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Show archive for April, 2004

Marines Make Way for Iraqi Force in Fallujah; The History of Fallujah; Lawyer Discusses Iraq Prison Assault Charges; China’s Environment; Radio Host Severin Challenged by Watchdog Group; Homeland Security and Global Security; Letters 4/30/04; Godsend

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Bush and Cheney Appear before 9/11 Commission; U.S. Military Announces Fallujah Deal; U.S. Soldiers Accused of Sexual Abuse; EU Expansion; Kerry’s Medals; Columnist Wants Democrats to Dump Kerry; Thailand Uprising; Candy Freak

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Syrian Police Hunt Attack Suspects; Indian Elections Check-In; Olympics Crunch Time; EU Gets Tough on Environment Policy; Supreme Court Looks at Two “Combatants”; States’ Budgets Improve; Debt in Britain; Gardening Season; Balanchine at 100

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High Court Hears Cheney Energy Case; Al Qaeda Confessions; Iraqi Government Readiness; Iraqi Detainees; Nuclear Security Hearings; Bush Tech Plans; Spector-Toomey Race; Olympic Stadium Deadline Looms; Bill Frissell

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Fallujah Firefight Leaves 10 Wounded; Google Set to Go Public; Romney to Ban Non-MA Resident Gay Marriage; Iraqi Detainees; DC Panel 4/26/04; Pizza-Making All Star; The Bronte Sisters

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Rebel Cleric Warns of Suicide Attacks in Iraq; Nursing Home Staffing Problems; Major Papers Show Photos of Flag-Draped Coffins; Insurance Cuts; “The Tricky Part”; “The Agronomist”

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Thousands Feared Dead in N. Korea Crash; Visitor Struggle; North Korea’s Leader Visits China; China’s Aging Population; The Question of the Draft; Letters 4/22/04; William Shakespeare’s 440th; Mary McGrory

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Car Bombs Cause Carnage in Basra; Saudi Blasts at Security Stations; Troop Numbers; We the Centrists; Greenspan Testifies; Congressional Continuity in a Crisis; Kerry’s Military Record Examined; Air

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Jordan Delays Washington Visit; Israel to Invest Millions in West Bank Settlements; Woodward Fallout; Genes in Chicken Litter; Greenspan to Speak on Economy; High Court Hears Guantanamo Appeals; Wrongful Convictions; Honky Tonk

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Zapatero to Pull Spanish Troops; Outrage Follows Hamas Leader Killing; U.N. Officials Die in Kosovo Shooting; Hot Boston Marathon; Reading Their Lips; DC Roundtable 04/19/04; Sudanese Marathon Runner; “Patriots Day”

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Blair Meets Bush in Washington; Washington Considers New Intelligence Post; Iraq Radioactive Scrap Smuggling; Bob and Me; Media Failures and 9/11; Middle East Women’s Bike Ride; Premier Magazine’s 100 Movie Characters; Kill Bill: Volume 2

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Iranian Diplomat Killed in Iraq; European Nations Balk at Bin Laden Truce; Palestinian Authority Outraged at Bush-Sharon Meeting; Saudi Workforce Woes; Report Says IRS Sluugish on Business Tax Law; Student Tax Advisors; Letters 4/15/2004; “Othello” at 400

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Tenet Appears before 9/11 Commission; Gary Hart Seeks 9/11 Testimony; Bush Renews Iraq Commitment; Military Wife Reacts to Bush Speech; Sharon Visits Washington; “Tosca” and Lockhart

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9/11 Commission Points to FBI Failures; Bush Press Conference Preview; Military Family Expectations; Spacecraft Captures Images of Saturn; Terry Anderson on Hostage-Taking; Helen Mirren

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Civilians in War; Hostage Thomas Hamill; 9/11 Commission to Probe FBI, Attorney General; Mandala Making; World Leaders on White House Schedule; Executive Compensation; Eddi Reader Sings Robert Burns

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Japanese PM Keeps Troops in Iraq; Moqtada Al Sadr; Iraq Insurgency: What Went Wrong; Mao’s Last Dancer; 9/11 Commission Fact and Fiction; Letters 4/9/04; DVD Saves Film

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Rice Testifies before 9/11 Commission; Family Reaction to Rice Testimony; Military Family Reaction to Rice Testimony; Shiite Militia Threaten Iraq Cities; Iraqi Uprising; Who is Condoleezza Rice; Four Mezzo Sopranos

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War Rages in Iraq; Photo Captures Grim Reality of War; Sunni-Shiite Unity Issues; Faith’s Journey; Troop Movements; Arab News Sources React; Saffron over Opium; Neil LaBute

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Shiite Cleric Al Sadr Moves to Najaf; Marines Killed in Fallujah Violence; Politics of Iraq; TV Viewing and Children; Acid Reflux; Sharon Claims Arafat Pledge is Void; Toledo Blade Wins Pulitzer; Visas and Work; Ollabelle

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Fallujah Surrounded in U.S. Operation; Statue of Liberty Foundation Investigated; DA Argues to Keep Priest Porter Confined; President Bush’s Clean Air Policy; 9/11 Investigation Check-In; IRS Asks for Money to Investigate Al Qaeda; Yeardley Smith’s “More”

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9/11 Commission Inquires about Clinton Papers; Spanish Officials Find Train Bomb; Man Claims To Be Wichita Killer; Uzbekistan Violence; Iraqi Violence Increasingly Anti-American; Final Four Weekend; Dogville

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Bremer Vows Fallujah Investigation; Private Security in Iraq; What to Present to the Public; Madeleine Albright; Fertility Industry Report; U.N. Ends Gaza Food Program, Cites Money Problems; Letters 04/01/04; Little Children

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