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Bush Again Rejects Calls for a Withdrawal Timetable in Iraq
By DAVID SANGER
President Bush's address at the Naval Academy today broadly repeated the aims of the Iraq war as set out in 2003.
 Video: Bush's Speech | Text: Iraq Plan (pdf)

U.S.-Led Troops Begin Sweep in Heartland of Iraq Insurgency
By EDWARD WONG
The U.S. military said today that thousands of troops had begun a sweep near the town of Hit in the volatile province of Anbar.

Peres Quits Israel's Labor Party to Join Sharon's New Party
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shimon Peres quit the left-leaning Labor Party today to back the prime minister's centrist party in parliamentary elections.

Bush to Outline Broad Iraq Plan; Push on Training

Iraq Is Struck by New Wave of Abductions

Old Leftist Friend Is to Join Sharon's New Party

Sunnis Accuse Iraqi Military of Kidnappings and Slayings

U.S. Lacks Plan to Curb Terror Funds, Agency Says

Gunfire, Fraud and a Stolen Lion: In Gaza Voting, Chaos Wins

At Hussein Trial, First Testimony and New Bluster

Syrian Witness in U.N. Inquiry on Beirut Killing Reports Bribes

Live Microphones Broadcast Hussein's Jailhouse Blues

As Calls for an Iraq Pullout Rise, 2 Political Calendars Loom Large

Powerful Quake in Iran Kills 10; 80 Hurt and 7 Villages Damaged

Tribunal Leader in Hussein's Case Is Target of Plot

Gadid Journal: Gaza Gets Ready for a Harvest of Produce and Promise

Saudi Women Vote, and Run, in Business Chamber Election

Vehicle Flips in Iraq; 2 Congressmen Hurt

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Live Microphones Broadcast Hussein's Jailhouse Blues
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Live Microphones Broadcast Hussein's Jailhouse Blues
By JOHN F. BURNS
Saddam Hussein doesn't like the prison food and his plight reminds him of Napoleon and of Mussolini.

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Are U.S. Deaths in Iraq Saving Lives in the U.S.? TimesSelect Are U.S. Deaths in Iraq Saving Lives in the U.S.?
By ROGER COHEN
The U.S. has kept the death toll from terrorism at home at zero but has brought hundreds of thousands of others into the neighborhood of Arab terrorists.
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