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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - July 18

Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:56pm EDT
Washington, July 18 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Climate change will pose "substantial" threats to human health in the coming decades, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday issuing its warnings about heat waves, hurricanes and pathogens just days after the agency declined to regulate the pollutants blamed for warming.

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The Air Force's top leadership sought for three years to spend counterterrorism funds on "comfort capsules" to be installed on military planes that ferry senior officers and civilians leaders around the world, according to internal e-mails and budget documents.

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Undercover Maryland State Police officers conducted surveillance on war protesters and death penalty opponents for more than a year while Robert Ehrlich was governor, documents released on Thursday show.

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