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Five children were killed in fighting between Australian special operations troops and Taliban guerrillas in south-central Afghanistan, the day before the U.S. special envoy to the region held talks with Afghan leaders Friday.
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Representative Eric Cantor is as responsible as anyone for the tough line the party has taken in the legislative standoff with President Barack Obama over the stimulus bill.
By JULIA PRESTON
The new effort, the first since the Vietnam War, will target immigrant on temporary visas, giving them a chance to become citizens in as little as six months.
By MATTHEW L. WALD AND LIZ ROBBINS
Flight 3407 plummeted flat onto the house on which it crashed, and was facing away from the Buffalo airport.
By ERIC PFANNER
Figures published ahead of a G7 meeting in Rome show the euro zone sank even deeper into recession than the United States in the closing months of 2008.
By MONICA DAVEY
Senator Roland Burris, Democrat of Illinois, said he was asked for donations by former Governor Rod Blagojevich's brother.
By JAMES GLANZ, C.J. CHIVERS AND WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
U.S. government authorities are investigating senior American military officers over allegations of corruption in the administration of the effort to rebuild Iraq.
- Stimulus bill passes in the House with no Republican support
- Clinton will ask Asian leaders for better effort to solve global problems
- In Romania, bribery is a health problem
- Suicide bomber kills 32 in attack on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
- Opposition official arrested in Zimbabwe
- Russian performers take on the world
- U.S. House approves $787 billion stimulus bill
- Commerce nominee withdraws, dealing Obama a setback
- Corporate makeover: Shiseido tries a global approach
- Intelligence director says global crisis is top threat to U.S.
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