PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - April 13
WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on April 13. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives inside Iraq's parliament building, killing at least eight people in the worst-ever breach of security in the heavily guarded Green Zone.
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CBS Radio fired host Don Imus over a racial slur, possibly bringing the sometimes inflammatory broadcaster's four-decade career to a swift and ignominious end.
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz publicly apologized for the "mistake" of personally orchestrating a high-paying job for a bank employee with whom he is romantically involved.
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A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members that the RNC is missing at least four years' worth of e-mail from White House senior advisor Karl Rove that is being sought as part of investigations into the Bush administration, according to the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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As many as 6 million prepared meals stockpiled near potential victims of the 2006 hurricane season spoiled in the Gulf Coast heat last summer when the Federal Emergency Management Agency ran short of warehouse and refrigeration space, according to agency officials.
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BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives inside Iraq's parliament building, killing at least eight people in the worst-ever breach of security in the heavily guarded Green Zone.
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CBS Radio fired host Don Imus over a racial slur, possibly bringing the sometimes inflammatory broadcaster's four-decade career to a swift and ignominious end.
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz publicly apologized for the "mistake" of personally orchestrating a high-paying job for a bank employee with whom he is romantically involved.
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A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members that the RNC is missing at least four years' worth of e-mail from White House senior advisor Karl Rove that is being sought as part of investigations into the Bush administration, according to the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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As many as 6 million prepared meals stockpiled near potential victims of the 2006 hurricane season spoiled in the Gulf Coast heat last summer when the Federal Emergency Management Agency ran short of warehouse and refrigeration space, according to agency officials.
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