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Iraqi Children Return to School

Iraqi school children went back to class Wednesday. Some returned to schools renovated and re-equipped by the U.S. military and the occupation authority. But other schools have yet to be re-fitted, and many have not yet received promised new textbooks devoid of praise for Saddam Hussein. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

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Deborah Amos covers the Middle East for NPR News. Her reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.
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