In Iraq, coping after a hero dies saving you

Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007

NEWS

More delays in shift to Iraqi control
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In another sign of U.S. struggles in Iraq, the target date for putting
Iraqi
authorities in charge of security in all 18 provinces has slipped yet
again,
to at least July.

Rice heads to talks with angered Palestinians
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Israel on Wednesday declared the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" and said
it
would cut back power and fuel supplies to the Hamas-ruled territory,
enraging
Palestinians as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began a peacemaking
mission to the region.

Al-Qaeda: Bin Laden to declare war on Pakistan's president
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Osama bin Laden will release a new message soon declaring war on
Pakistani
President Pervez Musharraf, al-Qaeda announced Thursday. The
announcement of
the upcoming message came as al-Qaeda released a new video in which bin
Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, boasted that the United States was
being
defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq and other fronts.

MONEY
Rate cut revs up stocks for run at the record
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The Federal Reserve's surprise half-point interest rate cut has injected
life
into stocks for two consecutive days and stirred optimism that two
months of
turmoil might finally be over.