USAToday: "More than one in four U.S. troops have come home from the Iraq war with health problems that require medical or mental health treatment, according to the Pentagon's first detailed screening of servicemembers leaving a war zone."
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Reuters: "The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed and sent to President George W. Bush for his signature legislation giving the U.S. gun industry sweeping protection from civil lawsuits.
The legislation would provide gun makers, dealers and distributors with broad immunity from civil lawsuits filed by dozens of cities and municipalities, as well as make it harder for individuals harmed by gun violence to sue."
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ABCNews: "The top U.N. relief coordinator warned Thursday that bold initiatives like the Berlin Airlift are needed to save as many as 3 million people left homeless by the South Asian earthquake as winter approaches in the Himalayas."
Pakistan seems to be worst hit.
Guardian: "The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, warned today that a huge shortfall in relief funds after the south Asia earthquake risked causing a 'massive second wave of death'."
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