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April 9, 2008

Deadly fighting in Baghdad as Iraq marks Saddam's fall

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted regime with the nation still in turmoil, the capital under curfew and a surge of deadly violence in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City.

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Living on a thin line in Myanmar

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UK presents before UN sea bed claim around Ascension Is

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Iraq says U.S. sought troop presence to 2015

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States asked Iraq for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to...

World poverty 'more widespread'

(BBC News) The World Bank says there are more poor people in the world than previously thought, with one in four in poverty....

Occupation of Govt House 'will continue for 2 more days'

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Brazil set for Indian land ruling

(BBC News) Brazil's Supreme Court is preparing to rule on the status of an indigenous reserve disputed by Indians and farmers....