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Residents start leaving besieged Najaf
NAJAF, Aug 7: Residents have started leaving in their hundreds from Najaf after days of US aerial bombardments combined with intense fighting between Iraqi forces and militiamen. "Run, run quickly, they (the Americans) are coming," Kadum shouts to his friends. ... 
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US asks Iran, Syria to stop 'infiltration'
DUBAI, Aug 7: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage called in remarks published on Saturday on Iran and Syria to stop alleged infiltrations into Iraq, warning Damascus against failing to learn from the "lesson" of the ousting of the Baath party government in Baghdad. ...
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Turkish firm quitting Iraq to save driver
ANKARA, Aug 7: A Turkish company employing a truck driver taken hostage in Iraq said on Saturday it was suspending all work in the country in response to his captors' demands. ...
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Four Iranians arrested in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Aug 7: Four Iranian intelligence officials have been arrested by Iraqi authorities on suspicion of spying and carrying out acts of sabotage in the country, a spokesman for Iraq's interior ministry said on Saturday. ...
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The handover that wasn't
OFFICIALLY, the US occupation of Iraq ended on June 28, 2004. But in reality, the United States is still in charge: Not only do 138,000 troops remain to control the streets, but the "100 Orders" of L. Paul Bremer III remain to control the economy. ...
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American stages his own beheading
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 7: A tech-savvy young San Francisco man who staged his own mock beheading on the Internet duped international media on Saturday into believing kidnappers had executed an American hostage in Iraq. ...
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Unmasking of Al Qaeda mole a US security blunder: experts
LONDON: The revelation that a mole within Al Qaeda was exposed after Washington launched its "orange alert" this month has shocked security experts, who say the outing of the source may have set back the war on terror. ...
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Reporters mourn closed Iran papers
TEHRAN, Aug 7: Some 150 Iranian journalists, some wearing black armbands, attended a mourning ceremony on Saturday for reformist newspapers closed in a press crackdown by the hardline judiciary. ...
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Court censures Bangladesh government
DHAKA, Aug 7: The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Saturday reprimanded the government for its procrastination in implementing the court's 12-point directive aimed at separating the Judiciary from the Executive wing of the state. ...
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US tortured royal, says Bahrain body
MANAMA, Aug 7: A Bahraini rights group said on Saturday it had received reports a member of the country's royal family had been tortured at Guantanamo Bay. ...
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Sudan urged to disarm irregular forces
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7: A United Nations Human rights expert on Friday called upon the Sudanese government to take quick action to disarm irregular forces and protect its people in Darfur. ...
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Mr Kerry and big business
Historically, the Democratic Party has cast itself as the "party of the people." But how far this party has shifted to the right was on display this week, as its presidential candidate John Kerry surrounded himself with the modern-day princes of great wealth. ...
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