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Thousands of Hurricane Victims Still Living in Trailers, Others Still Waiting

While hundreds of thousands of people displaced from the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina have established new lives in faraway places throughout the country, there are thousands more for whom home is a white box. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says more than 73,000 of its trailers are occupied by …

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An American in Beirut: Normal Moments Possible in Wartime, Normalcy is Not

BEIRUT, Lebanon – This is the eleventh installment of an ongoing blog written by American Spencer Witte, a native New York resident who is studying and living in Beirut, Lebanon. August 3, 2006 “A Day” I’m a 24-year-old American who, as of July 12, 2006, had never been in a …

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Facing Heat from Critics, Sen. McCain Says He Still Supports War in Iraq

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. John McCain said Friday he supports the U.S. mission in Iraq days after faulting the Bush administration for misleading Americans into believing it would be “some kind of day at the beach.” The potential 2008 presidential candidate and staunch war supporter issued a statement explaining his …

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