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AP - A United Arab Emirates company has volunteered to postpone its
 takeover of significant operations at six major U.S. seaports, giving
 the White House more time to convince skeptical lawmakers the deal
 poses no increased risks from terrorism.

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AP - The United Arab Emirates gave the Bush administration $100 million
 to help victims of Hurricane Katrina weeks before a state-owned company
 there sought U.S. approval for its ports deal.

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AP - President Bush tried to give a lift to two loyal Republicans in
 re-election fights Thursday, and the White House said GOP candidates
 elsewhere were clamoring for his help despite his low poll ratings.

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AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has turned to two of the masterminds
 behind her husband's 1992 presidential victory -- James Carville and
 Paul Begala -- to raise money needed to keep her in the Senate and
 possibly help finance a White House run of her own.

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USATODAY.com - Anti-gay protests by a small religious group at funerals
 for troops killed in Iraq have prompted more than a dozen states to
 restrict picketing at funerals.

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AP - A White House review of the sluggish federal response during
 Hurricane Katrina reveals widespread government failures in planning
 for disasters -- but stops short of assigning blame to Bush
 administration officials.

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AP - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay was likened to Stonewall Jackson, Lyndon Baines
 Johnson and a courageous World War I officer Thursday as members of the
 Texas Republican congressional delegation joined the former House
 majority leader to endorse his re-election.

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AP - Republican John Doolittle announced his bid for a ninth term in
 Congress, saying he may face his toughest campaign yet because of his
 ties to indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

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AP - FBI agents repeatedly warned military interrogators at the U.S.
 prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that their aggressive methods were
 legally risky and also likely to be ineffective, according to FBI memos
 made public Thursday.

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AFP - The battle over abortion rights in the United States moved into a
 new stage after the legislature in the state of South Dakota,
 emboldened by the new make-up of the US Supreme Court, passed a
 sweeping ban on the termination of pregnancies.

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