 Three more U.S. Marines were killed in battle in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, making December the deadliest month this year for American troops in the war-wracked nation with the toll reaching 106. The Marines, all assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, died Thursday of wounds from fighting in western Anbar province, the U.S. military said. Their deaths pushed the toll past the 105 U.S. service members killed in October. At least 2,993 members of the U.S. military have been killed since the Iraq war began in March 2003, according to an AP count. In violence Friday, a suicide bomber killed at least nine people near a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad, and 32 tortured bodies were found across the country as Iraqis braced for Saddam Hussein's execution....
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 Mixed Arab-American Reaction To Execution Some Say Saddam's Hanging Will Bring Peace, Others Say It Will Increase Violence |
| Iraqi-Americans gathered at a mosque in anticipation of Saddam Hussein's execution, praying for the death of the former Iraqi dictator. Dave Alwatan, one of about 20 men at the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Cent.. full News |
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| Guatemalan leader pledges to revive constitutional reforms promised in peace deals |
| Guatemala's president pledged Friday to revive constitutional reforms promised in peace deals that ended the country's civil war a decade ago, saying Guatemalans must conquer the social inequalities that helped.. full News |
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| Final preparations being made for Saddam Hussein's execution before 10 p.m. Friday EST |
| The official witnesses to Saddam Hussein's impending execution gathered Friday in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone in final preparation for his hanging, as state television broadcast footage of his regime's atroc.. full News |
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| ANTI-GLOBALIZATION RAGE Protesters Carry Out Series of Attacks Ahead of G8 Summit |
| Protesters in Germany have attacked a luxury hotel where the next G8 summit will be held in June. The action comes just days after an arson attack on a politician's house. Meanwhile politicians bicker over who .. full News |
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| SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH BRITISH AUTHOR FREDERICK FORSYTH |
| Frederick Forsyth talks about researching intelligence activities for his new novel, "The Afghan" -- as well as western torture methods in Afghanistan and who would have killed Litvinenko if he had written the .. full News |
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