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Afghanistan Orders Investigation Into US Attack

by: Rahim Faiez, The Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked for an investigation of US missile attack killing civilians. (Photo: AFP / Getty Images)

    Afghanistan orders investigation into US attack on militants that allegedly hit civilians.     Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's president has ordered an investigation into allegations that missiles from U.S. helicopters struck civilians, though the Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the attack killed or wounded 20 militants.     President Hamid Karzai ordered the defense and interior ministries, as well as local government officials, to investigate Friday's attack in eastern Afghanistan. »

McCain campaign struggles.

McCain Struggles to Regain Footing

by: Liz Sidoti, The Associated Press

    Washington - John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats.

    McCain also doesn't seem to have a coherent message let alone much of a strategy despite securing the nomination three months earlier than Obama. »

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The Next Erin Brockovich?

by: Susan Sward, The San Francisco Chronicle

    Ex-worker on crusade against chemical plant.

    Trona, San Bernardino County - It was the dead birds that set Rita Smith off.

    Her husband, Steve, had been ill for years, with oozing sores on his skin, shortness of breath and mental confusion. She suspected that it all was tied to a Mojave Desert chemical plant where they both had worked. »

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