AP - Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, faulted by some for leadership failures in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, has been cleared by the Army of all allegations of wrongdoing and will not be punished, officials said.
AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Japan on Saturday to reflect on its World War II aggression and back up its recent apologies with action, pressing Beijing's relentless campaign for redress from Tokyo for its handling of wartime atrocities.
AP - President Bush is pushing Congress to provide more money for combat and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan funds the Pentagon says it needs by the first week of May.
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Eleven people have been killed and at least 30 wounded by insurgent attacks in Iraq today, officials said. The attacks are the latest in an apparent surge of rebel violence after what appeared to be a slight decline in the number of incidents during February and March.