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Former Sen. Jesse Helms dead at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86.
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: AT HOME
U.S. Department of Education employees inappropriately used
government credit cards to purchase $49,500 worth of goods and services, including meals, clothing and rental cars, for personal use, according to the department's inspector general. Auditors examining business travel expenses for fiscal 2006 found $18,256 in inappropriate charges made by 34 employees. Twenty-nine people used bank cards to withdraw $17,600 more than allowed under a travel allowance for meals and incidentals. Four workers made $13,570 in bank card withdrawals when they weren't on business travel. One logged 44 withdrawals totaling $8,560. The employees are responsible for paying the bills and to seek reimbursement. The report calls on the department to improve oversight of travel charge cards, which are for official travel.
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U.S. role in 1950 South Korean bloodbath decried
SEOUL, South Korea - The American colonel, troubled by
what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces.
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: ABROAD
Gunmen opened fire on people leaving a mosque last night in
Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, killing one of the country's senior UN officials and wounding his son and another man, a witness and a family member said. Attacks on officials are common in Somalia, where Islamic insurgents have vowed to fight an Iraq-style insurgency against a weak and corrupt UN-supported government. Osman Ali Ahmed, the head of the UN Development Program for Somalia, was shot in the head. A day earlier, an explosion killed a Somali official, his wife and four others in Mogadishu. On June 21, the UN High Commission for Refugees leader in Mogadishu was abducted from his home on the outskirts of the capital.
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Bush hints at agenda on eve of G-8 meeting in Japan
TOYAKO, Japan - President George W. Bush defended
removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics as world leaders assembled yesterday to address soaring gas prices, climate change and African aid.
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