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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan – Gen. John Abizaid, chief of U.S. Central Command (search), toured the earthquake devastation in Pakistani Kashmir (search) on Sunday and pledged to “do whatever is possible to help,” including sending 15 more U.S. helicopters and troops to support the relief effort. “From the air I saw devastation …

WASHINGTON – At least 21 detainees who died while being held in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan were killed, many during or after interrogations, according to an analysis of Defense Department data by the American Civil Liberties Union (search). The analysis, released Monday, looked at 44 deaths described in …

WASHINGTON – Key provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act (search) must be renewed, said a former Republican senator heading a panel created to document the need for the measures. Sen. Charles Mathias Jr. of Maryland, the honorary chairman of a nonpartisan commission investigating voting rights abuses nationwide, said the …