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[/url]AP - Abu Fadel, a Shiite, lived alongside his Sunni Arab neighbors in Baghdad for more than 35 years. A few months ago, his close-knit community began to unravel. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Iraq should be divided into three largely autonomous regions -- Kurd, Sunni Arab and Shiite Arab -- with a weaker central government in Baghdad, Sen. Joseph Biden said on Monday. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - Sweden's King Carl Gustav drove away from a petrol station in northern Norway without paying for his fuel because of a forgetful chauffeur, the royal palace said Friday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Even while Iraq languished under crippling U.N. economic sanctions, upscale Arrasat Street thrived. Trendy stores with foreign names brimmed with sexy lingerie and Swiss watches. Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs whizzed past pricey restaurants where Western love songs played. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Mediators extended a deadline for a peace agreement in Sudan's war-torn Darfur province by 48 hours after rebels rejected a deal to end a conflict that has killed 300,000 people. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced his Cabinet appointments Monday, naming Tzipi Livni, a rising star in Israeli politics, as vice premier and foreign minister. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Former US secretary of state Colin Powell said he had expressed concerns to President George W. Bush that they were not sending a large enough military force to Iraq before the US-led invasion in early 2003. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Chief UN war crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte, refused to comment on the expiration of the European Union's May 1 ultimatum to Serbia to arrest key crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, her spokesman said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Police and business owners from Mexico's beaches to border cities say they are worried a measure passed by Mexico's Congress that decriminalizes possession of cocaine, heroin and other drugs could attract droves of tourists solely looking to get high. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - A senior U.S. official said on Sunday Gulf Arab states and other foreigners should help Iraq build new power stations, as U.S. investment in the electricity sector winds down after three years of reconstruction aid. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Thousands of workers in Asia used May Day to air political and labour grievances as Hispanic advocates in the United States prepared for a nationwide strike to press for rights of illegal immigrants. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Thousands of people joined celebrities and lawmakers at a rally Sunday urging the Bush administration and Congress to help end genocide in Sudan's Darfur region. "Not on our watch!" the crowd chanted as a parade of speakers lined up for their turn on a stage on the National Mall, the Capitol serving as a backdrop. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - President Jalal Talabani met recently with representatives of armed groups and is optimistic they may agree to lay down their weapons, his office said Sunday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Nepal's top politicians met to thrash out the make-up of an interim administration but a senior leader said the Maoist rebels who had helped them topple the king's government would not be asked to join it. Link To Original Article
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AP - China successfully tested a locally made magnetic levitation train, the first time the country has achieved the feat without using foreign technology, state media reported Monday. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - The United Nations said on Saturday reports of a Ugandan army incursion into Congo were "credible" after peacekeepers conducted a verification mission in the remote northeastern border region. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - President Jalal Talabani has said he was close to striking a deal with seven militant groups that could end the violence plaguing Iraq. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The United States braced for a "Day Without Immigrants," a nationwide strike and business boycott organized by illegal immigrants and their supporters in a bid to push through immigration reform that would legalize the presence of an estimated 12 million undocumented workers in the country. Link To Original Article
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Canadian Press - BEACONSFIELD, Australia (AP) - Wedged inside a cramped cage that saved their lives and drinking rancid water dripping through rocks trapping them nearly a kilometre under ground, Brant Webb and Todd Russell wanted just one thing when rescuers finally made contact: bacon and eggs. Link To Original Article
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