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PRESS DIGEST - New York Times front page - June 5
05 Jun 2007 05:53:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - The New York Times reported the following stories on its front page on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Military judges dismiss charges for 2 detainees. The rulings, the latest legal setbacks for the government's effort to bring war crimes charges against detainees, could stall the military's prosecutions at Guantnamo Bay.

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F.C.C. rebuffed by court on indecency fines. The decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, was a sharp rebuke for the F.C.C. and for the Bush administration.

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As Congress resumes work on the immigration bill, a point system to evaluate would-be immigrants based on job and language skills will be at the heart of the debate.

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Four years after starting college, Iraq's college graduates are ending their studies shattered and eager to leave.

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In Puerto Rico, hundreds of HIV and AIDS patients are not receiving vital medical care, community groups say.

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Congressman sought bribes, indictment says. The indictment said that William J. Jefferson sought hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.

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An Afghan policeman searches through the debris at a police post damaged by a U.S.-led air attack in the eastern province of Nangarhar June 12, 2007. U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan mistakenly killed seven policemen in an air strike after Afghan forces came under attack from the Taliban and asked for help, a provincial official said on Tuesday.



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