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• US forces kill six Iraqi security personnel in 'mistaken fire'

  - 2008-09-03

  BAGHDAD AFP — US forces killed six Iraqi security personnel north of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi officials said, in an incident which the American military said was a case of "mistaken fire". The shooting erupted at a joint Iraqi police and army checkpoint in the town of Tarmiyah at...

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• Pentagon refuses comment on charges of cross-border raid in Pakistan

  - 2008-09-03

  WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon declined comment Wednesday on Pakistani charges that at least 15 people were killed in a cross border raid by Afghan-based international forces. "I don't have anything for you on those reports," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, refusing further comment. A spokesman for the...

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• NFL lineman Collier critical after shooting

  - 2008-09-03

  JACKSONVILLE, Florida AFP — Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier remained in critical condition Wednesday after being shot several times. The 26-year-old National Football League blocker, and former teammate Ken Pettway were parked outside an apartment when an unknown assailant opened fire. Pettway was unharmed. "There is really...

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• Eight people killed in Iraq bombings

  - 2008-09-02

  BAGHDAD AFP — At least eight people including a policeman were killed and 21 others injured on Tuesday in three separate attacks targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and Mosul, police said. In the troubled northern city of Mosul four people were killed and four others wounded when a...

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• China to charge $6 a barrel to develop Iraq field

  - 2008-09-02

  BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq on Tuesday cleared a plan to develop an oil field by China Petroleum National Corp. at a service fee of six dollars a barrel, giving Beijing a foothold into the world's third largest oil reserves. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said the cabinet had approved...

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• US seeks delay in Guantanamo detainees habeas appeal

  - 2008-09-02

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US government is seeking a new one-month delay in hearings on 250 Guantanamo detainees challenging the legality of their detention, saying it needs more time to review and declassify key documents. Gregory Katsas, a US Department of Justice assistant attorney general, said in a brief...

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• Iraq largely free of foreign fighters: police

  - 2008-09-01

  BAQUBA, Iraq AFP — Counter-offensives by the security forces over the past year have largely rid Iraq of foreign fighters recruited by insurgent groups such as Al-Qaeda, a top police commander said on Monday. "Arab fighters have left Iraq and we are done with them," interior ministry spokesman Major...

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• Real lacking fire power, admits Schuster

  - 2008-09-01

  MADRID AFP — Real Madrid's German coach Bernd Schuster admitted Monday that his side had lacked strike power after losing their season opener 2-1 to Deportivo La Coruna at the weekend. "I didn't see any striker on the bench. I looked to my left and there was none, said...

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• Car bomb kills 4, wounds 12 in Colombia

  - 2008-09-01

  BOGOTA AFP — A car bomb exploded early Monday in Colombia's third largest city Cali, killing four people and wounding at least 12 in one of the deadliest urban attacks this year, authorities said. The explosion occurred five minutes after midnight (0505 GMT) near the Palace of Justice, where...

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• Egypt police find huge weapons cache in Sinai

  - 2008-09-01

  CAIRO AFP — Egyptian police on Monday found a large cache of weapons in the Sinai desert during a routine patrol of the area, a security official said. Police found "171 mortar shells, anti-tank and anti-personnel grenades, 29 shells, 212 anti-tank projectiles as well as a number of detonators,"...

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