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Baghdad blast kill
24, US helicopters crash |
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BAGHDAD: Bombs stashed in vehicles killed 24 people
in the suburbs of Baghdad on Sunday, while two US helicopters
crashed after an apparent mid-air collision that left two American
soldiers dead.
In a coordinated attack designed
to inflict maximum casualties and which left 18 people dead, one
booby-trapped car blew up outside a restaurant before the second
ripped through a market in the Al-Shurta al-Arabaa district.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Pope meets Bush in
June
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VATICAN CITY:
Pope Benedict XVI will receive US President George W. Bush in June,
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said on Sunday.
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Thailand searches
for survivors
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Rescue workers on Sunday
continued their searched for survivors after a flash flood killed at
least 35 holidaymakers who were bathing in two waterfalls in
southern Thailand.
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Malaysia mulls
antipiracy canine unit
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia may soon
have its own canine unit to fight disc piracy after the resounding
success of two dogs who helped sniff out millions of dollars’
worth of fake DVDs and CDs, reports said Sunday.
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INBRIEF
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IRAN: Iran
on Sunday launched a tender for offers to build two new nuclear
power stations alongside a still unfinished facility in the southern
city of Bushehr, despite increasing Western pressure over its atomic
drive.
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