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Blasts heard near Pakistan's capital

Police were investigating two large explosions heard near the Pakistani capital on Monday, as the government was engaged in a military operation against militants in its northwestern tribal regions. The cause and location of the blasts, which were...
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Afghan forces push Taliban militants from villages

Afghan and NATO troops backed by warplanes drove Taliban militants from villages within striking distance of southern Afghanistan's main city on Thursday, killing 56 of them, Afghan officials said. NATO said the 24-hour operation in Arghandab was ...
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Service members in Iraq become U.S. citizens

by Staff Sgt. Jeremy D. Crisp MNC-I PAO CAMP VICTORY, Iraq — The largest United States naturalization ceremony to be held overseas took place Saturday at the Al Faw Palace here. Two-hundred fifty nine service members representing 71 countries he...
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Bush leaves for final summit with European nations

President Bush, beginning a splashy farewell trip to Europe, expressed both concern and confidence Monday about the U.S. economy, shaken by soaring energy prices, rising unemployment and a severe credit crunch. Bush's first stop is in Slovenia for...
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111 nations — but not U.S. — agree to a ban on cluster bombs

More than 100 countries — but not including the United States — have agreed to ban current types of cluster bombs and require stockpiles to be destroyed within eight years. The treaty also offers help for bomb victims and in clearing unexploded ordna...
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Colombia says top guerrilla believed dead

Colombia's Defense Ministry said Saturday it believes the legendary leader of Latin America's largest guerrilla army is dead and President Alvaro Uribe announced he is willing to offer rebels who free hostages "conditional liberty" and passage abroad...
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Clinton regrets RFK assassination remark

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in defending her decision to keep running for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds. "I regret that...
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Leaving Baghdad : A special report from a newsroom

By Ahmad Fadam Ahmad Fadam was the head of the Iraqi staff in the newsroom of The New York Times in Baghdad. He left Baghdad in May to take up a visiting fellowship at the University of North Carolina. He will continue to contribute to t...
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Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race

A top Barack Obama adviser urged Democrats to unite behind the Illinois senator for the fall campaign and bring the marathon contest for the presidential nomination to a close, but some Hillary Rodham Clinton supporters weren't buying that as Oregon ...
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US says aid has helped 100,000 in Myanmar

The White House said Monday that 31 US aid flights into Myanmar have brought critical disaster relief supplies that will help about 100,000 people in the wake of tropical cyclone Nargis. "It's our view that we would like to continue to do more," s...
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6 militants, 3 others die in Iraq raids

BAGHDAD, Iraq:Sunday:December 03, 2006:U.S. soldiers destroyed two buildings being used by insurgents in a town in Anbar province, killing six militants, two women and a child, the military said Sunday. It was the latest of several recent raids d...
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U.S.-Iraqi raid in nets militia suspect

BAGHDAD, Iraq: Tuesday; 21 November 2006: U.S. and Iraqi forces raided Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday and detained seven militia members, including one believed to have information about an American soldier kidnapped last month, the military said. A ...
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Senate clears Indo-US nuke deal

Friday, November 17, 2006 (Washington DC):The debate could have lasted days but in a compressed session of the outgoing Congress, time was of the essence. And so, Republicans and Democrats agreed to limit their arguments on the floor for a few hou...
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U.S. death toll in Iraq at 23 for Nov.

Friday:November10,2006: BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, bringing the number of Americans who have died in the country so far this month to 23. Iraqi security forces said they a...
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Dems plan to force change in Iraq policy

Thursday:09 November,2006:WASHINGTON: Emboldened by their congressional election triumph and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation, Democrats say they will use their new clout to force a change in Iraq policy and demand that President Bu...
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