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WASHINGTON – The Pentagon (search), under pressure from open-government advocates, released hundreds of images Thursday of flag-draped coffins of American soldiers. The Pentagon had previously refused to release such images, which were taken by military photographers. Nor has it allowed the news media to photograph ceremonies of soldiers’ coffins arriving …

WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee (search) raised a record $32.3 million in the first three months of the year, money that will help finance a permanent voter registration effort and other grass-roots organizing. The RNC finished March with $26.2 million on hand, Chairman Ken Mehlman (search) said Monday. The …

MOSCOW – Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev (search), who fled the country last month after demonstrators stormed his offices, signed a resignation agreement Monday, a key step toward restoring stability in the Central Asian nation. Akayev signed the agreement at the Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow, said Kyrgyz lawmakers who helped arrange …