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PRESS DIGEST - New York Times front page - July 6
06 Jul 2007 05:20:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) - The New York Times reported the following stories on its front page on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico broke with the White House on Thursday as Congressional Democrats prepared to renew their challenge to the war.

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London bombers sped to Glasgow, authorities say. A week after the intended bombings, evidence is emerging that the two doctors were the main operatives, if not the leaders, of a network of other medical professionals.

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New federal guidelines will leave sensitive wetlands unprotected, according to environmental advocates.

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In Baquba, local Sunni residents, including a number of former insurgents, have emerged as a linchpin of the American strategy.

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Mexican folk ballads known as corridos have moved north with immigrants and adopted new themes.

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Candidates in both parties are promising to work to cover more Americans without health insurance.

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Undated handout image of Khalid al-Mashadani, who is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the Sunni Islamist al Qaeda. Al-Mashadani, who was caught this month, has told his U.S. military interrogators a prominent al Qaeda-led group is just a front and its leader fictitious, a military spokesman said on July 18, 2007. Brigadier-General Kevin Bergner told a news conference that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq, which was purportedly set up last year, did not exist.



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