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Cost of Diapers to Start Climbing Soon

NEW YORK – U.S. parents are warned: diapers will start to cost more this summer, as Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) and Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) raise prices to offset higher costs for materials such as resins and paper. P&G, the maker of Pampers (search) and Luvs, said on Monday that …

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Iranian President Proposes Solutions in Letter to Bush

TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote a letter to President Bush proposing “new solutions” to rising international tensions, a move announced Monday apparently timed to avert the possibility of U.N. action against the Islamic regime. The U.S., along with Britain and France, is pushing for a U.N. Security …

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U.N. Official Warns of Darfur Catastrophe

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The United Nations humanitarian chief warned Tuesday of a catastrophic situation developing in Darfur unless international donors act soon to bolster a beleaguered African peacekeeping force in the Sudanese province. “We either get good news in the next few weeks, or we have catastrophic news later,” Jan …

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