Authorities Fail to Seal Off Kufa
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Iraqi authorities failed to stop worshippers from entering Kufa on the first Friday after a peace deal between the government and Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr as France waited for news on two of its kidnapped ...
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TALL AFAR, Iraq : The northern Iraqi troublespot of Tall Afar remained sealed off by US-led Iraqi troops, one day after at least 45 people were killed in huge air and ground assault, an AFP correspondent said.
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It took fire crews nearly an hour to fight the flames at the pipeline that connects the oil fields in Kirkuk with a refinery. Officials with the oil company&#39;s protection services don&#39;t yet have an estimate of the impact on exports.
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NEW DELHI, AUGUST 25: The hostage situation in Iraq continued to drag with Kuwait Gulf Link (KGL) denying reports that contact has been made with the kidnappers in Iraq.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - The Sudanese government has  failed to comply with a deadline to stop fighting in Darfur, an  African Union spokesman said Sunday, describing fresh  helicopter strikes against a village in South Darfur state.
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The government refused on Friday to speculate on who might have been behind the explosion outside its embassy in Paris, nor would it verify whether Indonesia was the intended target.
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Government and labour union negotiators have failed to reach an agreement on state-controlled fuel prices, setting the stage for a nationwide workers&#39; strike in Africa&#39;s largest oil producer.
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The government fails to win convictions in another high-profile terror case, raising questions about its tactics
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TOPEKA -- More than five months after the state environmental agency closed the public comment period on the proposed coal-fired power project in western Kansas, no decision's come yet on whether to allow it.
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Dr. Azahari and others suspected of terrorism have stayed a step ahead of the police for two years. So, why haven&#39;t the police asked for the public&#39;s help to apprehend them?
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There's still no sign of a resolution of the political standoff in French Polynesia.
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The Government is accused of failing to deliver on a pledge to fund a unit reinvestigating Troubles murders.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwaiti police intensified their crackdown on Islamic militants yesterday, storming several suspected hideouts and arresting a reputed terror leader after a shootout that killed four suspects and a civilian. The fighting in Mubarak Al Kabir, south of Kuwait City, left three terror suspects and three police officers wounded, officials said. One of the three suspects who surrendered ...
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Until Tuesday, the Ministry of Education remained untouched by the car bombs that erupt daily here. Insurgents had said the place was off limits because of the
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The fate of up to 377 tons of high-grade explosives missing from an Iraqi depot remained unresolved a week after it became a hot issue in the presidential election.
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Iraq is struggling to cope with the fiercest attack yet on its northern oil export network, while flows to southern export terminals have been steady after recovering from sabotage, officials say.
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It was not clear who was responsible for the bombs, none of which was big enough to cause major damage to the buildings. &quot;The government is asking the people not to touch any packages and to call the police if they find them.