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Iraq death toll
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BAGHDAD: At least 2,078 people died in Iraq last
month, 15 percent more than in February despite a massive security
crackdown in Baghdad, the epicenter of violence, a security official
said on Sunday.
On average, 67 people died across
the country every day in March, compared to 64 in February.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Ugandan
peacekeeper ambushed in Somalia
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SOMALIA: The fourth straight day
of heavy fighting left a trail of devastation in the Somali capital
on Sunday as Ugandan peacekeepers reported their first death and
clan elders called for a ceasefire.
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60 killed, 21 hurt
in Darfur tribe raid
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KHARTOUM: About 60 people were
killed and 21 wounded in an attack on an Arab tribe in the war-torn
Darfur region of western Sudan, the victims’ relatives said on
Sunday.
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Residents flee
Mogadishu devastation
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MOGADISHU: Heavy weapons fire
rattled the Somali capital for a fourth day on Sunday but with much
less intensity, allowing residents who had been trapped since
Thursday by the pitched battles to flee.
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Taliban hangs
three Afghans in captured town
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Taliban
militants on Sunday hanged three Afghans in the town of Musa Qala,
which they have held for two months, after accusing them of spying,
the rebels and witnesses said.
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Wine industry
faces challenge from global warming
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DIJON, France: A hot year is
normally associated with a vintage year for wine growers but global
warming could, by the end of the century, have adverse effects and
already poses a major challenge to vineyards...
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INBRIEF
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BANGKOK: Scorching weather
and lack of rain has left more than eight million people in
Thailand, the world’s top rice exporter, suffering a drought that
is ruining their farmland, officials said Sunday.
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