When Trans-Dniester voted that it would rather become part of a revived U.S.S.R. than a newly independent Moldova, months of fighting erupted.

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When the U.S.S.R. fell, Moldova became independent.

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While the U.S. has a number of independent toy retailers, Wal-Mart and Target fight Toys R Us for consumer sales.

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Susan Collins, R-Maine, has reiterated her call for an independent study of the health effects of the airport scanners, saying an alternative screening technology is available.

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The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Porter Goss, R-Florida, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Monday he wants to see whether the independent panel proposed by Gephardt and Roemer would replace or merely supplement the investigation by the intelligence committees.

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