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BigT's OPINION:"In a joint effort between the Iraqis and the Americans al Qaeda in Iraq has lost its last stronghold in the city of Mosul. Here, from the July 6th Edition of the (London) Times: "American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in... Iraq army tightens grip on southern city
Things are improving in Iraq. The Iraqi government is gearing up to go into the southern city of Amara, which borders Iran. "Iraq's security forces tightened their grip on the southern city of Amara on Monday and... Suicide Blast in Sri Lanka Kills 14
"A suicide bomber killed 14 people at an opening ceremony for a marathon Sunday, including a government minister who was nearing the starting line with a flag and a former Olympian. More than 90 others were wounded...Kenyan Demonstrators Clash With Police In Second Day of Protests
Adding more flames to the fire, a local television station published video of a Kenyan police officer allegedly killing a protester. According to one of my sources in Nairobi, the ethnic segregation has gotten so systemic in some parts of the country that bankers aren't being...Kenyan Demonstrators Clash With Police In Second Day of Protests
Adding more flames to the fire, a local television station published video of a Kenyan police officer allegedly killing a protester. According to one of my sources in Nairobi, the ethnic segregation has gotten so systemic in some parts of the country that bankers aren't being...Poisonous Spiders Attack Britain
They're not giant spiders, though, so that's some silver lining. "A Natural History Museum expert has warned that global warming is giving invasive poisonous spiders the chance to thrive in Britain. The false widow spider, Steatoda nobilis, was first recorded in the UK in...Mogadishu Turns Toward Chaos
Ethiopia invaded Somalia last December to rid the land of the Islamic Courts Union, a group accused of harboring al-Qaeda The Ethiopians thought they would be out in two weeks, replaced by an African...Iraq: Girls' school attacked - 250 insurgents die as battle rages
"U.S.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 militants died in the daylong battle...Troops get set for the final blow against [Somalian] Islamists
"Somali government forces supported by Ethiopian tanks and warplanes attacked retreating Islamic militias in their last stronghold yesterday. Leaders of the Union of Islamic Courts urged their followers to stand and...Somali PM: Suspects in '98 U.S. Embassy blast hiding in Islamic stronghold
"MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's prime minister said Sunday that the suspects in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in east Africa are sheltering in the stronghold of his country's militant Islamic...Curfews imposed after Saddam's execution
"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis awoke Saturday to television images of a noose being slipped over Saddam Hussein's neck and his white-shrouded body, the pre-dawn work of black-hooded hangmen. They went to bed as new video...Mosques torched after worst Iraq bombing
"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen bent on revenge burned mosques and homes in a Sunni enclave of Baghdad on Friday as Iraq's leaders pleaded for calm, a day after the worst bomb attack since the U.S. invasion raised the specter of civil war. Some 30 people were killed, police...AP Top News
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