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Sen. Reed Weds for First Time

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed (search) married Julia Hart in a ceremony at the United States Military Academy, the senator’s alma mater. The 55-year-old Democrat, a former Army Ranger (search), wed 39-year-old Hart on Saturday in a ceremony officiated by the Rev. Raymond Malm of St. …

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Israel May Delay Gaza Pullout Until August

JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (search) said Monday he favors a three-week delay in Israel’s planned pullout from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements this summer, ostensibly because of a Jewish mourning period marking the destruction of the biblical temples. A postponement could give the ill-prepared government …

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Israel Seeks Bush Assurances on Settlements

WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (search) is counting on President Bush to keep his commitment that Israel (search) can retain several large Jewish towns near Jerusalem as part of a peace accord with the Palestinians, Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday. In fact, “we do not need …

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