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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s (search) president said Tuesday that Saddam Hussein (search) had confessed to killings and other “crimes” committed during his regime, including the massacre of thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s. President Jalal Talabani (search) told Iraqi television that he had been informed by an investigating judge …

DALLAS – Texans are welcoming tens of thousands of refugees from deadly Hurricane Katrina. The American Red Cross (search) could not provide immediate information on the number of shelters open across Texas but shelters were known to be open in Houston, Dallas, Austin and cities all along the Texas-Louisiana border. …

BEIJING – Hu Jintao (search) has set daunting goals for his first trip to Washington as China’s (search) president: improving Beijing’s image amid strains over its growing military power, rivalry for oil and a soaring U.S. trade deficit. Hu’s visit next week, which includes a White House meeting on Wednesday …