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Iraqi cleric al-Sadr to retain elite militia units; bomb kills 21 in Tal Afar
The Associated PressShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen to disarm but said today he will maintain elite fighting units to resist the Americans if a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops is not established. Fighters in the Sunni-led insurgency,...Tags: George Bush, Elections, International Military Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Injuries
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Bail denied in shooting of South Side girl, 11
Bail was denied Friday for a Chicago man accused of shooting and wounding an 11-year-old girl who was sitting on her South Side porch with her mother this week. Cortez Erskin, 20, of the 2900 block of East 90th Place faces one count of aggravated battery...Tags: Assault, Prosecution, Court Administration, University of Chicago, Murder
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Security tightens more as Olympics get under way
Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west. The Beijing Games' glittering...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, George Bush, Terrorism, Defense, Hu Jintao
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Marine ordered to stand trial in Fallujah killings
AP Military Affairs WriterA Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant was ordered Friday to stand trial on charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the killing of an unarmed detainee in Fallujah, Iraq. Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland ordered the court-martial of Sgt. Ryan...Tags: International Military Interventions, Trials, Firearms, Prisoners and Detainees, Defense
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Plan to impeach Musharraf stirs Pakistan turmoil
Chicago Tribune correspondentKABUL, Afghanistan — The announcement that Pakistan's ruling coalition plans to impeach President Pervez Musharraf plunged the nuclear power into another phase of uncertainty Thursday, just as Washington is pushing the government to ratchet up its...Tags: Crisis, Parties and Movements, Heads of State, Benazir Bhutto, Defense
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White Supremacists Hope Obama Win Prompts Backlash
Associated PressPEARL, Miss. -- They're not exactly rooting for Barack Obama, but prominent white supremacists anticipate a boost to their cause if he becomes the first black president. His election, they say, would trigger a backlash - whites rising up, a revolution...Tags: Elections, Small Businesses, Employees, Health Treatments, Private Health Care
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At Least 16 Killed in Iraq Car Bombing
Associated PressBAGHDAD -- Iraqi police say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 wounded when a car bomb struck a market in the northern city of Tal Afar. A senior police official in the nearby city of Mosul says the car was parked when it exploded by the market,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Guerrilla Activity, Defense
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Oregon Scientist Contacted FBI About Anthrax Suspect
The Associated PressAn Oregon scientist said she contacted the FBI about Bruce Ivins shortly after the American Society for Microbiology asked its members in 2002 to think of possible suspects in the deadly anthrax mailings that had occurred the year before. Nancy Haigwood,...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defense
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Russia moves closer to war with Georgia over South Ossetia
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMOSCOW -- Russian tanks rumbled into the breakaway Georgian republic of South Ossetia today, and volunteer Russian fighters made their way over the border, pushing Moscow closer to a full-blown war against U.S.-backed Georgia over the mountainous sliver...Tags: National Government, Multi-Sport Events, News Agency, Wars and Interventions, Government
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Unit made up of soldiers from many states
The 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard consisted of about 5,000 soldiers, about half of them from the Minnesota unit and the rest from states across the nation. Supplementing them were an Iowa Army National...Tags: Defense
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Griffon Corp. swings to loss after weak quarter
james.bernstein@newsday.comJericho-based Griffon Corp., a conglomerate whose holdings include defense electronics contractor Telephonics Corp. of Farmingdale, swung to a loss in its fiscal third quarter, which ended June 30, compared with a gain in the same period last year....Tags: Sales, Credit and Debt, Northrop Grumman Corp., Long Island, Housing Industry
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Hamdan receives light sentence
The Swampby James Oliphant A military jury in Guantanamo Thursday gave Salim Hamdan a surprisingly light sentence of 5 1/2 years. And since Hamdan has already been imprisoned at the Navy base for five years, his sentence would be completed sometime......Tags: Osama bin Laden, International Court or Tribunal, Heads of State, International Law, Defense
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