Ambush Near Baghdad Leaves 11 Iraqis Dead
U S troops fatally wounded 11 Iraqis after an ambush on a convoy outside Baghdad. Mortars hit a nearby base wounding 18 US soldiers and a sniper killed an American guarding the Baghdad museum. An Al Jazeera audio voice, purportedly Saddam Hussein, called for intensified resistance. A $25 million bounty was set on Saddam's head.
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Fourth of July 221 years of democracy celebrated
Across the United States on July 4 bills and celebrations marked America’s 227th birthday. President Bush hailed the nation’s freedoms from Dayton Ohio while a new Constitution museum opened in Philadelphia. In Kansas troops returned home from Iraq as 100th anniversary of flight was toasted at Wright-Patterson.
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Liberia faces U S troops amid civil war siege
Besieged Monrovia endures hunger and fear as Liberian civilians and refugees hope for American intervention to disarm rebels and government fighters. President Bush weighs deploying forces under UN and international pressure while Charles Taylor offers to step down.
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Officials warn of rising Eastern equine encephalitis risk
Health officials in the Southeast monitor the return of the mosquito borne illness amid human and horse cases. Georgia reports a fatal human case this year while Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina see the most horse infections in years. Eastern equine encephalitis, though rare in people, can exceed West Nile mortality and has long existed in the United States with high fatality in unvaccinated horses.
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Navy chaplains punished for widespread misconduct
Documents obtained by the AP show more than 40 Navy chaplains were disciplined over the past decade for offenses including sexual abuse fraud adultery spousal assault and harassment. A 1999 memo by Bradford E Ableson cites chaplains as a disproportionate problem and led Navy Secretary Richard Danzig to orders new training and oversight for about 870 chaplains ending with a strengthened moral standards program.
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