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BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The British army began closing or demolishing military installations in the Irish Republican Army (search)’s rural heartland Friday in a rapid response to the IRA’s declaration to renounce violence and disarm. Soldiers started to dismantle or withdraw from three positions in South Armagh (search), a rebellious …

WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney (search), standing with veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of the government agency created to serve them, said Thursday “we cannot predict the length or the course of the War on Terror.” “We have no illusions about the difficulty of engaging enemies that dwell …

A large swath of the U.S. suffered through another miserable day of sizzling temperatures and high humidity Monday — a deadly heat wave that had people cranking up air conditioners, scrambling to cooling shelters and running through sprinklers in the park. Temperatures soared past 100 in several cities, and the …