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Two bombs explode near Baghdad 'Green Zone'
Two powerful bombs exploded just outside Baghdad's tightly-guarded Green Zone on Tuesday as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to address reporters inside, an AFP correspondent said. ...more
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- Turkish jets bomb Kurdish rebels in... 31 minutes ago
Turkish warplanes on Tuesday bombed more than 20 Kurdish rebel targets both inside the country and across the border in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said. ...more
- Tajikistan jails warlord for killing... 35 minutes ago
Tajikistan's supreme court has found a former rebel warlord guilty of murdering a BBC journalist in 1995 and jailed him for 15 years, a court spokesman said on Tuesday. ...more
- Blasts near Iraq ministry as U.S. official... 43 minutes ago
Two blasts struck outside Iraq's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday as visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte prepared to hold a press conference in the Green Zone compound nearby, Reuters reporters at the scene said. ...more
- Croatia Murder: Ministers Fired 51 minutes ago
Croatia's interior and justice ministers and police chief have been sacked after the daughter of a prominent lawyer was shot dead in Zagreb. ...more
- Thai police fire tear gas at protesters... 1 hours ago
Thai police fired tear gas Tuesday to try to disperse anti-government protesters blocking parliament, injuring 116 people as months of political turmoil boiled over, police and medics said. ...more
- Maldives set for historic elections 1 hours ago
A bitter campaign ahead of historic democratic presidential elections in the Maldives drew to a close Tuesday, with a veteran Asian leader and a prominent dissident each confident of victory. ...more
- Attacks get personal ahead of second... 1 hours ago
Republican John McCain questioned Barack Obama's character, and the Democrat pressed his foe's alleged weakness on economic issues, as tempers escalated ahead of Tuesday's presidential debate. ...more
- Dozens Hurt In Mid-Air Turbulence 1 hours ago
Thirty-three people have been injured, some with broken bones, after an Australian Airbus A330 airliner hit turbulence before making an emergency landing. ...more
- FTSE Reopens Up After Stock Panic 1 hours ago
The FTSE 100 Index has opened up higher this morning after its biggest fall in 20 years. ...more
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