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Nicole Kidman Takes Sick Boy to Movies

Nicole Kidman (search) stepped out on a special date Saturday — going to the movies in Manhattan with a 6-year-old Australian boy who suffers from a rare form of cancer. Kidman — who read about Dylan Hartung’s (search) battle with neuroblastoma (search) in the New York Post — arranged the …

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Timeline: Israel's Gaza Settlements

History of Israeli settlement in Gaza: June 1967 — Israel captures the Gaza Strip from Egypt and Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol declares that the coastal area will “never be returned to Egypt.” Late 1967 — Eshkol plans the establishment of Jewish settlements in Egypt to form a Jewish buffer …

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Iraq Troop Numbers Likely to Go Up, Before Coming Down

WASHINGTON – Before the Pentagon begins reducing troop levels in Iraq (search) next year it probably will increase them this fall to provide extra security for a planned October referendum and a December election, a Pentagon official said Monday. Lawrence Di Rita, Defense Department spokesman, noted that troop levels were …

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