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Congress OKs civilian nuclear trade with India
WASHINGTON – The United States opened a new chapter of cooperation with India last night as Congress gave final approval to a breakthrough agreement permitting civilian nuclear trade between the two countries for the first time in three decades.
- THE FIGHT FOR IRAQ
Focus changing for U.S. military combat hospital
BALAD, Iraq – The U.S. military's main combat hospital in Iraq has increasingly switched to helping Iraqis. As the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers have fallen, the hospital is now saving the lives of a remarkable 93 percent of Iraqis who come with devastating injuries.
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HIV has circulated since 1908, study says
NEW YORK – The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests.
- California starts to feel crunch of tightening credit
SACRAMENTO – The state of California has joined the ranks of retailers and new-car buyers struggling to borrow in the tight credit market. The squeeze threatens to delay payments for essential state services and could stall plans to build new highways, schools, housing and water projects.
- Teens rally to save JROTC
SAN FRANCISCO – In this city long associated with the peace movement, some teens are taking an unlikely stance – campaigning to keep the armed forces' Junior ROTC program in public schools.
- REGION UPDATE
Text sent seconds before train crash
LOS ANGELES – A Metrolink engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into a freight train last month, killing 25 people, federal investigators said yesterday.
- Photo: Upwardly mobile
- Report: 4.2 million 'green' jobs expected over next 30 years
WASHINGTON – A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2 million new environmentally friendly “green” jobs over the next three decades, according to a study commissioned by the nation's mayors.
- NATION UPDATE
Climate change could kill off many species
ORLANDO, Fla. – Climate change threatens to kill off up to a third of the planet's species by the end of the century if urgent action isn't taken to restore fragile ecosystems, protect endangered animals and manage growth, scientists warned yesterday as a wildlife summit opened.
- Southeast pols feel heat of gas crisis
RALEIGH, N.C. – Tired of waiting in long lines or simply running out of gas, angry drivers in the Southeast are lashing out at politicians, demanding that their leaders do more to get fuel flowing to the region.
- MADD, Idaho fair said to discriminate
NAMPA, Idaho – Rose Harn peers out at the world with one working eye, her arms curled tightly against her shriveled body. A rag under her chin catches her drool.
- Far fewer killed in Dresden bombing, panel finds
BERLIN – The Allied firebombing of the eastern German city of Dresden on Feb. 13-14, 1945, killed no more than 25,000 people – far fewer than scholars'previous estimates running as high as 135,000 – a special commission has found.
- WORLD UPDATE
U.S. envoy visits N. Korean capital
WASHINGTON – The Bush administration's top envoy for North Korea, Christopher Hill, extended his trip to Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, yesterday as negotiators searched for a way to salvage a nuclear disarmament deal the White House had hoped to portray as a major achievement.
- THE FIGHT FOR IRAQ
Iraqis take command of U.S.-backed security groups
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi government yesterday began assuming control of the U.S.-backed armed groups that have helped curtail violence here, in a high-stakes test for the U.S. strategy to pacify this war-ravaged land.
- Money sent home by Mexicans in U.S. off 12%
MEXICO CITY – Mexicans living in the United States sent home 12 percent less money in August, the largest drop since the Bank of Mexico began tracking remittances 12 years ago, the central bank said yesterday.
- General upbeat about Africa Command
WASHINGTON – The general who leads the Africa Command said yesterday that he believes distrust of U.S. motives on the continent will fade as it becomes clear that the new command does not represent a change in U.S. foreign policy.
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