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WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans expect to add at least $23 million to their party campaign funds Tuesday night at an annual fundraiser featuring President Bush (search). The National Republican Congressional Committee raised at least $14 million for House Republicans through the gala, while the National Republican Senatorial Committee took in …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Four car bombs exploded at dusk Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, including sidewalk diners and passengers at a bus station. The coordinated attacks served as a chilling reminder of how potent militants remain in the capital despite around-the-clock American and Iraqi troop patrols. In all, at …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s (search) wild and sorrowful history and its hope for the future are reflected in the candidates standing in its elections — the uncle of a Sept. 11 (search) hijacker, an ex-prisoner of the Israelis, the widow of an assassinated president-elect, the wife of a jailed warlord. …