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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There's no sign of a family reunion planned, but U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama are distant cousins.

WASHINGTON - The Dalai Lama, after meeting privately Tuesday with President Bush, brushed off China's furious reaction to U.S. celebrations this week in his honor. "That always happens," the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists said with a laugh, speaking to reporters gathered outside his downtown Washington hotel.

WASHINGTON - Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission, The Associated Press has learned.

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama for saying he would meet, without precondition, with leaders of renegade nations.

WASHINGTON - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig said he was entrapped in a sex sting at an airport men's room and was not aware of the bathroom's reputation as a spot to cruise for gay sex. "Well, I certainly am now," Craig told NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview aired Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON - Though they may spar across the political aisle, Vice President Dick Cheney is close enough to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to call him "cousin." Eighth cousin, that is.

WINDHOEK (AFP) - Namibia has deported two US citizens, declaring them "prohibited immigrants" for recruiting former war veterans to work as security guards at US military bases in Iraq, officials said Friday.

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Tuesday he prays every night the United States doesn't go to war with Iran, and he blamed Russia and China for standing in the way of a diplomatic solution.

Surveys conducted last week identified three notable swings in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to rebuke the Bush administration for allegedly hiding information about the extent of corruption in Iraq.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There's no sign of a family reunion planned, but U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama are distant cousins.

WASHINGTON - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig said he was entrapped in a sex sting at an airport men's room and was not aware of the bathroom's reputation as a spot to cruise for gay sex. "Well, I certainly am now," Craig told NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview aired Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama for saying he would meet, without precondition, with leaders of renegade nations.

WASHINGTON - Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission, The Associated Press has learned.

WASHINGTON - The Dalai Lama, after meeting privately Tuesday with President Bush, brushed off China's furious reaction to U.S. celebrations this week in his honor. "That always happens," the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists said with a laugh, speaking to reporters gathered outside his downtown Washington hotel.

WASHINGTON - Though they may spar across the political aisle, Vice President Dick Cheney is close enough to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to call him "cousin." Eighth cousin, that is.

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts Democrat who is the widow of a U.S. senator won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday by beating a Republican whose brother was an airline pilot killed in the September 11 attacks.

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Tuesday he prays every night the United States doesn't go to war with Iran, and he blamed Russia and China for standing in the way of a diplomatic solution.

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are heading into the next 100 days of the campaign flush with cash, each with about three times as much as leading Republicans.

WASHINGTON - The United State alone cannot force Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. Gates called Iran as "an ambitious and fanatical theocracy," and said he has yet to find "the elusive Iranian moderate," according to remarks prepared for delivery at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.

WASHINGTON - States and the federal government need to coordinate their efforts to monitor and protect the water of the Mississippi River, a new analysis urges.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to rebuke the Bush administration for allegedly hiding information about the extent of corruption in Iraq.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A team of US army safety experts are in Iraq to study a recent surge in non-combat deaths that have coincided with extended 15-month deployments for US troops, a senior military official said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a four-year extension of a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access, despite widespread support in both parties for a permanent ban.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Twelve former US army captains Tuesday urged Washington to either abandon Iraq or dramatically increase its military presence there by reinstating mandatory military service.

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts Democrat who is the widow of a U.S. senator won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday by beating a Republican whose brother was an airline pilot killed in the September 11 attacks.

WASHINGTON - Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey is headed for swift approval with scant objections, the powerful Democrat who will chair his confirmation hearings said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has taken pains to keep a private meeting between President Bush and the Dalai Lama from further infuriating China, which reviles the Buddhist leader: no media access, not even a handout photo.

WASHINGTON - The House passed a resolution on Tuesday condemning the State Department for its refusal to divulge public details on Iraqi corruption in a new showdown with the Bush administration over the war and its classification policies.

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Patriot missile was accidentally fired from a military base in Qatar, its debris hitting a nearby farm, the Pentagon said Tuesday.