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PRESS DIGEST - New York Times front page - Apr 26

26 Apr 2007 06:56:28 GMT
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NEW YORK, April 26 (Reuters) - The New York Times reported the following stories on its front page on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to impose tighter restrictions on the hundreds of lawyers who represent detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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The U.S. House narrowly approved a $124 billion war spending bill that would require American troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq by Oct. 1.

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A suspect in New York trooper's death is presumed dead.

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The U.S. Supreme Court put defenders of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law on the defensive in a spirited argument that suggested the court could soon open a significant loophole in the measure.

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Gov. Eliot Spitzer is pushing a bill to shore up abortion rights.

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Recently the Saudi government has cracked down on advocates of change and scrapped some long-promised initiatives.

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The patches of the New York Fire Department are slowly being refashioned after two incidents prompted a department review.

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