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- Bob Ford: LPGA off course in requiring English
- It sure is great to live here in the land of the free, the home of the brave, and the greatest bastion of cultural diversity and tolerance on this fine Earth. Just a few days ago, we extinguished the torch on a two-week smugathon during which we looked down our...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Against bailing out Fannie and Freddie
- "Congress ought to recognize that these firms are insolvent, that it is allowing these firms to continue to exist as bastions of privilege, financed by the taxpayers." Former St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank president William Poole is a sharp critic of the government-sponsored mortgage guarantors. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- Twin bombings kill six in Iraq's Sunni bastion
- BAGHDAD AFP — Two near simultaneous bomb attacks in the Iraqi Sunni city of Fallujah on Wednesday killed six people and wounded 18, security officials told AFP. The bombs exploded at around 6:30 am (0330 GMT) within minutes of each other near a bank in central Fallujah, the former...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- At least 33 killed in Iraq bombings
- MOSUL, Iraq AFP — At least 33 people were killed in two massive bomb attacks in Iraq Thursday, among them 18 people who died when a car bomb ripped through the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi and US officials said. The US military said initial reports from Mosul indicated...
- Research articles 2008-06-26
- Bomb kills two in Baghdad Shiite bastion
- BAGHDAD AFP — Two Iraqis were killed and eight wounded on Tuesday when a bomb exploded in the district council office in Baghdad's Shiite militia bastion of Sadr City, police and witnesses said. The blast occurred at about 9 am (0600 GMT) in the southern section of the district,...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- Iraq PM announces crackdown in Qaeda bastion
- AMARA, Iraq AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that troops are to launch a counter-insurgency drive in Diyala province, where 26 people were killed over two days in a suicide bombing and mortar attacks. Maliki made the announcement as he visited the southern oil-rich province...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Clashes in Baghdad Shiite bastion kill three: US military
- BAGHDAD AFP — At least three militiamen were killed overnight by American troops in Baghdad's Shiite bastion of Sadr City, the US military said on Tuesday, despite a truce agreed at the weekend. US forces staged an air attack against two suspected militants who were planting a roadside bomb...
- Research articles 2008-05-13
- At least ten dead in Baghdad militia bastion
- BAGHDAD AFP — At least 10 people were killed in crossfire between US troops and Shiite militiamen in Sadr City, Iraqi officials said on Sunday, a day after a US rocket attack damaged a hospital in the Baghdad militia bastion. Security officials and medical sources said another 17 people...
- Research articles 2008-05-04
- US forces kill eight militants in Baghdad bastion
- BAGHDAD AFP — US forces killed at least eight Shiite fighters in a series of firefights in Baghdad's Sadr City, the bastion of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, the military said Saturday. The firefights which began 7:20 am (420 GMT) on Friday and continued sporadically throughout the...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
- Iraqi forces seize last Sadr bastion in Basra: US
- BAGHDAD AFP — Iraqi forces have taken control of the last militia stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the southern city of Basra, the US military said in a statement on Saturday. It said Iraqi troops began the last stage of Operation Saulat al-Farsan (Charge of the...
- Research articles 2008-04-26
- 13 killed in clashes in Baghdad militia bastion
- BAGHDAD AFP — At least 13 people were killed in overnight clashes between Shiite militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's militia bastion of Sadr City, medics and witnesses said on Saturday. Medics in two hospitals in the Shiite district confirmed the death toll and said 80 other people were...
- Research articles 2008-04-19
- US, Iraq forces build wall through militia bastion
- BAGHDAD AFP — US and Iraqi forces are building a concrete wall through the Baghdad Shiite militia bastion of Sadr City in a bid to stop militiamen firing rockets at the compound that houses the Iraqi government and the US embassy, the military said on Saturday. The wall of...
- Research articles 2008-04-19
- Fighting rages in Baghdad Shiite bastion
- BAGHDAD, AFP — Fierce fighting raged on Tuesday as US and Iraqi forces battled heavily armed Shiite militiamen in their Baghdad bastion of Sadr City for a third straight day, an AFP correspondent and witnesses said. Witnesses said fierce clashes erupted soon after midnight as American tanks attempted to...
- Research articles 2008-04-08
- Clashes in Baghdad Shiite bastion kill five
- BAGHDAD AFP — Clashes between Shiite fighters and US forces in Sadr City, Baghdad bastion of the powerful Mahdi Army militia, killed at least five people and wounded 10, security officials said Sunday. The firefights started around midnight (2100 GMT Saturday) and continued sporadically until after dawn, defence and...
- Research articles 2008-04-06
- 75 killed in Baghdad Shiite bastion in four days of clashes
- BAGHDAD AFP — Clashes between Shiite gunmen and Iraqi and US troops in Baghdad's Sadr City have killed at least 75 people and wounded nearly 500 over the past four days, an Iraqi health official said on Saturday. "Seventy-five people have been killed and 498 wounded in clashes in...
- Research articles 2008-03-29
- Protests in Baghdad as Basra rocked by fighting
- BAGHDAD AFP — Followers of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr staged noisy protests on Thursday against a crackdown on Shiite fighters in Basra, as the southern oil hub was rocked by a third straight day of fighting. Demonstrations were held in Sadr City and Kadhimiyah, two Baghdad bastions of Sadr's...
- Research articles 2008-03-27
- Iraq PM assures jobs for Sunni anti-Qaeda fighters
- BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited the Sunni bastion of Adhamiyah in Baghdad on Wednesday and promised to offer jobs to Sunni Arabs who were fighting Al-Qaeda there. Maliki was participating in a function in the northern Baghdad neighbourhood to mark the birth anniversary of...
- Research articles 2008-03-19
- Top US military official visits Iraq rebel stronghold
- KIRKUK, Iraq AFP — Admiral Mike Mullen, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the Sunni rebel bastion of Hawijah in central Iraq as part of a tour of the country, US officials said on Monday. Mullen who heads a council of senior admirals and generals from...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- The end is near! A farewell for Weekly World News.(MediaWorks)
- Byline: Ann Marie Kerwin It seems to have taken a while for reality to sink in for Weekly World News fans-not really that surprising when you consider its readers were happy not to question headlines such as "12 U.S. Senators Are Space Aliens!''-but last...
- Research articles 2007-08-13
- Chlorine bomb kills 27 in Iraq
- RAMADI, Iraq AFP — A suicide bomber blew up a truck packed with TNT and chlorine gas killing 27 people in the insurgent bastion of Ramadi on Friday in the deadliest dirty bombing since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The attack -- targeting a police station but exploding in...
- Research articles 2007-04-06
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