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Iraqi, U.S. officials and several members of Iraq’s 2004 Summer Olympic team attended the re-opening of the youth center, which will offer a variety of sports programs. By Norris Jones Gulf Region Central District US Army Corps of Engineers BAGHDAD, April 13, 2006 — Iraq and U.S. officials toured the newly-renovated Al Huriya Youth Center in Baghdad March 25. Among those participating were U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Iraq Olympic Committee President Ahmed Al-Samarrai and Iraq Minister of Youth and Sports Talib Aziz Zaini. "The United States stands with Iraqis as they attempt to improve their community. The various sporting activities...

QALAT, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2006 – Few infrastructure projects inject the Afghan people with as much hope for a stable and healthy life for their families as a new hospital. Along with many of the new roads and bridges built during reconstruction, a new hospital will now bring that hope to the people of southern Afghanistan. The new Zabul Regional Teaching Hospital is located between Kabul and Kandahar and will provide the middle provinces of Afghanistan with a full-service hospital with state-of-the-art equipment, Qalat's provincial reconstruction team commander said during a tour of the hospital this week with local and...