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BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 — U.S. soldiers killed eight Iraqi civilians, including three women, during a raid and airstrike Friday north of Baghdad, according to Iraqi officials and witnesses. But the U.S. military said soldiers were legitimately targeting Sunni extremists of the group al-Qaeda in Iraq. Read more
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KABUL, Sept. 19 — Just one year ago, the Taliban insurgency was a furtive, loosely organized guerrilla force that carried out hit-and-run ambushes, burned empty schools, left warning letters at night and concentrated attacks in the southern rural regions of its ethnic and religious heartland. Read more
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide truck bomber attacked the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday, killing at least 40 people, wounding nearly 250 and starting a fire that swept through the building in the Pakistani capital. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bush administration on Saturday sent a $700 billion financial markets rescue plan to Congress where Democrats immediately questioned its impact not only on Wall Street, but on homeowners and taxpayers as well. Read more
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A massive bomb blast has hit the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, killing at least 40 people. Read more
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Senior police official Asghar Raza Gardaizi said rescuers had counted at least 40 bodies at the scene and that he feared that there “dozens more dead inside.” Read more
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Voters think Gordon Brown has blown his chance to lead Britain, a new poll suggests today. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Sept. 20) – Police say at least 40 people have died in a massive explosion that destroyed the luxury Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital. Senior police official Asghar Raza Gardaizi said he fears there are dozens more dead inside. B.K.Bangash, AP A massive truck bomb ripped through the Marriott Hotel popular with foreigners [...]
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A senior Labour MP is facing demands for a sleaze inquiry after intervening in a court case on behalf of a party donor. Read more
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Qantas takes delivery of first A380 12:00PM Saturday Sep 20, 2008 Qantas is excited about the possibilities of the new A380, says CEO Geoff Dixon. Photo / AP Australian carrier Qantas Airways accepted the first of the 20 A380s it has on order at a ceremony in the southern [...]
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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Standings and number of combined victories and losses by rivals of the Cubs and White Sox that will allow the Chicago teams to finish ahead of that rival team this season. Read more
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An American soldier has been jailed and given a dishonourable discharge after pleading guilty to conspiracy to murder in the killing of four prisoners in Iraq. Read more
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Rex Features Paul McCartney wants his upcoming concert in Israel to spread a message of peace throughout the area. The September 25 gig has proved controversial, with the singer receiving death threats from Muslim extremists. Writing on his website, the former Beatle said he believes music can “affect the audience”, adding that he hopes his [...]
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More than 20 Azeri and Armenian soldiers have been killed in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh since July, an Azerbaijan government official said Thursday. Armenia disputed the claim. Eldar Sabirogly, a spokesman for the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry, said at least 15 Armenian soldiers died during that period. He said the number of Azeri soldiers was [...]
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Tzipi Livni, Israel’s popular foreign minister, yesterday was narrowly elected leader of Israel’s ruling party and vowed to work immediately on forming a new coalition that will let her succeed scandal-scarred Ehud Olmert as prime minister. Read more
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Lies, Half-Truths and Contradictions: Does Palin Support Stem Cell, too? The McCain campaign 30-second radio ad running in key states says that “McCain-Palin and Congressional allies” support stem cell research. Has anybody asked Palin about this? Palin opposed stem cell research in her 2006 gubernatorial race. Since Palin is now deigning to do interviews, maybe [...]
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Memo to world leaders: Say that name five times, fast, and then start getting used to it, because Tzipi Livni, Israel’s current foreign minister, “has just won the contest to lead the [country's] currently ruling party Kadima in succession to the outgoing [prime minister,] Ehud Olmert. It doesn’t mean that she will automatically become prime [...]