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PRESS DIGEST - New York Times front page - May 16
16 May 2007 06:04:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - The New York Times reported the following stories on its front page on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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President George W. Bush stepped in after top officials threatened to resign over the National Security Agency's domestic spying program.

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Poppy fields are now a front line in the Afghanistan war.

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Second-tier colleges have seen their cachet climb because of the heated competition at the top.

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A lobbyist at the National Association of Manufacturers nominated by President Bush to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission will receive a $150,000 departing payment from the association when he takes his new government job.

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The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the fundamentalist preacher who founded the Moral Majority, has died.

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte arrives for a briefing on Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 23, 2007.



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