit the country since hostilities between Russia and Georgia broke out this month, officials said yesterday.
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Experience Is Double-Edged Sword for The Ticket
DENVER, Aug. 24 -- A week after a young state senator named Barack Obama stood in Chicago's Daley Plaza and denounced the move toward a "dumb war," Joseph R. Biden Jr. took to the well of the U.S. Senate to make a much more nuanced argument, both for a resolution that he knew could lead to the...
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