 After nearly a quarter-century of severed ties, Iraq on Tuesday resumed diplomatic relations with neighboring Syria -- a move seen as a possible step toward stemming some of the unrelenting violence in Iraq.The Iraqi and Syrian presidents also received invitations from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to weekend meetings in Tehran to tackle the chaos in Iraq, Iraqi lawmakers said.Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's spokesman said his boss would attend but that Syrian President Bashar Assad would not. (Full story)The invitation was thought to be an attempt by Iran to upstage expected U.S. moves to include Syria and Iran in a wider regional effort to clamp off violence in Iraq.The announcement of restored Iraqi-Syrian ties came during a groundbreaking visit to Baghdad by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem....
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 Police Probe Claim That Ex-Indiana Women's Basketball Coach's Wife Hid 2 Self-Aborted Fetuses |
A district attorney must decide whether to prosecute a former Indiana women's basketball coach's widow, who is accused of self-aborting two fetuses and keeping them in a storage shed. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has finished examining the bodies, and all information gathered by law enforcement has been sent to the district attorney, who will decide how to proceed. The bizarre case began in March when authorities in Bay County, Fla., received a tip that Sarah Jo Warner Izard had told friends that she kept the remains of two fetuses in a storage shed in Rome. Izard is the wife of the late Jim Izard, who shot himself to death on Feb. 28. The Izards lived in Rome for two years when Jim Izard coached the Berry College women's basketball team. He resigned in January 2005 and moved to Florida, where he committed suicide. ...
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| Lebanese Christian politician killed |
Lebanese Cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel has been shot dead in Beirut, senior Lebanese government officials said. Industry minister Gemayel, who was in his 30s, was a member of the Christian Phalange party and supporter of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority.Tuesday's killing is set to deepen the political crisis: the Lebanese government is currently locked in a power struggle with pro-Syrian factions led by Hezbollah. Saad Hariri, the majority leader in parliament, blamed Syria for the killing, saying Damascus wanted to stop the Lebanese government from backing a U.N. international tribunal into alleged Syrian participation in the 2005 assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri....
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| 'No proof' of Iran nuclear arms |
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has not found conclusive evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, a US magazine has reported. Veteran investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, writing in The New Yorker, cites a secret CIA report based on intelligence such as satellite images. Correspondents say the alleged document appears to challenge Washington's views regarding Iranian nuclear intentions. The article says the White House was dismissive about the CIA report. The US and Europe say Iran is pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons programme - a charge Iran has strongly denied. 'Hostile' response The CIA assessment, according to unnamed officials quoted in the article, casts doubt on how far Iran has actually progressed to making a nuclear weapon. ...
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| U.S. Troops Blow Up Cars Rigged With Explosives in Baghdad's Green Zone |
U.S. troops blew up two cars Tuesday inside the heavily fortified Green Zone after dogs indicated explosives were inside the vehicles that were used in the motorcade of the parliament speaker, an adviser to parliament said. In what could signal a major security breach, the explosives were found and detonated near the Convention Center, where parliament meets and government officials hold news conferences, Wissam al-Zubeidi said. The armored cars were used as part of the convoy for Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, al-Zubeidi said. One of the vehicles was regularly used by al-Mashhadani's son. The speaker is a Sunni Muslim. ...
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| L.A. mayor vetoes $2.7M awarded to firefighter served dog food |
The mayor has vetoed a $2.7 million settlement the City Council awarded to a black firefighter who said he suffered racial harassment after co-workers served him spaghetti laced with dog food.Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he wanted the council to reconsider its decision in light of photographs recently posted on a website showing the firefighter, Tennie Pierce, engaged in hazing pranks."Given the magnitude of the recommended settlement, taxpayers have a right to demand a reconsideration with the full benefit of the facts," Villaraigosa said."I can't wait to see them in court," said Pierce's attorney, Genie Harrison.Pierce, 51, sued the Fire Department in 2005 after fellow firefighters mixed dog food into his spaghetti dinner....
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