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Weary Iraqis Begin Holiday Celebration

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A three-day holiday began for Sunni Arabs in Iraq on Thursday, ending a month of fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, and unusual signs of celebration emerged in war-torn cities. In Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s hometown, children appeared on the streets in new clothes, and the …

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Pentagon: Iraq Troops to Be Cut Back in 2006

WASHINGTON – The U.S. military is likely to keep an expanded force of about 160,000 troops in Iraq (search) through the Dec. 15 election of a new government and then make a “fairly rapid” reduction to what has been the standard troop level of about 138,000, a senior Pentagon official …

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Puget Sound Orcas to Be Listed as Endangered

SEATTLE – The federal government Tuesday listed Puget Sound’s killer whales as an endangered species. That is a higher level of protection than the government proposed last year, when it said the orcas should be listed as a threatened species. “Between the time we proposed to list these animals as …

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