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JAKARTA, Indonesia ( – European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (search) said Thursday the European Union will donate euro100 million (US$132 million) for immediate tsunami relief and look at setting up a euro1 billion loan for affected nations. Barroso said he also would ask the European Parliament (search) to approve …

WASHINGTON – When Congress convenes for its 109th session, Sen. Chuck Grassley (search), R-Iowa, plans to introduce a bill outlawing a little-known tax loophole that pays hundreds of thousands of dollars to wealthy homeowners. It’s a move supported by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance …

WASHINGTON – The military will begin providing confidentiality to alleged sexual assault victims in the immediate period after an attack in a policy change designed to persuade more to come forward, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. The change is one of several being fashioned by the Pentagon after a rash of …