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Published 12/19/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - The United States circulated a U.N. resolution that would shield billions of dollars of Iraqi assets from legal actions after the mandate for the U.S.-led multinational force ends, U.N. diplomats said Friday.
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