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Bill Would Bar Baghdad Embassy Funds

WASHINGTON – The House (search), debating an $81.4 billion war spending bill on Tuesday, prohibited money in the legislation from being used for a new U.S. embassy in Baghdad, a move that went against the administration’s wishes. President Bush (search) had asked that $658 million in his request for wars …

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U.N. Whistleblower to Testify on Oil-for-Food

WASHINGTON – A former U.N. official who was fired after blowing the whistle on his superiors and accusing them of “flagrant mishandling” of the Oil-for-Food (search) program will be the star witness at a House International Relations Committee subcommittee hearing on Thursday. Rehan Mullick (search) served as a research officer …

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Townhouse Fire Kills 11 Family Members

MARRERO, La. – Eleven family members died in their suburban apartment after a mattress caught fire and got stuck in a door as they tried to drag it out, authorities said. The fire was started by candles the family had been using because they moved in just hours earlier and …

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