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S&P downgrades US credit rating from AAA
By News on Aug 5, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday downgraded the United States' credit rating for the first time in the history of the ratings....State Department urges Americans to leave Syria
By News on Aug 5, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department on Friday urged Americans in Syria to leave the country immediately and advised those who remain in the country to restrict their movements, as the Syrian government intensified a violent crackdown on opposition protesters. The warning came as congressional calls grew for the Obama administration to impose severe new sanctions on President Bashar Assad's regime....Showing Hama in ruins, Syria says revolt quelled
By News on Aug 5, 2011
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's government showed off TV and still images of burned buildings and rubble-strewn streets empty of people in Hama, the epicenter of anti-regime protests, and claimed Friday it was putting an end to the rebellion in the besieged city....Senate Dems give way to GOP to end FAA shutdown
By News on Aug 5, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate approved legislation Friday ending a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration and President Barack Obama signed it into law, clearing the way for thousands of employees to return to work and hundreds of airport construction projects to resume....Army to trim war tours to 9 months
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army will cut its yearlong war tours to nine months for most units that deploy after Jan. 1, although some high-demand units will continue to serve 12 months....