Six assailants broke into a house just south of Baghdad on Thursday and killed 11 members of the same Shiite family by slitting their throats, police said.Meantime, the U.S. military said U.S. fighter jets dropped two 500-pound bombs on a village in northern Iraq, killing 10 Iraqis they suspected of planting explosive devices on a nearby road.In Baghdad, a suicide bomber, wearing a police uniform, killed four Iraqi policemen and wounded five at checkpoint close to the interior ministry, police said. “He was wearing an explosive belt. He approached the checkpoint as police cars were entering the ministry, then he blew himself up,” a police source said.... http://www.msnbc.msn.com censor News |
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China Says 300M Drink Unsafe Water |
| About 300 million people living in China's vast countryside drink unsafe water tainted by chemicals and other contaminants, the government said Thursday in its latest acknowledgment of mounting risks from wides.. full News |
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Bomber kills 3 at W.Bank checkpoint |
| A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up when Israeli troops tried to search him at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing an Israeli soldier and two other Palestinians. A passenger who .. full News |
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Audit: Many September 11 loans went to non-victims |
| In a program to help businesses after September 11, a high percentage of government-backed loans went to recipients who appeared to be unqualified -- some of them unaware they were receiving terrorism-recovery .. full News |
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Communities Shunning FEMA Trailers |
| Four months after Hurricane Katrina, efforts by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to place displaced victims into trailers are being hindered by communities balking at hosting such trailers, reports CBS N.. full News |
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China raps sanctions for Iran arms sales |
| China's government yesterday demanded that the Bush administration lift sanctions imposed on six companies on charges of illicit sales to Iran, saying the action undermined Beijing's cooperation with the United.. full News |
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