Democrats in the US Congress have proposed legislation requiring all US troops to leave Iraq by August 2008.
It is a direct challenge to President George W Bush, who has ruled out any fixed end to the Iraq operation.
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Romano Prodi, forced to resign last week as Italy’s prime minister, will try to reassemble his government in a bid to rescue the nation from crippling political chaos, officials announced today.
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