Gen. David H. Petraeus has informed President Bush that troop cuts may begin in mid-December, but he has recommended deferring decisions on reducing the main body of troops in Iraq.
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Delay Decision on Major Cuts, Petraeus SaysAmericans Feel Military Is Best at Ending the WarAmericans trust military commanders far more than the Bush administration or Congress to bring the war in Iraq to a successful end, according to the latest New York Times / CBS News Poll. Drugs Banned, Many of World's Poor Suffer in PainMillions of people are fated to die in pain because they cannot get morphine, a drug that is cheap and perfectly legal for medical uses in most countries. 
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Ex-Premier Arrested Upon Return to PakistanNawaz Sharif, a Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister, was arrested after flying to Islamabad today. A local news channel said he was then deported. Prisons Purging Books on Faith From LibrariesChaplains in federal prisons have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials. Still Married, With Children, but in RussianDespite the Kremlin's drumbeat of anti-Americanism, Russians have embraced imports of American sitcoms. Federer Collects His 12th Grand Slam TitleRoger Federer pounced on Novak Djokovic's mistakes to capture a 7-6 (4) , 7-6 (2) , 6-4 victory at the U.S. Open.
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