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     WHITE HOUSE (AP) _ President Bush flies to Dayton, Ohio, today
to deliver a speech drawing attention to political and economic
progress in Iraq. Bush is also expected to praise Iraqi raids on
Shiite militiamen in Basra and Baghdad.
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     BAGHDAD (AP) _ Rockets and mortar rounds are hitting Baghdad‘s
heavily-guarded Green Zone for a fourth day. U.S. officials say the
attacks are coming from breakaway factions of Shiite cleric Muqtada
al-Sadr‘s (mook-TAH‘-duh al SAH‘-durz) army. But tens of thousands
of Shiites are taking to the streets to protest a government
offensive against the militia.
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     COLD SPRING, Minn. (AP) _ Officials in Minnesota are trying to
find out what caused a chlorine gas leak at a high school that sent
36 students and a gym teacher to the hospital yesterday. The leak
was discovered by students in the school‘s pool area.
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     KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (AP) _ NASA is rejoicing over Endeavour‘s
successful 16-day mission to the international space station. The
shuttle touched down safely in Florida last night after logging six
and a-half million miles in space.
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     LONDON (AP) _ London‘s Heathrow Airport has cut the ribbon on a
brand new British Airways terminal. The 8.6-billion-dollar facility
is able to handle 30 million passengers a year. The new terminal is
experiencing some opening day glitches. One passenger says it took
an hour for him to get his bag.
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