Monday, February 05, 2007
Bush budget boosts Iraq funds
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007
NEWS
Bush plan seeks billions more for Iraq
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President Bush will send Congress a $2.9 trillion spending request
Monday that
seeks billions of dollars more to fight the Iraq war and tries to
restrain the
spiraling cost of the government's big health care programs.
25 dead in Indonesia flood; 340,000 homeless
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Horse-drawn carts rescued residents from flood-stricken districts in
the
Indonesian capital on Monday after flooding burst riverbanks, killing at
least
25 people and forcing some 340,000 to flee from their homes in recent
days.
'Speed bumps' deadly on Iraqi roads
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A type of homemade bomb that can include parts commonly found in Iraqi
kitchens and that is easy to hide on desert roads has proliferated in
Anbar
province and spread to other parts of Iraq. Troops in armored vehicles
are
endangered by the bomb, which U.S. military officials call a "speed
bump."
