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The four tribal leaders approached Reuters on condition of anonymity, fearing assassination if their names or even their home
provinces were made public.
Shi’ite Islamist political parties are imposing strict Islamic rules in the oil-producing southern provinces of Iraq and
using their armed wings to create a state of fear, a group of tribal Shi’ite leaders said.
The four […]

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At the White House, presidential spokesman Tony Fratto said: “We understand the concerns of the Chinese.” But he also said Bush always has attended congressional award presentation ceremonies, has met with the Dalai Lama several times before and had no reason not to meet with him again.
The White House vigorously defended President Bush’s plan to […]

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Chester “Chet” Arthur Stiles, 37, was scheduled for a hearing Wednesday. He was pulled over late Monday in Henderson for not having a license plate and admitted his identity after police said his license looked suspicious, authorities said.
A fugitive accused in the videotaped molestation of a 3-year-old girl was arrested quietly during a traffic stop, […]

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In Baghdad, an explosives-laden car parked across the street from an Iraqi army checkpoint exploded, killing four civilians and two Iraqi soldiers, police and army officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
BAGHDAD - A series of attacks across Iraq targeted security forces and tribal leaders on Tuesday, […]

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Those sentenced in Rakhine state, 250 miles northwest of Yangon, included 85-year-old Kyaw Khine who relatives said was not even in town during the protests against 45 years of military rule put down ruthlessly by the army.
Closed courts have sentenced five Myanmar protesters, all members of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League […]

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