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U.S. won't say if it aids Somali warlords
May 17 2006 7:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is working with regional and international partners to keep al-Qaida from establishing itself in northeastern Africa, White House press secretary Tony Snow said Wednesday. He would not say whether that included warlords in Somalia.
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President raises $17 million for GOP
May 17 2006 7:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush helped raise $17 million for the Republican Party Wednesday, a welcome financial boost amid GOP gloom over the possible loss of majority control of Congress in November.
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Bush border destination a smuggling hotspot
May 17 2006 6:49PM (CT)
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - Over the past year, this stretch of desert in southwestern Arizona has become the nation's busiest immigrant-smuggling hotspot, a place of increasing banditry, violence, desperation and death.
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Saudis to Bush: Don't cut off Palestinians
May 17 2006 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Saudi Arabia has unsuccessfully argued to the Bush administration that shutting off aid to the Palestinian government and isolating its new Hamas leadership will only radicalize a destitute population and set back the cause of peace with Israel.
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Senate spouses will auction donated gowns
May 17 2006 4:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Shopping for a special occasion _ day or evening _ and don't mind getting a secondhand piece that comes with an interesting back story? Or just curious about the fashion choices of women in the political elite?
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Bush signs $70 billion tax cut extensions
May 17 2006 3:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush signed a $70 billion tax-cut bill on Wednesday that Republicans hope will help them with voters as they head into the fall elections with worries about retaining control of Congress.
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Bush welcomes Olympic 'dudes and dudesses'
May 17 2006 11:46AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush welcomed "dudes and dudesses" from the U.S. Winter Olympic team on Wednesday in a White House ceremony that included a most unusual prop _ a signed football jersey from Donovan McNabb.
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Hatch says court briefed on surveillance
May 17 2006 9:39AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two judges on the secretive court that approves warrants for intelligence surveillance were told of the broad monitoring programs that have raised recent controversy, a Republican senator said Tuesday, connecting a court to knowledge of the collecting of millions of phone records for the first time.
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