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[/url]Reuters - A Texas jury on Friday found that the painkiller Vioxx caused the death of a 71-year-old man who had taken the drug for less than a month, and awarded his family damages of $32 million, which will be greatly reduced by state law. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Bangladesh authorities said they have arrested the key figure accused of smuggling of 75 kilograms (165 pounds) of heroin to Britain from the country last year. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - The number of soldiers who took their own lives while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan rose in 2005 over the previous year, as the U.S. Army experienced its highest suicide rate since 1999, officials said on Friday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - At least 100 people were hurt in clashes as thousands of Nepalis defied a curfew to march on the capital to reject embattled King Gyanendra's offer to return power to the people. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A senior aide to Mahmoud Abbas made an emergency trip to the Gaza Strip on Saturday to try to bridge the rancorous rift between the moderate Palestinian leader and the Hamas militants controlling parliament and the Cabinet. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Former U.S. President Gerald Ford on Friday came to the aid of his former Pentagon chief, saying in a letter released on Friday he was "extremely troubled" by a handful of retired generals demanding Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation. 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]AP - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti � Low voter turnout marked Haiti's runoff vote for a new parliament, indicating President-elect Rene Preval may have to work hard to reach out to rivals in forming a new government and keep the country on the path to democracy. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - U.S. forces, wary of ethnic tensions in Iraq's northern oil-rich city Kirkuk, have received reports of a small influx of Shi'ite Muslims there and a widening presence of Shi'ite militias, a U.S. commander said on Friday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - A top leader of India's opposition nationalist Hindu party has been shot and critically wounded by his brother in Mumbai in an apparent property dispute, police said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The United States will seek a U.N. Security Council vote next week on a resolution to impose the first-ever sanctions on participants in the Darfur conflict in western Sudan, U.S. officials said Friday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The US administration reiterated its call for Iraqi leaders to form a government as soon as possible and voiced hope for progress "in coming days" after the Iraqi prime minister's withdrawal appeared to end a political deadlock. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The Iraqi parliament has convened for only the second time since December elections, hoping to form a national unity government soon, after the nomination of a compromise candidate for prime minister. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Four Canadian soldiers were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, Canadian military spokesman Mark McIntyre told AFP. Link To Original Article
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Members of the seven political parties that launched massive protests against the absolute rule of Nepal's King Gyanendra were meeting Saturday to begin the process of forming a new government, one day after the king vowed to return political power to the people. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The United Nations health agency said Tuesday that about 9,300 people are likely to die of cancers caused by radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, while a report from Greenpeace put the potential toll 10 times higher. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - The CIA had evidence Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction six months before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion but was ignored by a White House intent on ousting Saddam Hussein, a former senior CIA official said according to CBS. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The Fatah party of Mahmud Abbas has accused Hamas of courting civil war, as relations between the moderate Palestinian leader and the government hit crisis point less than a month after the radical Islamists took power. 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 - Shiite politicians appeared divided Friday over their choice of a new nominee to head the next government after Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari agreed to let them try to find someone else acceptable to Sunnis and Kurds. Link To Original Article
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