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Gunmen murdered two relatives of the judge in Saddam Husseins genocide trial, officials said Friday, as Al Qaeda threatened to plunge Iraq into even greater bloodshed.
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Efforts to form a Palestinian unity government, seen as key to solving an unprecedented crisis, are in jeopardy over entrenched differences with Hamas, a Fatah party spokesman said Friday.
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The tires of a lone car running on asphalt cut by tank treads made the only sound in the area where the last Lebanon war erupted.
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Saddam Husseins regime in Iraq wanted foreign cash to build thousands of concrete bunkers to bury dead Kurds, an Australian inquiry into abuses of the UN oil-for-food program heard Friday.
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Amnesty International says that a majority of US prisoners in Guantanamo Bay were captured on a $5,000 reward.
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Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi, whose film Half Moon has been highly praised here, said that it is increasingly difficult to work in Iran, where his latest movie has been banned because a woman sings in it.
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As the threat of United Nations sanctions continues to hang over Iran, Afghanistan looks on nervously, concerned that its close economic ties with its western neighbor could suffer serious damage.
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Contestants from 104 countries and territories will vie Saturday in Warsaw for the crown of Miss World, after being put through their paces for the past month at venues across Poland.
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A radical Shiite cleric reportedly is losing control of his militia as portions break off to become hired guns in Baghdad neighborhoods.
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In the sing-song voice of a little girl, Tsehai, an inquisitive, wide-eyed giraffe, speaks to Ethiopian youngsters about the dangers of drinking unclean water, littering, and deforestation.
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Insurgents murdered at least 15 Iraqis Thursday as US military intelligence warned that militias are re-infiltrating previously cleared neighborhoods while local police turn a blind eye.
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Israels prime minister said Thursday that he did not expect another fight with Hezbollah soon, amid stalled talks on a timetable for the Jewish state to withdraw its remaining troops from Lebanon.
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The players are clean-living and models of athleticism. A world away from the games heartland in a smoky corner of a British pub, darts has taken off with a bang in Iran.
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Five Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip Thursday as ground troops mounted a fresh incursion as part of an ongoing four-month offensive.
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Anglo-American troops in Iraq could be replaced over a phased, six-month period starting next January by a force of 15,000 men drawn from Arab or Muslim countries paid for by the United States, former Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern
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A human rights group has called on Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini to release former member of parliament Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoini, an outspoken critic of Iranian detention practices.
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An Israeli court Wednesday ordered the release of Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Nasseredine Al Shaer, who was detained as part of a crackdown on the Hamas movement, lawyers said.
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A new national security strategy for the United States in the 21st century that would cut back sharply on the US veto at the United Nations, or even replace the UN altogether with a new Concert of Democracies, was launched in Washington Wednesday b
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A US military operation targeting a group linked to Al Qaeda north of Baghdad killed four suspects as well as four civilians Wednesday, while another 12 people died elsewhere in the country.
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Al Jisser is accepting submissions for its upcoming book: Poets for Palestine. The concept of this book was inspired by two spoken word shows held at The Bridge art gallery in Manhattan.
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French doctors Wednesday were carrying out the worlds first ever operation on a human in zero-gravity, using a specially-adapted aircraft to simulate conditions in space.
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Israel isnt worried about Egypts plans for nuclear power plants, citing a difference between its friendlier neighbor and Iran, with which it is at odds. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday Egypts plans for a nuclear power plant, which
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The Iraq war is a "cause celebre" swelling the ranks of Islamist terrorists, who are likely to grow in numbers for the next five years, according to US intelligence findings declassified Tuesday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair mounted a staunch defense of his foreign policy at his last Labour Party conference as leader, urging his successor to continue his close alliance with the United States. But with anti-American public and political
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Unlike more violent episodes last year, and despite a few rock-throwers, Tuesdays religious celebration in Ethiopia was held largely without incident.
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As Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai arrives in Washington to press for long-term support from the United States, the fiercest fighting between NATO forces and Taliban militants rages in the south. More than 60 insurgents died in clashes over th
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On the eve of the first German Islam Conference, a Berlin opera house has sparked controversy for canceling a Mozart show due to threats of Islamist violence.
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Despite a statement that the Two Seas label would release Michael Jacksons newest album, the US pop singer has parted ways with the Gulf group.
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As she strode down the catwalk at London Fashion Week last week, Lily Cole showed little sign of being bothered by the controversy raging around her.
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Israel said Tuesday that snags could further delay its southern Lebanon pullout until next week, as Lebanese and Israeli army officers met with UN peacekeepers on the border to nail down a schedule.
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Saddam Hussein was thrown out of court for the third time in as many hearings of his genocide trial Tuesday, prompting a revolt among the defendants and their ejection.
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A customer is a rare sight in the souks and shops of the Gaza Strip these days: the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is a difficult time for Palestinians in the grip of a severe financial crisis.
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A suicide attack tore through a crowded southern Afghan town Tuesday, killing 18 people, while a powerful bomb blast in Kabul killed an Italian soldier and a child in a new wave of Taliban violence.
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The chief architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks was also linked to last years suicide blasts on the London transport network, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says in his memoirs.
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Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim envoys here Monday that a dialogue between Christians and Muslims was vital to preserving peace and stability in a world threatened by religious tensions.
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The newly appointed judge in Saddam Husseins genocide trial threw the former Iraqi leader out of court Monday, imposing his authority on a legal process marred by political controversy.
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Thousands of Hasidic Jews from around the world are gathering in the Ukrainian city of Uman for a yearly pilgrimage marked by singing, dancing, and prayer.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharrafs much-ballyhooed book In The Line Of Fire, published Monday, contains the standard "sensational disclosure," pre-pub publicity de rigueur in such tomes. He claims that soon after the Septembe
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British soldiers have been smuggling guns out of Iraq and allegedly exchanging them for cocaine and cash on the black market, it has been reported.
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An Iraq war veteran who deserted the US Army and sought refuge in Canada will return to the United States to pursue a battle with military authorities.
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A Kurdish woman accused Saddam Hussein of bulldozing her family into a mass grave Monday as the ousted Iraqi leader returned to court for the latest hearing in his genocide trial.
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Military and counter-insurgency experts are calling for a new set of ethics for the US armed forces, a report says.
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Four French nationals kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen two weeks ago have been freed and are well, state-owned news agency Saba said Monday.
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Egypt is to relaunch its civil nuclear energy program after a 20-year freeze, with plans for a nuclear power station on the Mediterranean coast, officials said Sunday.
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After a 2,000-year lapse, Egypt is looking to acquire a gold-mining industry again by revisiting ancient deposits of the precious mineral that symbolized the glory of the Pharaohs.
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US soldiers battled a blaze Wednesday in an ammunition depot that caught fire overnight, causing a thunderous series of explosions that rocked Baghdad.
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Two Red Cross workers abducted last week in remote southeast Ethiopia were released unharmed Saturday after separatist rebels who claimed the kidnapping pledged to free them, officials said.
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Veteran Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has won another seven-year term after securing a resounding victory in his first real electoral test, but the opposition slammed the results as illegal.
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Israel is poised to withdraw its remaining troops from southern Lebanon this week, more than two months after the start of a costly war against the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair refused Sunday to give a clear indication of support for finance minister Gordon Brown as his successor, despite repeated questions on the subject.
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Bangkoks new international airport opens Thursday, and tourism officials hope the stunning glass and steel building will quickly overshadow images of tanks still stationed around the capital after last weeks coup. Called Suvarnabhumi,
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The Saudi government late Saturday put a damper on a French newspaper report alleging that Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had died several weeks ago, saying in a statement that it "has no evidence to support" the contention.
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A bomb exploded near a group of women and children queuing for cooking fuel in a Shiite stronghold of Baghdad, setting off a fireball that claimed 31 lives Saturday, the first day of Ramadan.
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Osama Bin Laden is dead. At least according to Saudi intelligence sources cited by a French newspaper, which in turn claims to have obtained a document leaked to them by French counter-intelligence services.
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Islamist movement Hamas defied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Friday, insisting that a unity government would not recognize Israel and proposed a 10-year truce promptly rejected by the Jewish state.
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Iran warned Western powers Friday that the armed forces would hit back "like lightning" against any attack as it crowed over its military prowess and showed off firepower at a major army parade.
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The Yemeni opposition took issue Friday with partial election results giving veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh a sweeping victory and threatened to call its supporters onto the streets in a show of strength.
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Thousands of Palestinians Friday led peaceful demonstrations across the Muslim world against the Popes comment on Islam, demanding a frank apology amid appeals for dialogue and calm.
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Egypt has long been the acknowledged leader in producing soap operas for broadcast during Ramadan, but this year its dominance is challenged by Syria, with both countries banking on plotlines based on news events.
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The Christians of Lebanon, divided and marginalized, are struggling to build up a new political force that can defend their interests in the face of the growing influence of the Shiite group Hezbollah after its war with Israel.
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Abdallah recently shot one of the worlds rarest big cats - and hes proud of it. He tracked down and killed the elusive snow leopard in the high Pamir mountains of northeastern Afghanistan back in July, and now he is looking for a buyer not only f
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At a music school in Mazar-e-Sharif, all you hear is the sound of instruments playing and girls singing coming from the various rooms.
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When Salawa Hussein got engaged to an Iraqi expatriate living in Canada, it seemed the perfect match. The year was 1999, and this slim, fair-haired woman with large honey-colored eyes had just graduated from college and was eager to escape the pove
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Pop diva Madonna was looking to adopt a young African boy Wednesday while on a trip to inspect a $5-million project she has funded to support Malawis growing number of AIDS orphans.
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A Turkish court Thursday acquitted a prize-winning author of charges of insulting the nation in a book over the massacres of Armenians during World War I, saving the government from fresh embarrassment in its ties with the European Union.
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Visitors to dozens of museums across Greece will sample a taste of antiquity in an exhibition series this weekend on cuisine, cooking, and food trends from 3,000 years ago to the modern age.
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German TV journalists have identified three CIA agents involved in the kidnapping of Khaled Al Masri, a German-Lebanese extraordinary rendition victim.
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Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly late Thursday that any new Palestinian government will recognize Israel.
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Buses packed with Palestinians were crossing into Egypt Friday as the Gaza Strips sole gateway to the world bypassing Israel reopened for two days ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice failed Thursday to secure a pledge from Israel to ease restrictions on the beleaguered Palestinian territories as she ended a visit aimed at breathing life into the moribund Middle East peace process.
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US Secretary of State Rice continued her surprise visit to Iraq Friday with a trip to the Kurdish autonomous region in the north for talks on sharing of the countrys oil wealth.
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Iraqi and US officials denied reports Thursday that the new chief of the Al Qaeda network in Iraq, Abu Ayyub Al Masri, had been killed by US troops.
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An international team of paleontologists reported finding the fossilized skeleton of a 3.3-million-year-old child in the Ethiopian desert.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Iraqi leaders to live up to their promise to halt the brutal wave of violence engulfing their country, on a surprise visit to Baghdad Thursday.
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"Although there are 24 security cars surrounding my house, I have no doubt Qadhafi has been weakened. Hes a terrorist and he will be brought to justice.
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The ratings of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his allies tumbled further Thursday over the Lebanon war while the popularity of rightwing opposition parties rose in a fresh blow for Israels embattled leadership over the offensive.
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Solidarity movements across the region in support of Lebanon have begun winding up their activities following over a month of tenuous peace between Hezbollah and Israel. In Egypt, one of the most successful organizations for the Lebanese abroad, he
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For 57 years Israel kept the children of Theodore Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, at arms length.
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Space shuttle Atlantis made a pre-dawn landing here Thursday after a successful 12-day construction mission to the orbiting International Space Station.
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A Jordanian military court Thursday sentenced to death a failed female suicide bomber for triple hotel attacks in Amman last year that killed 60 people and shook one of the most stable nations in the Middle East.
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Yemeni women dressed head-to-toe in black, some too illiterate to know their own age, cast their vote Wednesday in the impoverished male-dominated country, hoping to improve the future for their female offspring.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says that US President George W. Bush is the "devil" and the "hegemonistic" United States, an imperialist empire.
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During a visit to East London - where many recent anti-terror investigations have been focused - British Home Secretary John Reid urged Muslim parents to look for the "tell-tale signs" that their children were being groomed for suicide bombing. {/b
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Five Palestinians, including a woman, were killed and several wounded by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip Thursday, as an ongoing military operation edged towards its third month.
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Destitute Russian nuclear specialists could easily be hired by terrorist groups now that a US-Russian partnership is set to expire, a watchdog group has said.
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Yemens veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh was headed Thursday for a resounding victory in his first real electoral test in 28 years in power in the impoverished Arabian peninsula nation.
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The new chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein immediately stamped his mark on proceedings Wednesday by expelling the former Iraqi leader from court during a stormy hearing that also saw the defense team walk out.
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The man who shot Pope John Paul II has written Pope Benedict XVI from a Turkish jail cell to warn him that he risks assassination if he visits Turkey.
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Family, friends, fans, and movie stars said a moving final farewell Wednesday to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin in a high-energy memorial service fueled by laughter, tears, and music.
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Three Palestinians were wounded Monday in West Bank clashes between gunmen from the ruling Hamas faction and its rival Fatah, the day after eight were killed in factional unrest in Gaza.
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September 26, 2002, Maher Arar arrived in New York, en route to Montreal. He had been visiting his wifes relatives in Tunisia.
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UN General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Al Khalifa says that the body should work to make a tangible difference in lives of the worlds people.
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Cairo fruit-sellers have a tradition of giving nicknames to their selections of dates before Ramadan and this year the leader of Lebanons Hezbollah militia topped the unofficial popularity ratings, with the Nasrallah the most expensive in town.
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Kabuls best wedding halls are booked day and night. Musicians banned when Afghanistan was ruled by Taliban fundamentalists are raking in cash.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Israel and the Palestinian territories Wednesday on the third leg of a Middle East tour, hoping to inject new life into stalled peace efforts.
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Pope Benedict XVI told thousands of pilgrims at the Vatican Wednesday that worldwide Muslim anger over his speech in Germany last week was the result of an "unfortunate misunderstanding."
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Israel confiscated more than $1 million during a series of pre-dawn raids on money exchange shops and banks across the West Bank Wednesday, the latest crackdown on the beleaguered Palestinian territories.
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For more than six decades, Hilda Shlick was sure her entire family perished in the Holocaust. But this weekend, the 75-year-old fell crying into the arms of a brother who lived half way across the world, certain that she, too, was dead.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki was Tuesday holding talks with Iraqs fractious political leaders in a bid to sell his four-point plan to stem spiraling internecine bloodletting, sources said.
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Two Palestinians were killed and 21 wounded in clashes Monday in Gaza and the West Bank between gunmen from Hamas and Fatah, medics said, a day after eight were killed in factional unrest in Gaza.
