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Analysts from different news outlets and other organizations have predicted that the Republican Party could regain the majority in the House of Representatives by a wide margin after being in the minority for only two election cycles. Fox News recently released its “Power Rankings” with only 11 weeks until the election, which predicted that Republicans are poised to take the House majority by anywhere from two to 30 seats — a total of 220 to 248 seats for the Republicans depending on how accurate the projection is and where Republicans fall within the projected range

Britain must regain a pride in its identity, Chief Rabbi warns By Jonathan Wynne-Jones (Filed: 17/09/2006) A crisis of national and social identity is undermining Britain's efforts to integrate its immigrant population, according to the Chief Rabbi. Sir Jonathan Sacks told The Sunday Telegraph that multiculturalism had led to segregation and a country that was no longer confident of what it stood for. Sir Jonathan: 'Britain used to know who and what it was' It needed to regain a sense of pride in being British, he said, but must be less afraid to allow ethnic minorities to contribute to society,...

US forces launch campaign to regain lost Sunni territory By Adrian Blomfield in Baghdad (Filed: 10/09/2004) American forces launched a multi-pronged offensive in Iraq's Sunni badlands yesterday, striking enemy positions in two towns that had fallen under insurgent control and claiming to have peacefully retaken a third. After months of creeping withdrawal from a growing number of towns in the north and west, the American military confirmed that major operations were under way to regain lost territory. Local residents sift through the rubble of houses destroyed as US forces target Fallujah A senior officer said American, supported by bombing raids,...

<p>Touring a San Francisco day care center this week, Gov. Gray Davis spotted a poster of a tiger, conveniently labeled for the children. To the surprise of his staff, he was outside moments later declaring, "I'm going to fight like a Bengal tiger."</p>