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Protests Rise Over Literacy Program Elimination

WASHINGTON – Howls of protest can be heard in some quarters over President Bush’s plan to get rid of Even Start (search), a 15-year-old, $225 million federal literacy program for low-income families. “The focus of this program, of an Even Start program, is on family literacy. So not just the …

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Iraq Certifies Election Results

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A Shiite alliance won a slim majority in Iraq’s new National Assembly, according to certified election returns announced Thursday, but it may take weeks to form a government. Meanwhile, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (search) cautioned against excluding all Saddam Hussein’s (search) supporters. Because a two-thirds majority …

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U.N. Official Urges More Troops for Sudan

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. humanitarian chief urgently called on world leaders Friday to vastly increase the number of troops in Sudan’s Darfur region to protect unarmed civilians and humanitarian workers facing a wave of murder, rape and looting. Jan Egeland (search) depicted a crisis in which the number of …

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