Troops in Iraq get safer vehicle

Date: Thu, 10 May 2007

NEWS |

U.K.'s Blair to announce resignation
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce his intention to step
down as Labour Party leader Thursday, ending months of speculation about
his departure and setting the clock ticking on the final weeks of his
10-year premiership.

Bush lauds Kan. town's spirit of resilience
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President Bush toured this tornado-ravaged town Wednesday to meet with
rescuers and survivors and to see first-hand the miles of splintered
wreckage and leveled landscape that was once a thriving farming
community of 1,600
people.

Troops in Iraq get safer vehicle
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The Pentagon will phase out its armored Humvees in Iraq and Afghanistan
and
send in vehicles that better withstand roadside bomb blasts, Defense
Secretary
Robert Gates said Wednesday.

MONEY

Pet food probe: Who was watching suppliers?
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Even some pet-food companies say they don't always know what's really in
the food they sell. Or where the ingredients come from.