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[/url]Reuters - Iran said on Wednesday it would harm U.S. interests anywhere in the world if the United States launches an attack, a step Washington says is an option if diplomacy fails to resolve a nuclear standoff. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Bells tolled across Ukraine and mourners carried red carnations and flickering candles to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident Wednesday, a disaster that continues to scar this ex-Soviet republic. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - President George W. Bush threatened on Tuesday to veto a bill to fund the war in Iraq and U.S. hurricane rebuilding after conservatives from his own party complained it was becoming bloated with special interest projects. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - President George W. Bush named Fox News Radio host Tony Snow as the new White House press secretary on Wednesday in his latest move aimed at shaking up his staff and breathing new life into his presidency. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Sri Lanka's military pounded Tamil Tiger-held territories Wednesday, with rebels saying the strikes killed at least 12 people and the government vowing retaliation for any rebel attack as the country reached the brink of a return to civil war. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - President George W. Bush threatened on Tuesday to veto a bill to fund the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina rebuilding if its cost exceeds $92.2 billion, as he weighed in on a heated Senate debate over the bill's rising price tag. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - The U.S. Army plans to charge a high ranking officer in connection with the abuse of prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, The Washington Post and The New York Times reported on Wednesday, quoting his lawyer. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that if the United States attacks Iran, U.S. interests around the world would be harmed, state-run Tehran television reported. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A must-pass spending bill to pay for the rising costs of the war in Iraq and for additional hurricane aid for the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast is debuting on the Senate floor to poor reviews from conservatives over its massive cost. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - A top European Union lawmaker on Wednesday backed allegations the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency had kidnapped and illegally detained terror suspects on EU territory and flown them to countries who used torture. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Britain's economy grew by 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2006, matching the previous three-month period and leading to the fastest annual growth pace since 2004. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - A bipartisan group of senators pushed a resolution on Tuesday calling on President George W. Bush to tell Iraqi leaders they must meet their own deadlines to form a government as a condition for keeping U.S. forces there. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that an international conference should be called immediately to jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and that the new Hamas government would not get in the way. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - In a rare video posted Tuesday on the Internet, al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden and said any government formed in Iraq would be merely a "stooge." Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Sri Lanka has vowed to keep attacking Tamil rebel targets with coordinated air, sea and land forces including artillery duels in the restive northeast Wednesday amid fears of full-scale war. Link To Original Article
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AP - AP Correspondent Antonio Castaneda is embedded with soldiers assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in Baghdad. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Iran's supreme leader has boldly warned the United States that it would be "harmed" across the globe if it decided to attack the Islamic republic over its disputed nuclear programme. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - As U.S. and Iraqi troops marched through alleyways and families retreated indoors, Army Capt. Joe Claburn glanced at his watch and predicted exactly how long it would take for insurgents to attack. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew in unannounced to Baghdad for joint talks with Iraq's new leaders to push for the swift formation of a national unity government. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi credited his reforms for Japan's economic resurgence as he marked his fifth year in office, playing down concerns about growing social inequalities. Link To Original Article
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