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WASHINGTON – Lawmakers intensified their scrutiny of the Red Cross on Thursday as the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked the organization for correspondence, minutes of board meetings and other records. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, questioned the effectiveness of the agency’s Board of Governors in a letter requesting an …

WASHINGTON – President Bush is prepared to seek a Middle East peace on an “accelerated basis” now that there is an elected government in the Palestinian territories and violence has declined, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (search) said Friday. A day after meeting with Bush, Abbas praised Bush’s efforts to capitalize …

KUWAIT CITY – Kuwaiti lawmakers approved political rights for women Monday, clearing the way for females to participate in parliamentary elections for the first time in the Gulf nation’s history. However, fundamentalist Muslims included a requirement that any female politician or voter abide by Islamic law (search). It was not …