Pakistan frees Bhutto as U.S. pressure mounts over crackdown
Pakistan ends house arrest of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto amid growing U.S. pressure to end emergency rule and a crackdown on supporters. Police guard Bhutto’s villa while in Rawalpindi protesters clash with authorities. more than 100 arrested. Washington urges restoration of constitutional order and democratic norms.
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Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto
Pervez Musharraf
U.S
Washington
Bhutto
Musharraf
Rawalpindi
Bush
Pak
Istan
Gordon Johndroe
National Security Council
Pentagon identifies remains of Korean War soldier Bondy
The Pentagon announced that human remains provided by North Korea have been identified as Army Cpl. Clem R. Bondy of Independence Iowa, a soldier missing from the Korean War. Bondy, from Headquarters Company 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, perished near Unsan in November 1950.
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Washington
U.S
North Korea
Army
Clem R. Bondy
Independence
Iowa
Condoleezza _—‘Rice
Yongbyon
Pyongyang
North
United States
South Korea
Boody
8Th Cavalry Regiment
1St Cavalry Division
Unsan
Federal push to standardize high school graduation data
Education Secretary Spellings says she could require states to report graduation rates uniformly if Congress stalls. She cites diverse state methods and calls for “truth in advertising,” noting a governors’ two year old agreement for a common method and highlighting concerns that current counts overstate success.
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Washington
Congress
Margaret Spellings
Spellings
The
Education Trust
Alliance For Excellent Education
Nebraska
House seeks to block middle class tax bite
Congress debates a one year AMT relief patch worth about 51 billion plus 30 billion in other tax breaks. The measure would shield middle income taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax and extend several expiring provisions while facing strong Republican opposition and unclear Senate prospects. It adds 25 billion over ten years by treating carried interest as ordinary income and targets taxes benefiting private equity managers Katrina victims college tuition and other groups.
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Senate
House
Congress
AMT
Ways and Means Committee
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
Nancy Pelosi
David Dreier
R-Calif
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