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Reuters - A U.N. inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri will take air samples from five Middle East nations after it found the suspected suicide bomber grew up in a polluted city.

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A new Congressional visitors' center is years overdue and hundreds of millions over budget. Why is that not surprising?