Senate backs troop withdrawal from Iraq

Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:16PM EDT
By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday endorsed a March 31, 2008, target date for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq, prompting the White House to threaten a veto and moving Congress a step closer to a showdown with President George W. Bush over the war.
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UN highlights human trafficking

The UN has launched a campaign to highlight human trafficking, an issue it says has reached epidemic proportions over the past decade.
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German neo-Nazi crime rate sets new high

Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:30PM BST
BERLIN (Reuters) - Crimes committed by neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists in Germany reached their highest level last year since reunification in 1990, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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U.S. House approves Iraq troop withdrawal

Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:06PM GMT
By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to impose a September 1, 2008, deadline for withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq, prompting a quick veto promise from President George W. Bush.
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Global TB epidemic levelling off: New report

22 March 2007: The worldwide tuberculosis (TB) epidemic has levelled off for the first time since it was declared a public health emergency in 1993. The Global Tuberculosis Control Report released today by WHO says that the TB incidence rate peaked in 2004 and then held steady in 2005. But extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), HIV/AIDS and other obstacles are still hindering progress in controlling the epidemic.

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