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      <excerpt>...has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.	  Debate on the bill was proposed by Rep Howard Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who co-sponsored the legislation. It comes just months after Turkey an</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Act &#8212; Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors. Illinois Sens. Richard Durbin and Indiana&#8217;s Richard Lugar, plus Reps. Howard Berman of California and Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida offered this legislation to solve the growing problem. Its</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>chair of the Foreign Relations African Affairs subcommittee. The sponsor of the resolution in the House is Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda, ...</excerpt>
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