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U.S., Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland ---- The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia ---- a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response.

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Officials: Deal calls for troop pullback in Iraq

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

BAGHDAD ---- Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have completed a draft security agreement that would see American troops leave Iraqi cities as soon as June 30, Iraqi and American officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage

By M.R. KROPKO - Associated Press

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio ---- Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage, a hospital spokeswoman said.

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Russia digs in as pullback date nears

By MIKE ECKEL - Associated Press

SACHKHERE, Georgia ---- Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised.

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Giuliani to give keynote at GOP convention

By LIZ SIDOTI - Associated Press

WASHINGTON ---- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman also will take center stage at the GOP gathering.

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