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[/url]AP - Osama bin Laden issued ominous new threats in an audiotape broadcast Sunday, purportedly saying the West was at war with Islam and calling on his followers to go to Sudan to fight a proposed U.N. force. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - US President George W. Bush hailed the nomination of a new Iraqi prime minister, saying the move toward establishing a new government "will make America more secure." Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Olympic bronze medallist Deena Kastor broke her own American record on Sunday with an untroubled victory in the women's London marathon. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Nepali police fired rubber bullets at thousands of protesters Sunday, struggling to enforce a curfew imposed to keep persistent pro-democracy demonstrators off the streets in the Himalayan country's deepening crisis. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - As of Saturday, April 22, 2006, at least 2,388 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,872 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Ray Nagin will defend his job as New Orleans' mayor against Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu in a runoff after residents and evacuees voted on Saturday in the ravaged city's first post-Katrina election. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The militant Hamas group and the rival Fatah Party agreed Sunday to work together to restore calm following violent clashes and mass protests across the Palestinian areas over their struggle for control over security forces. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Those who disagree with the Bush administration's policies in Iraq face the same scornful charges that they are unpatriotic as Sen. John Kerry did 35 years ago when he spoke out against the Vietnam War, the Massachusetts Democrat said Saturday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Iran said on Sunday it would not abandon its work on uranium enrichment, which the United Nations has demanded it halt, and was prepared to face the consequences. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - British troops will see through their mission in Afghanistan to make it and the world at large a safer place, Britain's defense minister said on Sunday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hailed progress toward forming a permanent government in Iraq as an "important milestone," but warned more work was needed to stabilize the volatile country. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said the international isolation of the Hamas-led Palestinian government is proof of a "war by crusaders and Zionists against Islam," according to an audiotape attributed to him and aired on Arabic television. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Three U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. command said. That brought the number of American troops killed in the Iraqi capital area over the weekend to eight. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Jawad al-Maliki, chosen as Iraq's new prime minister and asked to form a government on Saturday, may win the respect of many with his tough decision-making but will have to shake off his hardline Shi'ite image to unite the country. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Nepalese security forces and protestors have clashed with 27 injured during a strict day-long curfew to stop anti-king marchers who vowed to reach the capital's heavily-guarded seat of power. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - An 8-year-old girl who survived the worst Mexican bus crash in recent memory was saved by her grandmother's embrace, her father said Saturday as his daughter left the hospital. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, who was re-elected as Iraq's president on Saturday, is a long-time champion of the Kurds who sees himself as the godfather of the country's political process. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - With just five days to go before the expiry of a UN Security Council deadline for Iran to freeze uranium enrichment, Tehran insisted that the sensitive nuclear fuel cycle work was irreversible. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - A Sudanese Islamist leader who once protected Al-Qaeda supremo Osama bin Laden was branded an apostate by the country's Muslim scholars for taking a liberal stand on women's rights. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, a driving force in pressing politicians to break a deadlock over a new government, urged Prime Minister-designate Jawad al-Maliki to choose strong, competent ministers who can unite the nation. Link To Original Article
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