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President Calls on Congress To Extend Patriot Act Provisions
Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Michael A. Fletcher. BALTIMORE, July 20 -- President Bush visited this city's busy port Wednesday and renewed his call for Congress to extend the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act, which gives government

Report: Pistons, Saunders close to deal
Detroit Free Press - 2 hours ago BY KRISTA LATHAM. On Tuesday, the Pistons said good-bye to a coach who had a favorite, oft-quoted phrase. Maybe you've heard it. Something about playing the right way? Well, new coach, new motto. On Wednesday

3 Gitmo Inmates Arrive in Kingdom
Arab News - 4 hours ago RIYADH, 21 July 2005 � The United States has handed over three Saudi citizens who were held at the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Interior said here yesterday.

Farrell granted restraining order
BBC News - 19 hours ago Actor Colin Farrell has been granted a restraining order against a former girlfriend who allegedly tried to distribute a tape of them having sex. A US judge has temporarily forbidden Nicole Narain from selling, showing or distributing the 15-minute video.

Protest march on Gaza called off
BBC News - 2 hours ago An attempted protest march by thousands of Israelis to the largest Jewish settlement in Gaza has been called off. Organisers told supporters gathered in a village in southern Israel that the time was not right

James Doohan, Actor Who Played Scotty on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 85
New York Times - 1 hour ago James Doohan, who faked a Scottish burr to create one of television's most endearing characters - Scotty, the chief engineer of the USS Enterprise on the original "Star Trek" - died yesterday at his home in Redmond, Wash. He was 85.

Saudi Ambassador to US Resigns
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago By Paul Richter, Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON -- Prince Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud, who as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States has been a power player here for 22 years, has resigned his post for

Greenspan: Tariff punishment to China would be counterproductive
Xinhua - 52 minutes ago BEIJING, July 21 -- US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday that the US economy had weathered a brief slowdown in the spring when inflation appeared to be on the rise. He also signalled