Iran says it will attend a key meeting on Iraq's security situation. A delegation headed by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will attend the conference later this week in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is also due to attend, hinted that she could meet Mr Mottaki. But she said any "encounter" would be a chance to discuss Iraq's security situation, and not specific US-Iranian relations. "This is not a (conference) about the United States and Iran," she told ABC's This Week program. "This is a meeting about Iraq and about what Iraq's neighbours and interested parties can do to help stabilize the situation in Iraq," she said. On Saturday, a car bomb killed 55 people in Karbala, Iraq, home to two of Shia Islam's holiest shrines. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk censor News |
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Massive Natural Gas Explosion Reported in Illinois |
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Hillary is jeered at California convention |
| Over the jeers of some delegates to California Democrats' state convention yesterday who wanted her to take a tougher stand on Iraq, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said America doesn't know "half the damage" Presi.. full News |
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Pakistan probes deadly bomb attack |
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Hundreds of quake homes damaged |
| Hundreds of houses in Folkestone have been damaged by the earthquake which struck parts of Kent. Council officials say 73 buildings are so dangerous residents cannot return to them because of loose chimney stac.. full News |
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