Boy who helped foil Pa. attack sentenced (AP)

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AP - A teen lauded by President Bush for breaking up a school terror plot was sentenced to probation Thursday for taking part in two burglaries at the plotter's home.

 

Obama ties economic woes to Iraq war (AP)

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting at Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center Arena in Beckley, W.V., Thursday, March 20, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Barack Obama blamed the Iraq war for higher oil prices and skyrocketing debt Thursday as he sought to tie the unpopular war to the slumping economy in working-class West Virginia.


 

US to Israel: No bias vs Arab-Americans (AP)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) hold a joint news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 21, 2008. (Loay Abu Haykel/Reuters)AP - The State Department said Thursday it repeatedly has told Israel to treat Arab-American Palestinians as American citizens at border crossings and elsewhere.


 

Obama ties economic woes to Iraq war (AP)

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., talks as he eats a chicken wing at Murads' Sports Bar in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, March 20, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Barack Obama blamed the Iraq war for higher oil prices and skyrocketing debt Thursday as he sought to tie the unpopular war to the slumping economy in working-class West Virginia.


 

Bin Laden urges jihad for Palestinians (AP)

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Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden speaks at a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesAP - Osama bin Laden lashed out Thursday at Palestinian peace negotiations with Israel and called for a holy war to liberate the Palestinian lands.


 

Gates considers US force levels for Iraq (AP)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to reporters aboard his plane enroute to Moscow Sunday, March 16, 2008. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet their Russian counterparts March 17 and 18 to discuss missile defense, non-proliferation and counterterrorism. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, POOL)AP - Top U.S. military leaders presented Defense Secretary Robert Gates with their strategy for future force levels in Iraq Thursday, including expected recommendations for a pause in troop cuts for as much as six weeks later this summer.


 

Bracing for a New Hizballah-Israel War (Time.com)

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Time.com - Though there's not a thread of evidence for it, some Lebanese have even set the date for a new Israeli invasion - April 6.

 

Military action in Iran would be disaster: Annan (Reuters)

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Chief mediator and former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan addresses the media as Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme Anna Tibaijuka looks on in Nairobi March 2, 2008. (Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)Reuters - Military action against Iran over its nuclear ambitions would be "a disaster" and the only way to solve the impasse is through dialogue, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.


 

Rival Palestinian delegations to stay in Yemen (Reuters)

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Reuters - Delegations from Hamas and Fatah will remain in Yemen an extra day for reconciliation talks despite disagreements between the rival factions, Palestinian officials said on Thursday.

 

Treasury warns of deception by Iran (AP)

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AP - The Bush administration issued a fresh warning Thursday to U.S. banks that Iran is using "an array of deceptive practices" to hide its alleged involvement in nuclear proliferation and terrorist activities.

 

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