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Home Contracts Up; Rates Dip To 4.32 Percent
09-02-2010
The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes rose 5.2 percent in July but remained well below last year's levels. And  the average rate for a 30-year fixed loan fell to 4.32 percent this week, the lowest level in decades.

Can Lessons Learned In Iraq Work In Afghanistan?
09-02-2010
As the combat mission ends in Iraq, 30,000 additional troops are heading to Afghanistan. Comparisons between the two wars are inevitable. Gen. David Petraeus, who commanded U.S. forces in Iraq, brings to Afghanistan many familiar military faces and the strategy of creating local forces to take control of security at the grass-roots level.

Community Near Ground Zero Almost Like Any Other
09-02-2010
The neighborhood around the site where the World Trade Center once stood -- which now includes the site of a proposed Islamic community center -- is like many others in New York City. It has Starbucks, ethnic restaurants, churches and strip clubs. There's also a small mosque. But the gaping hole where the buildings crumbled is ever present.

Lively Living Aboard Congo's River-Bound 'Villages'
09-02-2010
Travel by water is the cheapest mode of transport in the Congo, and hundreds go by barge. From open-air ablutions and barter and trade on the water to the threat of rebel unrest, barge travel along the nearly 3,000-mile-long Congo River is full of activity punctuated just as often by delays.

Tony Blair On War, Globalization And 'My Political Life'
09-02-2010
The former prime minister of the United Kingdom's memoir, My Life: A Political Journey, is on sale in the U.S. Blair spoke to Steve Inskeep about Iraq, globalization and his political career.

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Can Lessons Learned In Iraq Work In Afghanistan?
09-02-2010

State Department Hosts Formal Mideast Peace Talks
09-02-2010

Mideast View On The Proposed Islamic Center
09-02-2010

South Korean Christians Try To Help Struggling North
09-02-2010

Tony Blair On War, Globalization And 'My Political Life'
09-02-2010

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