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Thursday, March 29, 2007 |
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Iraq withdrawal date
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WASHINGTON: Democrats have scored a victory in the Senate in the
fight to withdraw US troops from Iraq, but the Congress majority
still faces a long road ahead amid stiff opposition from President
George W. Bush.
Democrats beat back Tuesday an
attempt by Bush’s Republicans to strip a provision in a war
spending bill that would set a March 31, 2008, deadline to withdraw
troops from Iraq.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Gunmen kill 45
Iraqis over fatal bombings
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MOSUL, Iraq: Forty-five Iraqi men
were shot dead execution-style in the northern town of Tal Afar
shortly after two devastating bombings that killed 75 people there,
a medic said on Wednesday.
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Britain to go
public over seized sailors
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LONDON: Britain was set to offer
evidence Wednesday that 15 of its sailors and marines held by Iran
were wrongly seized in Iraqi waters, reports said, raising the
stakes in the mounting standoff with Tehran.
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Study shows
aspirin cuts heart, cancer deaths among women
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana: Women who
take aspirin in moderate doses have a 25 percent lower risk of dying
than women who never take it, a US medical study reported on
Tuesday.
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Indonesian police
close in on alleged terrorist leader
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JAKARTA: Police in Indonesia are
closing in on the suspected militant thought to lead an al-Qaeda-linked
terror group blamed for several bloody attacks, a spokesman said
Wednesday.
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INBRIEF
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An Indonesian man died Wednesday
from bird flu, taking the human toll in the country worst hit by the
disease to 69, officials said.
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