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Holocaust deniers gather in Iran for conference casting doubt on Nazi genocide

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran hosted Holocaust deniers from around the world Monday at a conference examining whether the Nazi genocide took place, a meeting Israel's prime minister condemned as a ''sick phenomenon.''

December 26, 2006 | By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press Writer | Nation

Poll: Teens, adults separated by ’instant message gap’

WASHINGTON - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists.

December 22, 2006 | By WILL LESTER Associated Press Writer | Nation

GOP’s Capitol control winds down in a shuffle of boxes and some long faces

WASHINGTON - It has not been a pretty sight on Capitol Hill in the waning hours of Republican control.

December 22, 2006 | By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Writer | Nation

Officials say Saudis major provider of finance to Iraqi Sunni insurgents

CAIRO, Egypt - Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash.

December 22, 2006 | By SALAH NASRAWI Associated Press Writer | Nation

Bush gives chilly response to some recommendations of Iraq study group

WASHINGTON - President Bush gave a chilly response to the Iraq Study Group's proposals for reshaping his policy Thursday, objecting to talks with Iran and Syria, refusing to endorse a major troop withdrawal and vowing no retreat from embattled U.S. goals in the Mideast.

December 22, 2006 | By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent | Nation

Scientists believe they have found photographic evidence of flowing water on Mars

LOS ANGELES - New photographs from space suggest that water occasionally flows on the frigid surface of Mars, raising the tantalizing possibility that the Red Planet is hospitable to life, scientists reported Wednesday.

December 21, 2006 | By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer | Nation

After E. coli outbreak, Taco Bell removes green onions from restaurants nationwide

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. - Taco Bell ordered scallions removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants Wednesday after tests suggested they may be responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least three dozen people in three states.

December 21, 2006 | By ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press Writer | Nation

Bush policy in Iraq failing, commission says

WASHINGTON - President Bush's policy in Iraq ''is not working,'' a high-level commission said Wednesday in a blunt, bleak assessment that called for an urgent diplomatic attempt to stabilize the country and allow withdrawal of most U.S. combat troops by early 2008.

December 21, 2006 | By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY and DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writers | Nation

Closed Taco Bells all used same food distributor, company says

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. - All 11 Taco Bells implicated in an E. coli outbreak in New York and New Jersey used the same food distributor, the restaurant chain said Tuesday as health officials tried to pinpoint the source of the dangerous bacteria that sickened at least three dozen people.

December 20, 2006 | By ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press Writer | Nation

Legislating the stomach? For NYC diners, health concerns trump trans fat ban fears

NEW YORK - Yes, said Toni Lewis, as she caught a quick dinner on the run at McDonalds before her child's piano lesson. Maybe New York City IS going too far telling people what they can and can't put into their stomachs. But you know what?

December 20, 2006 | By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer | Nation

Gates says U.S. not winning war in Iraq, gains panel recommendation as Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON - Robert Gates won approval by a Senate panel Tuesday to be the next defense secretary after telling the senators the U.S. is not winning the war in Iraq and there could be a ''regional conflagration'' if the country is not stabilized.

December 20, 2006 | By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer | Nation

Iraq’s prime minister opens door to regional conference; U.S. sees Iraqis in control next year

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister reversed course Tuesday and said his envoys will talk with Iraq's neighbors about the possibility of a regional conference on quelling the violence here, despite opposition to the plan by some key political allies.

December 20, 2006 | By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and THOMAS WAGNER Associated Press Writers | Nation

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