HRW: CIA sent 14 suspects to Jordan (AP)
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AP - A human rights group said Tuesday that the CIA transferred at least 14 terror suspects to Jordan for interrogation after Sept. 11, attacks.
Congress wants prosecution for assaults (AP)
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AP - The Justice Department has not prosecuted any cases involving sexual assaults against civilians who work for contractors in Iraq or Afghanistan, despite a law giving it that authority, according to written testimony submitted to a Senate subcommittee.
Obama calls for talks with Iran over Iraq (AFP)
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AFP - Democratic 2008 hopeful Barack Obama Tuesday called for talks with Iran on stabilizing Iraq, hours after the top US war general said Tehran was the greatest threat to democracy in the war-torn nation.
Ex-nuclear negotiator sentenced (AP)
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AP - An Iranian court gave a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday to a former senior nuclear negotiator who had been accused by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of spying for the West.
Iran reveals new atomic work, draws Western rebuke (Reuters)
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Reuters - Iran has begun installing 6,000 new
centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, defying the West which fears
Tehran is trying to build nuclear bombs.
Petraeus to halt Iraq troop withdrawals in July (Reuters)
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Reuters - The top U.S. commander in Iraq told
Congress on Tuesday he plans to stop U.S. troop withdrawals in
July due to fragile security gains and heard appeals for
quicker action to find a way to end the war.
Quotes from Iraq hearings (AP)
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AP - Some quotes from lawmakers during Tuesday's Senate hearings on Iraq, which featured testimony from Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker:
Petraeus faces next president (AP)
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AP - Gen. David Petraeus, meet your next commander in chief.
Al-Sadr threatens to end cease-fire (AP)
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AP - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the stakes Tuesday in his showdown with government, threatening to end formally a seven-month cease-fire unless authorities stop attacks on his followers in Baghdad.
Bush gives Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL (AP)
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AP - Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor had fast thinking to do when a live grenade came out of nowhere to bounce off his chest: Take the clear path to safety that he had but his comrades didn't, try to toss it safely away, or throw himself on top of it.