ARTICLES BY LARA JAKES

A frightening pattern

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Forget the olive branch, grab an Idaho potato

PARIS (AP) — For some watchers of international diplomacy, the somber road to Syrian peace was overrun Monday by potatoes and furry pink hats.

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Congress considers limits on drone strikes

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Millions in aid for Iraq sits unspent

BAQOUBA, Iraq - Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don't work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind narrow desks.

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US drops keeping troops in Iraq

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Gunmen kill 56 in Iraq hostage siege

BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing military uniforms over explosives belts charged into a government building in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tuesday in an attack that left 56 people dead, including 15 hostages who were shot execution-style.

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Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders

BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqis want a moderate government instead of Shiite religious hard-liners leading the postwar nation.

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