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Monday, December 1, 2008

Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers stand by the crater created by a car bomb near the entrance to a police academy in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday.
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - A suicide bombing tore through a line of recruits waiting to enter a police academy as multiple blasts struck...

South Korea among countries ending Iraq deployment

By Associated Press
IRBIL, Iraq - South Korean troops are leaving Iraq, bringing to an end a mission that focused on rebuilding hospitals, roads and schools but divided South Korea’s...

Journalists escape car bomb in Iraq

By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - An American journalist for National Public Radio and three Iraqi colleagues escaped injury yesterday when a bomb attached to their car exploded as...

Failure of Libyan ship shows limits on aid to Gaza

By Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas officials, a crowd of porters, a fleet of flatbed trucks and a flag-waving scout troupe assembled...
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US deaths in Afghanistan drop dramatically

By Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan - Only one American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed to...

Barack Obama still looks to 16-month pullout

By Associated Press
CHICAGO - Barack Obama says the U.S.-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq’s parliament puts the U.S. on a "glide...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Report: Iran court upholds stoning death sentence

By Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a stoning death sentence for a woman convicted of adultery in the southern city of Shiraz, an independent newspaper...

Israeli leader ’pleased’ with Indian cooperation

By Associated Press
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday he was pleased with India’s cooperation throughout the deadly Mumbai attacks, toning down criticism...

Saudi Arabia’s king wants us over a $75-plus barrel

By Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt - Saudi Arabia’s king says the price of oil should be $75 a barrel, much higher than it is now, but...
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Friday, November 28, 2008

Bomber targets embassy

By Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide car bomber targeting a convoy of foreign troops exploded about 200 yards outside the U.S. Embassy yesterday, killing at least...

Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 12 south of Baghdad

By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers waiting to be searched outside a mosque run by followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada...

Iraqi pols OK pullout of U.S. troops by 2012

By Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end yesterday when Iraq’s...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

Iraqi parliament approves US security pact

Lawmakers Nasser al-Isawi, left, and Aqil Abdul-Hussein, loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who opposed the pact, Bahaa al-Aaraji talk to media after the Iraqi parliament approved by a wide margin a security pact.
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s parliament approved Thursday a security pact with the United States that lets American troops...

Yemeni police clash with protesters

By Associated Press
SAN’A, Yemen - Yemeni security troops opened fire on Thursday on thousands of protesters calling for a boycott of April parliamentary elections and wounded...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

US: Potential female bombers in Iraq surrender

By Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Eighteen young women purportedly belonging to a suicide bombing network in northern Iraq surrendered to U.S. forces today, a top U.S. commander said. Maj....

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