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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita fresh in mind, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) promised Wednesday that the United States would provide help over the long haul for Pakistan’s recovery from a killer earthquake. Rice detoured from a trip to Afghanistan and Central Asian nations …

WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators are feeling heat from the White House and constituents as they consider whether to back a Senate-approved ban on torturing detainees in U.S. custody or weaken it as the White House prefers. Led by Vice President Dick Cheney (search), the Bush administration is floating a proposal …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” June 22, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Unresolved Problem” segment tonight, anti-Christian bias in the media. …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Leftist comrades in revolutionary berets marched along with Christian clergy in black robes Friday in a funeral procession for George Hawi (search), a former Communist boss and critic of Syria killed in a car bombing this week. The unity shown by the anti-Syrian coalition and its supporters …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration told Congress on Wednesday it opposes a bill to overhaul the way the United Nations works, citing a requirement the U.S. withhold dues if the organization fails to make changes. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Henry Hyde (search), chairman of the House International Relations Committee, …

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. – Coastal dwellers in far northern California and southern Oregon knew to take it seriously when tsunami (search) sirens sounded after a 7.2-magnitude offshore earthquake, and thousands of people were safely evacuated within minutes. Many here still remember the 1964 tsunami that killed 15 people along this …

LOS ANGELES – George Lucas (search), the cruel taskmaster who made Harrison Ford hang with snakes and rats, required Robert Duvall to shave his head and turned Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill into Pez dispensers, was presented with The American Film Institute’s annual lifetime achievement award Thursday night. He was …

WASHINGTON – The Labor Department (search) kept secret for more than a year government studies that supported Democratic opponents of the Bush administration’s new Central American trade deal, internal documents show. The studies, paid for by the department, concluded that several countries the administration wants to be granted free-trade status …

Update: 9:45 a.m. ET: There is no flight like the shuttle flight to New York from Washington, D.C. The flights are every half hour and always filled with familiar faces. It is in some ways a social event to fly the shuttle. To give you an idea… on my flight …

WASHINGTON – The 54-45 roll call by which the Senate voted to approve legislation needed to implement the Central American Free Trade Agreement. On this vote, a “yes” vote was a vote to pass the legislation and a “no” vote was a vote to defeat it. Voting “yes” were 10 …