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I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney‘s chief of staff, first learned about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak investigation in a conversation with Mr. Cheney weeks before her identity became public in 2003, lawyers involved in the case said Monday.

Iraq’s landmark constitution was adopted by a majority of voters during the country’s Oct. 15 referendum, election officials said Tuesday.

An Afghan identified as one of the world’s top drug kingpins was extradited to New York for prosecution Monday.

Rosa Parks, Mother of Civil-Rights Movement, Died Monday at 92.