 At least 35 people have been killed and scores injured by four bomb blasts in Baghdad, a day after a curfew to stop escalating violence was lifted. In the bloodiest attack, 24 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a petrol station in a Shia district of the city. Bush denounced the recent violence, saying Iraqis had to choose between "chaos or unity". As the carnage continued, Saddam Hussein's trial resumed in Baghdad. The former president and 7 co-defendants are charged with killing 148 people in the town of Dujail after a failed assassination attempt against him. In other developments: The bodies of 9 Iraqis, including a Sunni Arab tribal leader, are found, riddled with bullets, in Tarfaya, south of the city of Baquba. Two British soldiers are killed and another is injured by a roadside bomb on the outskirts of Amara, in southern Iraq A US soldier is killed by small-arms fire in the west of Baghdad A bomb damages a mosque erected by Saddam Hussein over ...
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Editor - 09:38:00 02-28-06
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 Iraqis 'Optimistic' On Reporter's Fate |
| The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday that Iraqi authorities have informed him that kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll is alive and they are optimistic about her release. Zalmay Khalilzad said he had .. full News |
Editor - 10:07:00 02-27-06
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| Iraqi forces capture Zarqawi aide: |
| Iraqi Interior Ministry forces have captured a senior aide to al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraqi state television said on Monday. Iraqiya named the man as Abu Farouq and said he was captured wi.. full News |
Editor - 10:03:00 02-27-06
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| Iran Leader: U.S. Should Give Up Nukes Iranian Leader Says He Supports Nuclear-Free Arms Zone, Says U.S., Russia Should Abolish Nukes |
| Iran's president said Monday that his country supports calls for making the Middle East a nuclear arms-free zone, but he also urged the United States and Russia to give up all their atomic weapons as a threat t.. full News |
Editor - 09:20:00 02-27-06
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| French farmer tells of shock at bird flu deaths |
| The first European farmer to be hit by an outbreak of bird flu has described how he was shocked to discover 400 of his flock of turkeys had dropped dead in one night. The confirmation of the first H5N1 virus at.. full News |
Editor - 09:15:00 02-27-06
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| Mexico 'dirty war' crimes alleged |
| The Mexican government and military committed "crimes against humanity" in the so-called "dirty war" against left-wing rebels, a leaked report says. The report was prepared for current President Vicente Fox but.. full News |
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