(Corrects earnings period to fourth quarter, from third quarter, in first paragraph of story that ran in January 2007)
NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Astoria Financial Corp (AF.N), a large New York savings and loan, on Thursday said fourth quarter profit fell, hurt by interest margins.
Net income for the Lake Success, New York-based thrift declined to $37.1 million, or 39 cents per share, from $57.7 million, or 57 cents a share, a year earlier.
KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents intensified their campaign against military targets and U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. CIA agents at a base and four Canadian servicemen on patrol and a journalist accompanying them.
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