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U.S. Jets Hit Sadr City Fighters

BAGHDAD, Iraq – U.S. warplanes fired on insurgent targets in the east Baghdad slum of Sadr City (search) on Thursday in a second day of fighting in the Shiite militia stronghold. Iraqi doctors said one person was killed and 12 were injured, many of them children. The U.S. military said …

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American Taliban Asks Bush for Leniency

SAN FRANCISCO – John Walker Lindh (search)asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban. His lawyer, James Brosnahan, said that Lindh was fighting alongside theTaliban (search)in a civil war against the Northern Alliance, that he is not a terrorist and that he never …

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Senators Block USDA Move to Get Horn Video

LAS VEGAS – After threats of legislation by Nevada’s senators, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has abandoned attempts to get footage of theRoy Horn (search)tiger attack. The USDA had sought the video as part of its investigation into last year’s incident but reluctantly agreed instead to just view the footage, …

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