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Stocks Slip on Inflation Concerns

NEW YORK – Wall Street slid lower Thursday, with inflation concerns and a disappointing earnings report from Viacom Inc. (VIA) prompting investors to collect profits. A drop in oil prices failed to mitigate the losses. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 67.95, or 0.61 percent, to …

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Iraq Funding Bill Draws Bush Veto Threat

WASHINGTON – A White House veto threat on a huge Senate bill combining war funding and hurricane relief has won praise from conservative allies but has invited scrutiny of President George W. Bush‘s funding demands for the fighting in Iraq. The Bush administration demanded that the $106.5 billion funding bill …

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EU: CIA Conducted Over 1,000 Europe Flights

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The CIA has conducted more than 1,000 clandestine flights in Europe since 2001, and some of them secretly took away terror suspects to countries where they could face torture, European Union lawmakers said Wednesday. Legislators selected to look into allegations of questionable CIA activities in Europe said …

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