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<p>THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Locked away in the walk-in vault of the first permanent war crimes court are thick files filled with tales of rape, plunder and devastation from around the world.</p> <p>One such folio is heavy with witness accounts of sexually abused children, looted homes and the expulsion of thousands of poor villagers from the Central African Republic.</p>

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<p>Democrats called it an unwise raid on Social Security that would increase government debt, but the GOP majority prevailed on a largely party-line 229-198 vote.</p> <p>Since Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., is vowing to block the measure in the Senate, both sides said its real impact is showing clear economic differences between the parties for voters.</p>