Topic: International News

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Articles: Israeli forces deploy in Gaza

Posted by admin on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:45 AM

	JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops have deployed between Rafah and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Israeli and Palestinians sources said. Read full article: 'Israeli forces deploy in Gaza'

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Articles: Car bomb kills Iraqi Governing Council leader

Posted by admin on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:37 AM

	BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The current president of the Iraqi Governing Council was among several people killed Monday by a car bomb near Baghdad's Green Zone, a council official said. Read full article: 'Car bomb kills Iraqi Governing Council leader'

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Articles: Pentagon Denies Rumsfeld Claim

Posted by admin on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:25 AM

	CBS/AP) The Defense Department strongly denied claims made in a published report that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the expansion of a secret program that encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners to obtain intelligence about the growing insurgency in Iraq Read full article: 'Pentagon Denies Rumsfeld Claim'

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Articles: Head of Iraqi Governing Council Killed

Posted by admin on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:23 AM

	BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The head of Iraqi Governing Council was killed Monday in a car bombing near a U.S. checkpoint in central Baghdad, an Iraqi official said. Read full article: 'Head of Iraqi Governing Council Killed'

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Articles: S.Korea Says U.S. Plans to Shift Some Troops to Iraq

Posted by admin on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:21 AM

	SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) - The United States plans to shift some troops stationed in South Korea to deter aggression from the communist North and redeploy them in Iraq, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Monday. Read full article: 'S.Korea Says U.S. Plans to Shift Some Troops to Iraq'

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Articles: BUDGET REQUEST: $50 billion needed in new war funding

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 01:54 AM

	WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration needs at least another $50 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan, a top Defense Department official said Thursday. Read full article: 'BUDGET REQUEST: $50 billion needed in new war funding'

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Articles: Clashes erupt anew in Najaf

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 01:53 AM

	NAJAF, Iraq (CNN) -- The sounds of fighting echoed through the streets of Najaf on Friday, the Muslim holy day, as U.S. forces traded fire with the militia of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Read full article: 'Clashes erupt anew in Najaf'

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Articles: North Korea Calls U.S. Demands at Talks `Humiliating,' AP Says

Posted by admin on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 01:14 AM

	May 14 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea's delegation to six-nation talks in Beijing said U.S. demands that the communist nation dismantles its nuclear program before seeking aid are ``humiliating,'' the Associated Press said. Read full article: 'North Korea Calls U.S. Demands at Talks `Humiliating,' AP Says'

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Articles: North Korea suggests peace treaty to settle nuclear dispute

Posted by admin on Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 07:07 AM

	WASHINGTON — North Korea said Wednesday that the best way to resolve its nuclear standoff with the United States would be to replace a 51-year-old armistice with a peace treaty ending the Korean War, to be signed by North Korea, South Korea and the United States. Read full article: 'North Korea suggests peace treaty to settle nuclear dispute'

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Articles: German Press Review: Competition of Visual Horrors

Posted by admin on Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 07:05 AM

	German editorials expressed outrage and shock over the circulation of a video showing terrorists beheading and American. Such images do nothing more than prolong the war, they argued. Read full article: 'German Press Review: Competition of Visual Horrors'

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