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[/url]AFP - Iraqi security forces have arrested 176 "terrorists" and killed another 28 over the last 72 hours, the defense ministry revealed. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Two German engineers returned to Berlin on Wednesday a day after they were released unharmed following 99 days in captivity in Iraq � a result one said "we don't take for granted." Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Insurgents stepped up their campaign to stop Sunni Arabs from joining government security forces, killing 15 police recruits in a suicide attack Wednesday and fatally shooting three soldiers who recently had entered the Iraqi army, officials said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The Iraqi government is using diplomacy to try to stop Iranian forces from shelling Kurdish rebel positions in the north and does not expect an incursion by ground forces, the foreign minister said Wednesday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Iran's nuclear chief said Wednesday that Iran has enriched uranium up to 4.8 percent � the upper end of the range needed to make fuel for reactors � as it continues to defy U.S. and European demands to stop enrichment. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Jordan's Bar Association has rejected a request by the state security court to appoint a defence lawyer for an Iraqi woman and would-be suicide bomber in hotel attacks in the capital last year. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Torture and inhumane treatment are "widespread" in U.S.-run detention centers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Cuba and elsewhere despite Washington's denials, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - At least 15 people have been killed and 30 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself amid dozens of police recruits in the restive western Iraqi city of Fallujah, a security official told AFP. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. reported Wednesday that its first-quarter profit climbed nearly 60 percent, driven by growth in its cable TV division and gains from the sale of its book group and other assets. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Two German engineers freed after being held hostage in Iraq for more than three months were to return home but the German government has refused to comment on reports that a ransom was paid for their release. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Skype, eBay Inc.'s Internet telephone subsidiary, is extending its reach with "Skypecasts" � free audio conferences for up to 100 participants. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of men waiting to sign up to join the police force in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people, doctors said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Iraq's parliament has asked the defense and foreign ministries to report on the alleged shelling by Iranian forces of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Iraq's once powerful Sunni Arabs are seeking sweeping changes in the country's constitution, including scrapping federalism, when parliament officially convenes for the first time since it was elected in December. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Barry Bonds hit his 712th career home run on Tuesday, leaving him two behind Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time list. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - An Armenian passenger plane crashed in stormy weather Wednesday off Russia's Black Sea coast while readying to land, killing all 113 people on board � most of them Armenians. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Two freed German engineers who were held hostage in Iraq for more than three months have finally left for Berlin. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - All 113 passengers and crew on board an Armenian airliner were killed on Wednesday when the plane crashed into the Black Sea off the Russian coast in heavy rain and disintegrated, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Insurgents stepped up their campaign to stop Sunni Arabs from joining government security forces, killing 15 police recruits in a suicide attack Wednesday and fatally shooting three soldiers who recently had entered the Iraqi army, officials said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - At least 13 people have been killed in Iraq, including five in a suicide attack on police recruits in the restive western city of Fallujah. Link To Original Article
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