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Israel kills 4 Palestinians as rocket attacks resume
The Associated PressAn Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian militants Sunday as they fired mortars from the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said. Hours earlier, another group of militants had struck Israel in a separate rocket attack. The violence was the latest in...Tags: Government, Metal and Mineral, Terrorism, Building Material, Armed Conflicts
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Bridge's reopening reunites Baghdad
In a symbolic gesture of unity, Iraqi authorities Tuesday reopened a bridge linking Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods that had been closed since a 2005 stampede claimed nearly 1,000 lives -- the single biggest loss of life of the Iraq war. The Imams...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Terrorism, Civil Unrest, Religious Conflicts
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1922: The entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt. 1924: Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first female governor to serve out the remaining term of her late husband. 1979: The Iran hostage crisis began as militants...Tags: Local Elections
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almanac: Nov. 4, the 309th day of 2008
There are 57 days left in the year. This is Election Day. Today's highlight in history: In 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began as militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants. For some hostages, it was the start of 444 days of...Tags: Election Day, Local Elections, Yitzhak Rabin
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Barack Obama, win-history 'on his side'
The Swampby Mark Silva "History is on the side of Barack Obama,'' the folks at the Gallup Poll report today, noting that only twice during the past 14 presidential elections did the candidate who was running ahead in Gallup polling a......Tags: Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Polls, George Bush, Election Day
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We never promised you a Rose Garden
As I could have told John McCain had he asked, Rose Garden strategies, or in this case, faux Rose Garden strategies, really don't work with the American electorate. The strategy dictates that the presidential candidate, or incumbent president, suspend...Tags: The White House, Government, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, National Government
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U.S. says 3 women killed in Iraq raid
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterU.S. forces acknowledged killing three women during a raid on a house of suspected insurgents Friday, but Iraqis said eight people had died, all members of a family with no ties to the violence in their country. The incident is likely to heighten Iraqi...Tags: Nouri Maliki, Rebellions, Civil Unrest, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts
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Are you better off?
John McCain, who is in what Macbeth called "the sear, the yellow leaf" of life, has revived an oldie from seven elections ago with a campaign commercial asserting: "We're worse off than we were four years ago." This, of course, derives from Ronald Reagan'...Tags: Tampa Bay Rays, Jimmy Carter, Fred Astaire, National Government, Political Candidates
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Lebanon's leaders call for unity after bomb kills politician who helped reconcile rival groups
Associated Press WriterBEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) _ Lebanese leaders urged for calm on Thursday after the country's first political assassination in months threatened efforts to reconcile its divided factions. The killing of Druse Sheik Saleh Aridi, a senior member of the Lebanese...Tags: Parties and Movements, Guerrilla Activity, Democratic Party, Bombings
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On this day in history
On Sept. 2, 1666, the Great Fire of London broke out, claiming thousands of homes, but only a few lives. In 1789 the U.S. Treasury Department was established. In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William Sherman's forces occupied Atlanta. In...Tags: Mike Mussina, Rose Marie, Toronto Blue Jays, Health Treatments, National Government
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Uncertain times for Pakistan
Chicago Tribune correspondentISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The breakup of Pakistan's ruling coalition Monday likely paves the way for the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, to win the Sept. 6 presidential election while potentially ending most of the...Tags: Armed Forces, Civil Unrest, National Government, Political Candidates, Corruption
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