Police in Iraq told CNN on Sunday at least four or five masked gunmen seized the two American soldiers who had been reported missing after an insurgent checkpoint attack near Yusufiya on Friday night.Police sources gleaned the information from eyewitnesses, who told police they saw gunmen in two cars whisk away the soldiers.U.S. troops immediately embarked a hunt for the soldiers, and continue to scour the region on Sunday.Also, a U.S. military official said one vehicle was found abandoned with blood in the back and boot prints were spotted on the ground....
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 Bakery attacked in Iraq, militants claim bombs |
Gunmen abducted 10 bakery workers in Baghdad on Sunday, and a militant group linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for some of the bombings that killed 43 people in the capital the day before. West of Baghdad, the U.S. military tried to step up pressure on insurgents in the rebel stronghold Ramadi by setting up extra checkpoints to deny them freedom of movement.U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni insurgency that erupted after Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003 and shows no sign of easing despite the June 7 killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, and a security clampdown in the capital.Ramadi has emerged as Iraq's biggest hotspot since a major U.S. military offensive crushed militants occupying nearby Falluja on the River Euphrates in 2004....
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| Laptop with DC employees' data stolen |
A laptop containing the Social Security numbers and other personal data of 13,000 District of Columbia employees and retirees has been stolen, officials said.The computer was stolen Monday from the Washington home of an employee of ING U.S. Financial Services, said officials with the company, which administers the district's retirement plan.The company did not notify city employees of the theft until late Friday because it took officials several days to determine what information was stored on the laptop, ING spokeswoman Caroline Campbell said.The laptop was not password-protected and the data was not encrypted, Campbell said....
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| EADS boss admits crisis at firm |
The joint boss of aerospace group EADS has acknowledged that the current difficulties surrounding both it and its Airbus unit constitute a crisis. Tom Enders was speaking after a week in which it was announced that the Airbus A380 superjumbo would be delayed, and EADS was hit by insider trading claims. The claims arose after it emerged Mr Enders's fellow EADS boss Noel Forgeard off-loaded shares in the firm in March. Mr Forgeard insists he sold the shares before he knew of delays to the A380. He said that the first he knew of the problems was in April, and that at the time he and other executives were convinced the difficulties could, and would, be rectified. Mr Forgeard, who was one of six executives to exercise their share options, said he had done nothing wrong and would not be resigning. ...
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| U.S., Other Quartet Powers Back Temporary Aid to Palestinians |
The U.S., Russia and the United Nations backed a European Union proposal to provide temporary financial aid direct to Palestinians, circumventing the Hamas- controlled Palestinian Authority. The four powers endorsed a ``temporary international mechanism'' to supply funds ``directly to the Palestinian people'' to pay for health care, fuel and aid to the poor, according to a statement late yesterday from the UN on behalf of the so-called Quartet. ``The Quartet expressed hope that other donors and international organization, and the State of Israel, would consider participation in this mechanism,'' the e-mailed statement said. The payments will be reviewed after three months. ...
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| Iran accuses U.S. of pushing Europe away from nuclear compromise |
Iran accused the United States on Sunday of pushing Europe away from a possible compromise on Tehran's disputed nuclear program. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said the U.S. insistence on placing conditions on negotiations over a Western package of incentives has narrowed the scope of possible talks and made it tougher for all parties to reach a solution. The incentives are meant to persuade Iran to stop enriching uranium, a process that can make nuclear fuel for a power plant or fissile material for an atomic bomb. "We feel that the Americans are trying to take Europe to a point that the case could not be easily solvable," Asefi said. "The U.S. said it gave a deadline to Iran to respond to the package, but that is not correct. Again, they mix different issues and that is not appropriate." ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-18-iran_x.htm?csp=34
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