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[/url]Reuters - Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday he hoped to form a government within a week after meeting Washington's top defense and foreign affairs officials and two of Iraq's most powerful clerics. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A sister of Iraq's new Sunni Arab vice president was killed Thursday in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, a day after the politician called for the Sunni-dominated insurgency to be crushed by force. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A bomb blast rocked an Italian convoy at a base in southern Iraq on Thursday, killing three Italian soldiers and a Romanian, the Defense Ministry said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest oil company, said Thursday that higher oil prices drove first-quarter profit up 7 percent from the prior year. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Iraqi Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's sister has been shot dead by gunmen in the latest attack targeting the country's Sunni political establishment. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Iran has received its first batch of North Korean-made surface-to-surface missiles that put European countries within firing range, Israel's military intelligence chief said in an interview published Thursday. Link To Original Article
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USATODAY.com - Iraqis in Baghdad named Omar or Othman - two of the most recognizable names identified with Sunni Islam - are getting fake IDs, changing their names legally in court, even teaching their young children to say more neutral-sounding names if asked. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Nepal's Maoist rebels declared a three-month ceasefire from Thursday and political parties forming a new government promised to work with them, raising hopes of an end to the decade-old conflict. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - At least four Iraqi policemen and a civilian were killed in a series of attacks on police checkpoints in 40 miles north of Baghdad on Thursday, police said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Thousands of Bulgarians demonstrated Thursday against a deal to allow U.S. troops to use military facilities in the country. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - President Bush's top defense and diplomatic aides were encouraged by the grit of Iraq's newly selected leader but the Americans' itinerary on their second day of an unannounced visit underscored the difficulties ahead for U.S. forces and the emerging Iraqi government. Link To Original Article
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AP - Hoping to expand the market for its signature piece of hardware, IBM Corp. is rolling out a less expensive version of its top mainframe computer Thursday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Two Italian soldiers and a Romanian soldier serving in Iraq were killed in a bomb attack on their convoy near Nasiriyah in the south of the country, the Italian defence ministry said here. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called on Iraq's new leaders to meet the aspirations of the millions of people who voted to usher in democracy after the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Senate Republican leaders say they have the votes to back up President Bush's vow to veto a $106.5 billion emergency spending measure for Iraq and further hurricane relief for the Gulf Coast if it's not cut back. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Two games into the playoffs, Kobe Bryant is as much a leader as he is a scorer. And he has the Los Angeles Lakers tied in their first-round series with the Phoenix Suns. Bryant had 29 points and 10 rebounds, Lamar Odom scored 21 and the Lakers held off a late rally to beat the cold-shooting Suns 99-93 on Wednesday night. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A bomb blast rocked an Italian convoy at a base in southern Iraq on Thursday, killing three Italian soldiers and a Romanian, the Defense Ministry said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Two Italian soldiers and one Romanian were killed on Thursday when a roadside bomb ripped through their convoy in southern Iraq, the Italian defense ministry said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - A Senate panel on Thursday recommended that the heavily criticized Federal Emergency Management Agency be replaced with a new agency that would be better able to respond to disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The leaders of Russia and Germany urged Iran to fulfill its international nuclear obligations Thursday, a day before a U.N. Security Council deadline for Iran to stop enriching uranium. Link To Original Article
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