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[/url]AFP - The Central Intelligence Agency warned US President George W. Bush before the Iraq war that it had reliable information the government of Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, a retired CIA operative disclosed. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Treasury Secretary John Snow on Saturday warned that soaring oil prices, large trade and budget deficits and protectionist policies could undermine the well-performing global economy. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The Australian military suffered its first fatality in Iraq when a soldier accidentally shot himself while cleaning his weapon, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson has said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Miss Kentucky, a business student who says pop stars may be getting too edgy for young people who see them as role models, now has a chance to be a role model herself � as the new Miss USA. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The decapitated body of a British engineer Kenneth Bigley is buried in a ditch at an entrance to the Iraqi city of Fallujah, the lawyer of a suspected al-Qaida militant who allegedly ordered the beheading said Saturday. Link To Original Article
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AP - When Lance Armstrong retired nine months ago, Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel said nobody could replace his superstar cyclist. Now the seven-time Tour de France winner wants to prove Bruyneel wrong. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - After months of political deadlock, Iraq's parliament convened Saturday to select top leadership posts, launching the process of putting together a new government aimed at pulling the country out of its sectarian strife. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Shiite MPs of the dominant United Iraqi Alliance have endorsed compromise candidate Jawad al-Maliki for the premiership, paving the way for an end to four months of deadlock, a leading Shiite politician said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - After four-months of deadlock, Iraq's parliament convened on Saturday to begin putting together a government of national unity aimed at averting a slide into sectarian civil war. Link To Original Article
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AP - A roadside bomb exploded Saturday as a Canadian armored vehicle drove by, killing four soldiers, the Canadian military said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Suspected insurgents set off two bombs in a public market in northern Iraq on Saturday, the second one timed to hit emergency crews arriving at the scene, and the blasts killed at least two Iraqis and wounded 17, police said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - The CIA said on Friday that it fired an intelligence officer for leaking classified information that sources said contributed to a Washington Post report about alleged secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Nepali security forces opened fire and beat protesters marching toward the royal palace Saturday, as opposition leaders rejected the king's proposals for restoring democracy in the Himalayan country. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Invoking bitter memories of the public tumult over the Vietnam War three decades ago, Sen. John Kerry is accusing the Bush administration of stifling dissent about its failed Iraq policies by branding critics as unpatriotic. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Nepali police opened fire and used teargas on Saturday to try to disperse over 100,000 anti-monarchy protesters who defied a curfew and marched toward King Gyanendra's palace in the center of the capital. Link To Original Article
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AP - Homemade bombs exploded in lockers at two supermarkets in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, wounding as many as 14 people, authorities and news agencies said. Link To Original Article
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AP - Months of political haggling in Iraq that sapped the American public's support for the war may be nearing an end, offering hope amid rising sectarian carnage. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Dozens of gasoline stations from Virginia to Massachusetts ran short of fuel on Friday as suppliers struggled with a transition to a new anti-smog gasoline blend using corn-based ethanol as an additive, marketers said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A suspect slain in a shootout with Pakistani agents this week was a senior al-Qaida operative from Syria behind militant attacks in Pakistan's tribal regions and against U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan's interior minister said Saturday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The failure thus far of Iraqi political leaders to form a national unity government has hindered efforts to resolve simmering problems at the local level, a U.S. Army commander said Friday. Link To Original Article
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