Lottery Winnings Bring Dad Home From Iraq
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LOUISVILLE, KY. - In July 2003, Amanda Young said goodbye to her father as he left for Iraq to work for a contractor and help the family out of debt...
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When most people rummage through their kitchen drawers, they rarely uncover anything more exciting than a mislaid knife. Joanne and David Austin, however, found a lottery ticket that made them rich.
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A day after a Chicago-based Army National Guard unit plucked a kidnapped Canadian woman out of the Iraqi desert, her father recounted the harrowing ordeal she survived -- and the deal she cut to win her freedom.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Amid yellow ribbons and farewell banners at a ceremony for Iraq-bound troops here last week was one anonymous combat veteran waging a last-minute federal court battle to stay home.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - When Saddam Hussein ruled Najaf  with an iron fist, Samir Ghalib stayed home during troubled  times.
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With family members cheering, more than 700 National Guard soldiers were welcomed home in an emotional ceremony after a 15-month tour of duty, including more than nine months on the ground in Iraq.
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Mohammed, an illegal Iraqi refugee, counts himself lucky. He has managed to find a carpentry job in Lebanon. And even better, his workplace is near his home Â meaning he doesn't have to drive to work and risk arrest at one of Beirut's security checkpoints.
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CALIMESA, Calif. A California couple who provide funerals for dead abandoned babies have won a multimillion-dollar lottery jackpot.
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Protected by US Black Hawk helicopters, Tony Blair has flown into Iraq in a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost prospects for Iraqi elections and cheer UK troops before Christmas.
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The first batch of Japanese troops have returned home from Iraq after the nation ended its first deployment since World War II to a country where fighting is underway.
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BAGHDAD -- In the basement of the heavily guarded Babylon Hotel, on a low, black stage lit up like an operating room, contestant No. 65 was having a bad day. In the morning, Yasser Ibrahim, 22, had passed checkpoints and closed roads, armed soldiers and traffic jams, traveling two hours on a trip...
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Being deployed to Iraq certainly has its hardships. But they aren't always economic ones, particularly if you take the time to understand the special financial-planning opportunities provided to the military.
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A Londonderry man wins more than Â£1.6m in the National Lottery - thanks to a child crying in his local shop.
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CAIRO -- Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash.
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Muhammad Ismail, 45, and his son, Jaber, 19, relatives of a man convicted of supporting terrorists, returned to the United States.
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In Iraq, a birth worth blogging about.
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A soldier whose stored possessions were sold while he served in Iraq has received their full value of $8,000 and an apology from the storage company.