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• Iraq suicide bomber kills five in car showroom

  - 2008-08-23

  KIRKUK, Iraq AFP — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a car dealership in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing at least five people and wounding nine, police said. The attack targeted a leader of a group fighting Al-Qaeda in the town of Khalis in...

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• Lebanon braces for mass rally to mark Hariri killing

  - 2008-02-13

  BEIRUT AFP — Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a mass rally by backers of the Western-backed government to commemorate the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder amid mounting street clashes with the opposition. Pro-government leaders have called on hundreds of thousands of supporters to converge Thursday on Martyr's...

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• Israeli airstrike in Gaza wounds four Hamas militants: Hamas

  - 2007-12-15

  GAZA CITY AFP — Four members of the Hamas military wing were wounded in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City early on Sunday, Hamas and Palestinian medics said. Ezzadine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, said gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire and missiles at Israeli...

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• Guards of Sunni MP handled explosives: Iraq

  - 2007-12-02

  BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq said on Sunday that seven detained guards of Sunni leader Adnan al-Dulaimi have tested "positive" for handling explosives after troops found two car bombs at the politician's Baghdad office. "We have found positive traces of explosives on seven of his guards," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh...

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• Sunni bloc boycotts Iraq parliament after crackdown on leader

  - 2007-12-01

  BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq's main Sunni bloc pulled out of parliament on Saturday in protest at a crackdown on their leader Adnan al-Dulaimi, throwing the country's political process into new turmoil. "We announce our boycott of the parliament until Adnan al-Dulaimi returns to the assembly today or tomorrow," Abdul...

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• US military blames Al-Qaeda for Iraqi bombings

  - 2007-09-27

  BAGHDAD AFP — The US military on Thursday blamed Al-Qaeda for a string of bombings across Iraq this week whose targets included local Sunni leaders fighting the extremist movement. Since Monday at least 70 people have been killed although, according to the military, levels of violence half-way through the...

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• Man admits being Britain's fastest speeding motorist

  - 2007-08-24

  LONDON AFP — A man pleaded guilty Friday to driving at 172 miles (277 kilometres) per hour in a high-performance sports car on a public road, making him the fastest motorist ever caught speeding in Britain. Timothy Brady was caught driving a 98,000-pound (144,000-euro, 197,000-dollar) Porsche 911 Turbo in...

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• Car bomb hits Iraqi funeral crowd and kills 10

  - 2007-05-24

  BAGHDAD AFP — A car bomb exploded at the funeral of the murdered nephew of a local tribal leader in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah on Thursday and killed at least 10 civilian mourners. Iraqi state television reported that 25 people were killed, while US marines at a...

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• Rallying: Spanish duo win Dakar 12th stage

  - 2007-01-18

  KAYES, Mali AFP — Spanish motorcyclist Isidre Esteve Pujol and his car-driving compatriot Carlos Sainz came out on top of the 12th stage of the Dakar rally between Ayoun El Atrous in Mauritania and Kayes in Mali. For Sainz this was a third stage win in this year's race but...

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• Allmendinger grabs Champ-car win while Bourdais shoves Tracy

  - 2006-08-13

  DENVER, United States AFP — A.J. Allmendinger won his fourth race of the year here at the Champ-car Grand Prix of Denver while a last-lap crash hurt the chances of series points leader Sebastien Bourdais. Allmendinger completed 97 laps around the temporary street court in 1hr, 44mins, 59.557secs to...

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