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The end of a five-week boycott by the Sunni lawmakers

Posted by African Press International on July 19, 2007

BAGHDAD – Sunni lawmakers ended their five-week boycott of parliament Thursday, raising hopes the factious assembly can make progress on benchmark legislation demanded by Washington. The U.S. announced that two American soldiers have been charged with killing an Iraqi.

Meanwhile, the U.S. command announced Thursday that four U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed the day before in a roadside bombing in east Baghdad. No further details were released.

The 44 members of the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front attended Thursdays session after striking a deal with other blocs to reinstate the Sunni speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, who was ousted by the Shiite-dominated assembly last month for erratic behavior.

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US cities get anti-terror aid

Posted by African Press International on July 19, 2007

By Spencer S. Hsu and Mary Beth Sheridan

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WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security increased counterterrorism funding for Washington and New York City yesterday but warned that doling out more federal cash to the nation’s largest urban areas would require the virtual elimination of aid to mid-size cities.

Funding for the District and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs climbed to nearly $62 million, a $15 million increase and the biggest boost among seven urban areas deemed at highest risk of attack. The money is to be used in the next three years to upgrade bomb squads, improve interagency intelligence “fusion centers” and link police databases in a network dubbed “Google” for cops,” among other projects, officials said.

Local leaders welcomed the addition but said it still does not reflect the scale of the threat to the nation’s capital. The amount is still 20 percent less than the region received in 2005.

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