Bush picks war czar amid Iraq shift in policy leadership
Army Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute will report directly to President Bush on all war and Afghanistan issues while national security adviser Stephen Hadley handles matters outside Iraq and Afghanistan. The change marks a major realignment in foreign policy oversight as debates over the surge and Iraq strategy continue.
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Iraq War
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Aenooee
Yinen
Washington
Bush
Congress
Stephen J. Hadley
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Army
Douglas E. Lute
Afghanistan
Hadley
Abtack
Iran
Baghdad
Trapped logger amputates leg to escape fallen tree
Al Hill an Iowa Hill logger, 66, cut off his left leg below the knee with a pocketknife to free himself after a tree pinned him on a remote hillside. He was airlifted to Sutter Roseville Medical Center in Roseville California in serious condition and expected to remain hospitalized days. Community members described him as a strong family man who survived a terrifying ordeal with help from a helper and local volunteers.
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Ina
al Hill
Iowa Hill
Sutter Roseville Medical Center
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Hill
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Sutter Roseville
Mont
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Eric Bookey
Bookey
Dowling
Leeee Hill
Hidden slave passage found at Washington’s House site
Archaeologists uncover a concealed passage used by nine enslaved people near the Washington presidential home in Philadelphia. Findings provoke debate over including slavery ruins in a new exhibit slated for 2009, with officials delaying decisions as leaders voice strong responses.
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Philadelphia
George Washington
Independence Hall
Washington
Liberty
Michael Coard
National Park Service
Joyce Wilkerson
Bob Brady
D-Pay
Brady
White House
Oval Office
Jed Levin
Suspect charged in death of Kansas teenager Kelsey Smith
Edwin R. Hall 26 was charged with premeditated first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance and death of 18 year old Kelsey Smith. Bond set at 5 million. Video showed a man leaving Target before she was abducted. her body found in woods. Hall appeared via video in Johnson County Court.
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Kan
Edwin R. Hall
Kelsey Smith
Johnson County Court
Smith
Target
Kansas City
John Douglass
Hall
Missing girl found in hidden room tied to Hartford man
A 15 year old girl who vanished a year ago was found in a hidden room of Adam Gault's Hartford area home. Gault and two women were charged with conspiracy and interference as investigators probe past relationships with the girl and others. The trio were arraigned with bonds ranging from 500000 to 1000000 dollars. The girl reportedly assumed a new identity and later ran away again.
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Hartford
Conn
Adam Gault
Gault
Ann Murphy
Kimberly Cray
Murphy
Cray
West Hartford
Italy opens Milan trial on CIA rendition policy
The Milan case targets the Bush era rendition program with 26 American defendants. The trial centers on the 2003 abduction of Islamic cleric Osama Nasr known as Abu Omar, allegedly seized in Milan and taken to Egypt for interrogation.
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Milan
CIA
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Abu Omar
Egypt
Prince Bandar allegedly received billions in UK Saudi arms deal
British media report Bandar bin Sultan, a Saudi royal and former US ambassador, pocketed about 2 billion in secret payments within an 80 billion pound Britain Saudi arms deal signed in 1985. The disclosures revive questions over the government's December decision to drop a fraud probe amid bribes and hidden slush funds. Prime Minister Blair dodged direct comment, reiterating national security grounds for dropping the inquiry.
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Bandar bin Sultan
Saudi Arabia
United States
Britain
Tony Blair
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Guardian
Lincoln Civil War message discovered after 150 years
The National Archives announced the recovery of Lincoln's handwritten note to General Halleck from the Civil War era. The document shows Lincoln and Halleck's urgency about finishing the war if Union forces could defeat Lee before recrossing the Potomac.
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Virginia
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