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My Way News - US: Chinese Seafood Detained for Safety

WASHINGTON (AP) - Farmed seafood has now joined tires, toothpaste and toy trains on the list of tainted and defective products from China that could be hazardous to a person's health. Federal health officials said Thursday they were detaining three types of Chinese fish - catfis …

Senate Rejects Bush Immigration Plan

Hours after a massive immigration bill collapsed in the Senate, lawmakers and lobbyists began seeking ways to pass bits and pieces of the measure important to their constituents.

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White House, Congress in Constitutional Fight over Subpoenas

President George W.

White House Letter Rejecting Subpoenas

Text of a letter Thursday from White House counsel Fred Fielding rejecting congressional subpoenas for documents in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys:

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Bush Offers Compromise on Insurance Plan

The Bush administration sought Wednesday to turn a coming debate over children's health insurance into one that focuses on helping all of the uninsured.

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Iran helping to plan attacks in Iraq: U.S. | International | Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran is training fighters in Iraq and helping to plan attacks there despite diplomatic pressure for change, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, while violence around the Arab state killed at least 19 people. The latest accusation leveled against Iran by the U.S.

Placentia board may vote on levy in August

Placentia board may vote on levy in August School officials say voter turnout makes a February ballot issue best. By ADAM TOWNSEND THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER PLACENTIA – A $190 million levy proposed for the February 2008 ballot could build a performing arts center, athletic …

China Says Safety of Exports Guaranteed

A government spokesman guaranteed the safety of Chinese exports on Thursday in a rare direct commentary on rising international fears over Chinese products.

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Iran's Gas Rationing Sets Off Violence

Iranians smashed shop windows and set fire to a dozen gas stations in the capital Wednesday, angered by the sudden start of a fuel rationing system that threatens to further increase the unpopularity of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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White House, Cheney's Office Subpoenaed

The Senate subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's office Wednesday, demanding documents and elevating the confrontation with President Bush over the administration's warrant-free eavesdropping on Americans.

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Bolton: Military intervention only option to stop Iran, Very worried for Israel

anctions and diplomacy have failed and it may be too late for internal opposition to oust the Islamist regime, leaving only military intervention to stop Iran's drive to nuclear weapons, the US's former ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

Preventing juvenile alcoholism

The Ministry of Health and Consumption from Spain has a campaign against juvenile alcoholism. It's well know that the teenagers consume alcohol from early ages. Many teenagers start to have symptoms of alcoholism at the age of school learning.

Bolton: Bush 'doesn't see sanctions can't stop Iran now' | Jerusalem Post

Sanctions and diplomacy have failed and it may be too late for internal opposition to oust the Islamist regime, leaving only military intervention to stop Iran's drive to nuclear weapons, the US's former ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

Venezuela takes over US oil projects

Venezuela's state-owned oil company is taking over multibillion-dollar projects owned by ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, Rafael Ramirez, the country's energy minister, said.

Protests at Iran fuel rationing

At least one petrol station has been set on fire in the Iranian capital, Tehran, after the government announced fuel rationing for private motorists. Iranians were given only two hours' notice of the move that limits private drivers to 100 litres of fuel a month.

Poll: Young Voters Favor Obama, Clinton, CBS/NYT/MTV Poll: More 17- To 29-Year-Olds Paying Attention To 2008 Presidential Campaign - CBS News

(CBS) Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the favored presidential candidates of younger Americans, according to a poll conducted by CBS News, The New York Times and MTV.

Blair not my poodle, Bush says

Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair, often caricatured as US President George W. Bush's poodle, is no such thing, Bush said in an interview published Wednesday.

House: Reopen Statue of Liberty's Crown

The House on Tuesday prodded parks officials to reopen the crown of the Statue of Liberty to the public—a step the government says is too dangerous. Rep.

What Michael Moore left on the cutting room floor | Chicago Tribune

Michael Moore's denunciation of America's health-care system is about to hit the silver screen.

Understanding Current Operations in Iraq (SWJ Blog)

This post is not about whether current ops are "working" — for us, here on the ground, time will tell, though some observers elsewhere seem to have already made up their minds (on the basis of what evidence, I'm not really sure).

Hollywood's hope for record summer fades | Entertainment | Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - April's rosy forecast that Hollywood would reap a record $4 billion at the box office this summer has been replaced by hopes of merely keeping pace with 2006 as Friday's midpoint of the season nears. Blame it on the old guys of "Ocean's Thirteen," God in  …

Iran sanctions bill passes first Congress test | Politics | Reuters

President George W.

The Denver Post - Dusty snow blamed for faster melting

Desert dust loosened by cattle's hooves and miners' machinery is blowing onto Colorado's snowcapped mountains, catching the sun and making snow melt faster, according to a new report. More than a month faster.

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