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		<title>Spy bill to shield phone companies from lawsuits</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telephone companies that took part in President George W. Bush&#8217;s warrantless domestic spying program could be shielded from billions of dollars in lawsuits under a electronic spy bill finalized on Thursday by congressional and White House negotiators.




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		<title>House to vote on war funds, unemployment benefits</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-led Congress finally appears ready to give President Bush $162 billion in long-overdue funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.




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		<title>House to vote on $1.245 billion in food aid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Thursday on whether to provide as much as an additional $1.245 billion in emergency global food aid funding for this year and next.




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		<title>Highlights of war funding, new GI Bill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highlights of legislation to fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, extend unemployment benefits, provide flood aid, boost GI Bill college benefits and provide flood aid to the Midwest:




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		<title>EU agrees to lift sanctions on Cuba: diplomats</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union agreed on Thursday to scrap its sanctions against Cuba, EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said.




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		<title>Bush tells flood-weary Iowa citizens he&#8217;s listening</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - President Bush, surveying the aftermath of devastating floods during a lightning-quick tour of the Midwest on Thursday, assured residents and rescuers alike that he is listening to their concerns and understands their exhaustion.




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		<title>Rice to visit site of Chinese earthquake</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel this month to Chengdu, China, the capital of Sichuan province that was struck by a massive earthquake in May, the State Department said on Thursday.




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		<title>Ethics panel examines lawmakers&#8217; Countrywide loans</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Congressional ethics panel is examining allegations that two Senate Democrats, including the sponsor of a major housing bill, received preferential loans by troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp, a member of Congress said on Thursday.




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		<title>U.S. ethics panel examines lawmakers&#8217; Countrywide loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Congressional ethics panel is examining allegations that two Senate Democrats, including the sponsor of a major housing bill, received preferential loans by troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp, a member of Congress said on Thursday.




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		<title>Low approval rate for vets&#8217; chemical tests claims</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) - Figures obtained by The Associated Press show that the Veterans Affairs Department has granted only 6 percent of disability claims filed by veterans of secret Cold War-era chemical and germ warfare tests conducted by the Pentagon.




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