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Defense chief says he expects war to
‘intensify’
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14 GI’s killed as
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Baghdad: Fourteen US soldiers have been killed
in three days of fighting, the military announced on Thursday, as
US-led troops continued to press simultaneous offensives in and
around Baghdad.
The news came hours after a
suicide bomber exploded an oil tanker south of Iraq’s oil-rich
city of Kirkuk, killing 15 people and wounding 66, including
policemen and local politicians.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Bay Area native
creates Friendster-like site for dogs
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SAN FRANCISCO: Teenagers have
online cliques at MySpace; students star in Facebook; LinkedIn is an
Internet networking stage for professionals; and dogs and their
human counterparts run with the pack at Dogster.
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Malaysia to clamp
down on helpers’ erring bosses
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian
authorities have suspended 19 maid agencies and blacklisted 85
employers for failing to pay their domestic workers, a report said
Friday.
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Nuke envoy says N.
Korea willing to give up weapons
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SEOUL: US nuclear envoy Christopher
Hill said Friday he had had good discussions with senior North
Korean officials on ways to push forward disarmament talks during a
rare visit to the communist nation.
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INBRIEF
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Prague: Czech officials
confirmed Thursday the country’s first outbreak of the deadly H5N1
bird-flu strain in poultry, at a turkey farm in the center of the
country.
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