Ga. soldiers return after 3rd Iraq tour (AP)
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AP - Army Staff Sgt. Robert Brown's third deployment Iraq was also his longest
Iran wants compensation for UN sanctions (AP)
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AP - Iran is demanding compensation for what it says are unlawful sanctions imposed by the U.N. for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, the Mideast nation's foreign minister said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Man charged as Iraqi agent over Congress trip (Reuters)
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Reuters - An Iraqi-American who helped organize a controversial U.S. congressional trip to Baghdad in 2002 was charged on Wednesday with working for ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government, which paid for the visit, the Justice Department said.
Iran threatens legal action over U.N. sanctions (Reuters)
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Reuters - Iran has threatened legal action
against Western states to seek compensation for losses it said
it had suffered from U.N. Security Council sanctions over its
nuclear program.
AP IMPACT: Shiite enclave back on edge (AP)
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AP - Shiite militiamen are everywhere. Police and Iraqi army checkpoints are nowhere in sight. U.S. soldiers are keeping their distance.
Israel to approve security equipment for Abbas (Reuters)
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Reuters - Israel's defense minister said on
Wednesday he had agreed to the transfer of new vehicles and
equipment to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security
forces and to ease travel restrictions for West Bank
businesses.
US: Saddam paid for lawmakers’ Iraq trip (AP)
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AP - Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Military tells Bush of troop strains (AP)
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AP - Behind the Pentagon's closed doors, U.S. military leaders told President Bush Wednesday they are worried about the Iraq war's mounting strain on troops and their families. But they indicated they'd go along with a brief halt in pulling out troops this summer.
WTC cleanup workers’ cases can proceed (AP)
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AP - Lawsuits can proceed on behalf of thousands of workers who say they were not properly protected as they cleaned up the World Trade Center site after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
Iraqi-American charged with Saddam-era violations (Reuters)
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Reuters - An Iraqi-American who helped organize a 2002 U.S. congressional trip to Baghdad was indicted on Wednesday on charges of working for the government of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the Justice Department said.