U.S. Opens Word’s Largest Embassy in Iraq
U.S. diplomats and Iraqi leaders took part in a ceremony opening the new US embassy in Iraq. The $592 million, 104-acre compound becomes the largest, and most expensive, American embassy in the world. The U.S. diplomatic core in Iraq moves to the new compound – located in Baghdad’s “Green Zone” – from the palace of former Iraqi
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ec. 30 (Bloomberg) — GMAC LLC, bolstered by a $6 billion federal bailout, resumed lending to General Motors Corp. customers with lower credit scores as the U.S. stepped up efforts to keep the automaker in business. The Treasury said yesterday it will take a $5 billion stake in Detroit-based GMAC,
Baghdad Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 17
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US Attack Just More ‘Cowboy Politics’ In The Middle East
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