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[/url]The Christian Science Monitor - After years of operating in Iraq as a shadowy force who was sometimes heard but never seen, the Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi stepped out of the shadows with a video released on the Internet Tuesday that showed him planning operations against US forces and walking freely about the desert of what was claimed to be Iraq's Anbar Province. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Iran will pursue uranium enrichment in defiance of outside pressure, its president said on Thursday, a day before a U.N. nuclear watchdog delivers a verdict on whether Tehran has met U.N. Security Council demands. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday she and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld found the leaders building Iraq's new government "inspiring" and urged them to create a team for all Iraqis. Link To Original Article
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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 - 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 - A sister of Iraq's new Sunni vice president was killed in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad on Thursday, police said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Israeli acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima party and Labor said they would sign a coalition deal on Thursday, a major step toward forming a government and pursuing his plan for the West Bank's future. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - State prosecutors Thursday requested an arrest warrant for Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong-koo amid a bribery and slush fund scandal that has rocked South Korea's largest automaker. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Gunmen killed the sister of Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi in Baghdad on Thursday, Interior Ministry sources and two officials in his party said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - The rebuilding of New York's World Trade Center was set to begin on Thursday, just one day after officials approved plans to erect the Freedom Tower and other buildings where the Twin Towers stood until September 11. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - French bakers are battling a slump in bread consumption that poses a threat to the trademark national image of people carrying a baguette under their arm. Link To Original Article
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AP - The grieving relatives of an Australian soldier killed in Iraq were distressed to learn that the wrong body accidentally was sent home, the defense minister said Thursday. 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 - 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 - Accusing the Bush administration of a failed policy in Iraq, all 23 Democrats on the House International Relations Committee on Wednesday demanded congressional hearings on what they said was waste and fraud in reconstruction efforts. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Thousands of people have been left homeless in northeastern Sri Lanka after government air strikes on suspected Tamil Tiger rebel positions, the rebels and a UN official said. Link To Original Article
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AP - A tanker filled with about 308,800 barrels of crude oil ran aground in southwest Puerto Rico early Thursday as it waited to transfer its cargo, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or leaks. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A new press secretary for the White House. A new leader for Iraq. A new ray of hope for immigration overhaul. New promises to curb gasoline prices. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The escalating crisis over Iran's nuclear plans is threatening to cloud a meeting of NATO foreign ministers including US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the eve of a UN deadline. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - China wants a "strategic partnership" with Africa, President Hu Jintao said on Thursday, seeking to add a new political dimension to a blossoming economic romance. Link To Original Article
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