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04/04/2005 Entry: "Fun"

Asia 'will retaliate' over Wolfowitz
Decisions by Asian central banks, particularly China's, over whether
to continue buying US T-bills massively affect US interest and mortgage
rates and the US consumer.

Oil Prices Briefly Top $58 a Barrel
Energy traders have attributed the recent runup to a wide range of concerns,
including pipeline sabotage in Iraq, growing demand in China and the weakness
of the dollar against other currencies.

No relief in sight for record gas prices
Feeling impact of gas price surge
U.S. Postal Service want to raise cost of a first-class stamp from
37 to 39 cents. Postal Service said gas prices are one of the reasons.

As fuel costs skyrocket, many businesses are struggling
If diesel prices don't fall, they will drive up the cost of everything
trucks haul, said Bob Ramorino, president of Roadstar Trucking.

U.S. citizen held in Iraq as suspected insurgent
The justices ruled last June that the government cannot hold
an American citizen indefinitely in a U.S. military jail
without providing achance to contest the case against him.

US relied on 'drunken liar' to justify war
An alcoholic cousin of an aide to Ahmed Chalabi has emerged
as the key source in the US rationale for going to war in Iraq.

Bush: U.S. to Bear Burden of Iraq Costs
Ukraine Removing Troops from Iraq; Bush Says That's OK
Army Still Misses Recruiting Targets
Car bomb in central Iraq kills 5
Iraq's long-stalled assembly selects Sunni as parliamentary speaker