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Iraq insurgents used
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WASHINGTON: Insurgents in Iraq detonated an explosives-rigged
vehicle with two children in the back seat after US soldiers let it
through a Baghdad checkpoint over the weekend, a senior US military
official said Tuesday.
The vehicle was stopped at the
checkpoint but was allowed through when soldiers saw the children in
the back, said Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero of the Pentagon’s Joint
Staff.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Landslides kill 37
in Pakistani Kashmir
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MUZAFFARABAD: At least 37
survivors of the devastating 2005 earthquake in Pakistani Kashmir
have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rains, police said
Wednesday.
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Chief US envoy
hits out in frustration
as North Korea nuclear talks stall
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BEIJING: The chief US envoy to
North Korean nuclear talks hit out in frustration Wednesday at the
stalling tactics that have soured hopes for quick progress on
dismantling its atomic weapons programme.
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Iran leaders lash
out at ‘enemies’ ahead of meet
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TEHRAN: Iranian leaders lashed
out at “enemy plots” against the nation as the UN Security
Council prepared on Wednesday to approve a raft of new sanctions
over Tehran’s controversial nuclear drive.
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UN says TB the
deadliest infection on earth
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PARIS: In the time it takes you
to read this sentence out loud, someone somewhere in the world will
have died of an illness that has been readily curable for half a
century.
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INBRIEF
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MOSCOW: The death toll
from a fire that destroyed a nursing home in southern Russia rose
Wednesday to 63, officials said. “A 66-year-old woman died of a
heart attack after being hospitalized.
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