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QALAT, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai (search) said Wednesday he is preparing a formal request to President Bush for a long-term security partnership that could include a permanent U.S. military presence. At a joint news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (search), Karzai said he had consulted many …

BOSTON – A meteor shower Sunday night sparked a flurry of frantic phone calls to police departments across New England (search) from people who saw bright lights moving in the sky, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said. The meteor shower was seen as far north as Portland, Maine, …

WASHINGTON – The Ohio (search) senator who surprised fellow Republicans on Tuesday with his sudden concerns about President Bush’s nominee for ambassador to the United Nations is known as a maverick. Sen. George Voinovich (search) was the rare Republican holdout against Bush’s 2003 tax cut plan, an administration priority. Despite …