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Congressman is indicted
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
Arizona Republican Rep. Rick Renzi was indicted this week by a federal grand jury on 35 counts of corruption, including fraud, money laundering, extortion and other crimes, federal prosecutors said Friday. Full story »
Series of attacks target Green Zone
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
A series of rockets or mortars were fired toward the U.S.-protected Green Zone early today, a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia fighters to cease attacks for another six months.
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Iran is defying U.N., agency says
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran is defying a U.N. Security Council ban on uranium enrichment and is accusing the U.S. and its allies of fabricating information to back up claims that it is making nuclear weapons. Full story »
U.N.: Situation in Darfur is worse
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
The already difficult humanitarian situation in the Darfur region of Sudan has worsened further as a result of new fighting and increased banditry, U.N. aid agencies said. Full story »
Waterboarding approval probed
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
The Justice Department revealed Friday that its internal ethics office was investigating the department's legal approval for waterboarding of al-Qaida suspects by the CIA. Full story »
Violent protests rock north Kosovo
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
Violent protests rocked Serb-dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at U.N. police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians.
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B-2 stealth bomber crashes
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
A B-2 stealth bomber crashed today at an air base on Guam, but both pilots ejected safely and were in good condition, the Air Force said. Full story »
Bush says House Democrats are blocking important intelligence legislation
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
President Bush said today that Democratic leaders in the House are blocking key intelligence legislation so trial lawyers can sue phone companies that helped the government eavesdrop on suspected terrorists after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Full story »
Feds find fraud loophole
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
A multibillion-dollar loophole slipped into a proposed crackdown on contract fraud has drawn the ire of the government's top watchdog of U.S. spending in Iraq. Full story »
Top 10: Week's news in review
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008
Roundup of the week's top news from around the world Full story »
Southern Methodist University to host Bush library
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
It's official — President Bush's presidential library will be housed at Southern Methodist University, university trustees announced today. Full story »
Fines to increase for illegal hiring
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced today that fines against employers who knowingly hire undocumented immigrants will increase by 25 percent. Full story »
Turkish president OKs head scarves
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
President Abdullah Gul today approved constitutional amendments that would allow women to wear Islamic head scarves at universities. Parliament passed the measure earlier this month. Full story »
Three senators involved in helicopter's emergency landing
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators made an emergency landing Thursday in the mountains of Afghanistan because of a snowstorm. Full story »
Los Angeles police and gangs fight gunbattle
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
Two gang shootings led to a police gunbattle Thursday in which officers killed one gunman, wounded another and captured a suspect in a surging gang conflict, authorities said. Full story »
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