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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' congressional friends are planning a fundraiser for her re-election while she recovers from her brain injury.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., will be the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, officials said.
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson is in the news a lot these days, but not for the reasons he would like: Seven and half years of reckless and blindly optimistic fiscal and energy policies are coming home to bite him and his master, President George W. Bush.
WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. government wasted an opportunity to forge alliances with tribal leaders along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, officials and diplomats say.
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, April 9 (UPI) -- U.S.-led scientists say they've discovered bats play a major role in protecting tropical plants from damage by insects such as beetles and caterpillars.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 16 (UPI) -- Vandals smashed stone walls and destroyed headstones in two of Scotland's most historic graveyards. The vandalism in Edinburgh by roving gangs of teenagers is a persistent problem, the Scotsman reported on Monday.
KABUL, Afghanistan, April 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. Marine unit used "excessive force" after an ambush, spraying gunfire that killed 12 people, two of them children, an Afghan human rights panel said.
LONDON, March 13 (UPI) -- The visage of long-ago economist Adam Smith graces the 20-pound British note issued Tuesday -- the first time a Scot has appeared on a Bank of England note.
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