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Iraq suicide bomber kills 45 in strike on anti-Qaeda militiaRadwaniyah, Iraq (AFP) July 18, 2010 A suicide bomber targeting anti-Qaeda militiamen being paid their wages killed at least 45 people west of Baghdad on Sunday, in Iraq's deadliest single attack in more than two months. Forty-five people were killed and 46 wounded in the 8:30 am (0530 GMT) bombing in the mainly Sunni Arab district of Radwaniyah, a former insurgent hotspot 25 kilometres (16 miles) from the capital, a defence ministry official said. The fighters from the Sahwa (Awakening) militia were queuing outside an army base to ... read more |
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Taipei (AFP) July 18, 2010Taiwanese magician Lu Chen has cast a spell over millions of television viewers in China, breaking into the big time with a mix of classic illusions and modern trickery. China's vast showbiz market is the focus of a growing number of Taiwanese entertainers hoping to take their name recognition and money-making potential to a whole new level - and Lu has charmed his way onto the charts. ... more  
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Jul 16, 2010 Australia's defense ministry has signed an IT support deal with Fujitsu worth around $133 million. The 3-year deal will see Fujitsu help consolidate the ministry's disparate IT systems and support services in reaction to the 2009 white paper Strategic Reform Program to modernize the military. The appointment of Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, a wholly owned subsidiary of the J ... more  
Damascus (AFP) July 17, 2010Self-exiled Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visited Damascus on Saturday from his base in Iran for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Iraqi affairs. During the meeting, Assad urged Iraqi leaders to quickly form a government and put an end to a four-month coalition stalemate, the official SANA news agency reported. "Any delay to form a (national unity) government w ... more |
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Freeing Libyan bomber 'boosted arms talks'London (UPI) Jul 16, 2010 The 2009 release of a Libyan agent imprisoned in Scotland for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am 103 triggered a surge in contacts between oil-rich Libya's military and British arms manufacturers, The Guardian newspaper says. In newly released documents obtained by the liberal daily under the Freedom of Information Act, officials of the U.K. Trade and Investment agency met a Libyan army officer to discuss "defense equipment cooperation" on Aug. 3, 2009 - 17 days before the agent, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ... read more |
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