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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s interim president said Tuesday that tens of thousands of people may have been unable to vote in the country’s historic weekend election because some polling places — including those in Sunni Arab areas — ran out of ballots. As clerks pounded vote-count tallies into computers to …

This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” Feb. 24, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN (through translator): Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy 14 …

WASHINGTON – Safe for a decade, military bases (search) in the United States face an uncertain future. The Pentagon plans to shut down or scale back some of the 425 facilities, the first such effort to save money in 10 years. The downsizing is part of Defense Secretary Donald H. …