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Humvee doors can trap troops
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The Army is fixing the doors of every armored Humvee in combat in Iraq
because
they can jam shut during an attack and trap soldiers inside, Pentagon
records
and interviews show.

Conservative Sarkozy wins French presidency
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Pro-American conservative Nicolas Sarkozy won France's presidential
election Sunday after a campaign spent urging the French to change their
famously relaxed way of life in return for faster economic growth.

Tornado obliterates Kansas town
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Evelyn Ringwald had been through this drill many times before: the
driving rain and pounding hail, the tornado warnings and the emergency
sirens. Each time, she and other residents of this south-central Kansas
town avoided a
direct hit until Friday.

MONEY

Some companies are adopting policies that require employees to speak
only English on the job, spurring a backlash of lawsuits alleging that
such rules can discriminate against immigrants.

# posted by John @ 5/07/2007 08:51:00 AM