CULTURE OF CORRUPTION INFECTS REPUBLICAN CONGRESS-Cynthia Tucker

If a GOP-controlled Congress loses in November because its leaders failed to rein in a sexual predator, so be it. But that's hardly the worst crime this bunch has perpetrated against the country.

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U.S. "shocked," Kremlin silent as journalist killed-Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States said it was "shocked and profoundly saddened" by the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin.

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20 killed in southern Iraq clashes-AFP

DIWANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) - US and Iraqi military forces clashed with armed gangs during a search operation in the southern Iraqi town of Diwaniyah, leaving 20 dead and a US main battle tank destroyed.

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Gunmen shoot dead two German journalists in Afghanistan-AFP

KABUL (AFP) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead two German journalists who were in a tent, en route to the Afghanistan historical province of Bamiyan, officials said.

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