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Evolution Of a U.S. General In Iraq

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CAMP VICTORY, Iraq — When Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno first came to Iraq in 2003, the division he led was quickly accused of overly aggressive tactics that did more to fuel the insurgency than quell it.

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U.S. Scrambled To Find Observers For Pakistani Vote

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With Pakistan’s critical parliamentary election fast approaching, Bush administration officials began scrambling late last month to find a U.S. monitoring group willing to travel to Pakistan and observe the Feb. 18 vote.

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Barricades ready on Kosovo’s flashpoint bridges

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MITROVICA, Serbia (Reuters) - French troops prepared concrete and razor-wire barriers on Saturday to separate Serbs from Albanians in the Kosovo flashpoint of Mitrovica, less than 24 hours before the province proclaims independence.
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Bush pushes for deal to end Kenya crisis

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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Saturday threw his weight behind a power-sharing deal to end a bloody political crisis in Kenya as he flew into neighboring Tanzania on an African tour.
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Deadly blast at Pakistan meeting

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I want to see Such kind of Government who will give only and only justice that kind of government only can survive because our country has a major problem is injustice,so regarding election all kind of leaders are promising to theirs voters that they will give this and that but my observation about all present […]

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Pakistan election office blast kills 37 (AP)

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Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said 37 people were killed and more than 90 wounded when a suicide bomber drove into a crowd as they were preparing to eat.
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Super-delegates drawn to Obama’s winning streak

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BARACK Obama’s surge is beginning to loosen Hillary Clinton’s grip on the Democratic super-delegates who may decide the outcome of their presidential race.
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Sarkozy’s Holocaust order splits nation

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France’s wartime co-operation with the Nazi Holocaust has become the latest front in President Sarkozy’s struggle to impose his ideas on an increasingly recalcitrant nation.
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Pakistan Election Office Blast Kills 27

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Feb. 16) - A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into an election office in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing 27 people days before a crucial parliamentary vote, government officials said.

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Face of the ‘jilted lover’ armed with four guns who killed seven in a Valentine’s Day campus massacre

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Stephen Kazmierczak, 27, who also injured 18, had become increasingly erratic after throwing away pills prescribed for mental illness.

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Khmer Rouge backpacker killer dies in hospital

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PHOM PENH - A former Khmer Rouge commander who masterminded the abduction and murder of three Western backpackers in 1994, has died, his wife said on Saturday.
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How Many Have Died in Darfur?

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Since the conflict began in 2003, an estimated 350,000 Darfurians have died, most due to starvation.
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A New Russian President, or Putin Proxy?

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By Bridget Johnson, your guide to Journalism

Popular Russian President Vladimir Putin is termed out of office this year, but there’s little chance of him technically relinquishing his political power. With his hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, all but assured of victory on March 2 (a handful of opposition candidates including the Other Russia party’s Garry Kasparov […]

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The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office was an ironic site from which to issue a call for a lifting of the moratorium on the death penalty

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I realize that Du Page County State’s Attorney Joe Birkett and many other prosecutors across Illinois are very itchy to have the state resume executions. 
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Finding Love Online On Valentine’s Day

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By Charlotte Hawkins, Sky.Com News presenter
Sky.Com News is on-air and online at 7.30pm. Click here to find out what the most-read stories are today.
We’ll be getting in the Valentine’s mood tonight by asking can you really find love online? Apparently one in four dating website users have had a long-term relationship with someone they […]

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Illinois Shooter Stephen Kazmierczak Used Same Dealer As Virginia Tech Gunman

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US Police have praised the efforts of emergency services who responded to a shooting at a university campus. The former Northern Illinois University student killed five people before turning the gun on himself.
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Hilton movie ranked ‘worst ever’

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Paris Hilton’s new movie The Hottie And The Nottie has been voted the worst ever by users of film website IMDB.
The comedy earned an average score of 1.2 out of 10 after being ranked by 2,514 movie-goers.
It was given a worse rating than Lindsay Lohan’s critically-panned thriller I Know Who Killed Me, as well as […]

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Pakistan election puts US in dilemma

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The United States hopes Pakistan’s upcoming election will be free and fair and bring an end to domestic violence so that Islamabad can focus on the “war on terror.” But it may not get what it wants.
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CHARITY ON (RED) CARPET

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February 15, 2008 — A star-studded Valentine’s Day art auction to benefit AIDS-fighting efforts in Africa raised more than $42 million in just two hours last night as scores of paintings, sculptures and other pieces from globally renowned artists went under the gavel.

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