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Updated 11:00am ETThe Treasury Department has posted this press release with more details on the mortagage aid plan.With estimates showing more than 3 million households may file for foreclosure by year end, the Obama administration is set to announce a major expansion this morning of its mortgage relief program by allowing laid-off homeowners to delay payments for several months or asking banks to forgive part of the principal that borrowers currently owe.Full details were not yet released, but Treasury officials confirmed the outlines of the government more aggressive approach to the foreclosure problem to the NewsHour and other news organizations. After taking office last year, Treasury officials launched a foreclosure prevention plan that sought to prevent at least three million foreclosures by 2012. But permanent loan modifications have been granted at a much slower pace than was expecte
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Even as violence decreases in other parts of Iraq, al-Qaidaand other militant groups are
air max 1 still active in Mosul, a northern city with a mixof Kurds, Sunni Arabs, Christians and other groups.However, this week in Baghdad, a string of
adidas campus car bombs acrossthe Iraqi capital claimed the lives of at least 49 Iraqis and wounded 182,dealing a blow to reports of increased security in Iraq, according to the AgenceFrance-Presse.One car bomb detonated on Tuesday in the Kadhimiya districtwhere one of Shiite Islam holiest shrines is located.In the Mosul attack, the truck ignored requests to stop at acheckpoint outside the base, prompting U.S. and Iraqi forces to open fire. Thetruck, carrying more than a ton of explosives, detonated about 50 meters fromthe base and leveled three nearby buildings, according to an Iraqi InteriorMinister spokesman.The explosion also rocked nearby apartments.Everything was broken in my home, my refrigerator, myTV, my furniture. The smoke was so thick we couldn ;t see each other, saidAmjad Akram, as quoted by the AFP.Two suspects in the attack were
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