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After six years of war, Amal Salman, 20, has a measured view of her life and her country. Still, "you have to be optimistic," she says.
After six years of war, Amal Salman, 20, has a measured view of her life and her country. Still, "you have to be optimistic," she says.

 

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Just 13 When the U.S. Invaded Iraq, a Diarist in Baghdad Has Chronicled the Conflict's Evolution -- and Her Own
BAGHDAD The words are as simple as they are profound.
Sarah Palin, the Republican Alaska governor who captivated the nation with a combative brand of folksy politics, announced her resignation yesterday in characteristic fashion: She stood on her back lawn in Wasilla, speaking into a single microphone, accompanied by friends and neighbors in baseball...
Family, Friends Mourn Chevy Chase Woman and Child
If it had only taken a few moments more to herd seven wet children into the silver Toyota Sienna minivan. If one of the girls had announced that her sandal was missing and a couple of minutes had been spent retrieving it. If the summer storm that hit Connecticut Avenue had managed to gum up traffic...
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Sarah Palin demonstrated once again yesterday that she is one of America's most unconventional politicians, following an unpredictable path to an uncertain future.
WARREN, Mich. -- Big, burly and a "car guy" since high school, Tom Persinger worked for years at General Motors. Now he's a nurse's aide.
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