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| Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EDT Heavy Sunni Turnout Is Seen; Attacks Are Scattered and Light |
| After the polls closed, officials said that turnout could have been as high as 11 million, more than in October's referendum. |
| Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EDT In North, Kurdistan Comes First, Iraq Comes Second |
| Today's elections may as well have been about Kurdish dreams. Iraq, or the idea of Iraq, seemed as distant as the moon. |
| Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EDT Bush and McCain Reach Deal on Treatment of Torture Suspects |
| The deal allows protections for C.I.A. interrogators, a key objective of Vice President Dick Cheney. |
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| Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:18:47 EST Terror chief mistakenly released, official says |
| Iraqi security forces captured the most wanted terrorist suspect in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday. A U.S. official could not confirm the report, but said he would not dismiss it. "It is plausible," he said. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader -- has a $25 million bounty on his head, and is accused of being behind many insurgency bombings and kidnappings. |
| Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:10:13 EST Congressman threatens to block torture deal |
| Sen. John McCain -- who was tortured as a prisoner of war in Vietnam -- today struck a deal with the White House to ban torture by U.S. personnel. "It's a done deal," he said after meeting with President Bush. The president said: "We share a common goal -- that is to protect the American people and to win the war on terror." The White House had threatened to veto the anti-torture legislation unless it contained an exemption for the CIA, arguing the bill would limit presidential ability to protect Americans from a terrorist attack. |
| Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:58:47 EST Bush seeks billions to strengthen levees |
| The White House has requested $3.1 billion to repair and strengthen the flood-protection system in New Orleans after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, a Bush administration official announced Thursday. "It's important that people feel safe and move back into the area. The levee system is vital to that process," Don Powell, federal coordinator of Gulf Coast recovery. |
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