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'Most Wanted' Katrina Evacuee Arrested in Killing

HOUSTON – A Hurricane Katrina evacuee who police called one of the Houston area’s “most wanted killers,” has been arrested in Louisiana on charges of killing a fellow evacuee in a robbery, police said Monday. Ricardo Irvin, 18, told the Houston officers who picked him up from authorities in New …

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Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq – In a whirlwind trip that came as a surprise to all but about a half-dozen presidential aides, President Bush went to Iraq Tuesday for a face to face visit with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in which he pledged continuing U.S. support for the emerging democracy. In …

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Taliban Militants Kill Two British Troops in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Violence raged across southern Afghanistan, killing 29 suspected militants, two British soldiers and two Afghan troops, and the U.S.-led coalition pressed on with its largest military offensive here since 2001, officials said Tuesday. Resurgent Taliban militants and extremist allies are waging their fiercest campaign against Afghan and …

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