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Iraqi people need better rulers
29 December 2005 (1122 reads) |
The success of the latest elections has shown that the Iraqi people are more mature, more civilized and wiser than the politicians who want to rule them.
The elections were a tremendous success and the waves of Iraqi women, men, the elderly and even the handicapped who poured to the polling stations have surprised the world.
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| Arab Parliament Holds 1st Ever Inaugural Session in Cairo
29 December 2005 (989 reads) |
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, speaking to the first-ever gathering of the Arab Parliament, assured its members Tuesday that solidarity would enable the Arab world to successfully confront the challenges it faces.
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| Bush reads up on Teddy Roosevelt, US troops
29 December 2005 (875 reads) |
Crawford, Texas - President George W. Bush is spending part of his Christmas holiday reading about the post-presidential years of Theodore Roosevelt and the lives of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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| The road to Bethlehem is barbed
29 December 2005 (1155 reads) |
Christian pilgrims find barriers and well-secured gates on their way to biblical Bethlehem.
Bethlehem is marking its first Christmas since being walled off from Jerusalem by an Israeli barrier, aimed at preventing Palestinian suicide bombers entering the state.
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Kurdistan summit: there should be no losers or winners
29 December 2005 (1002 reads) |
The disparate Iraqi leaders are preparing for a reconciliation summit in Iraqi Kurdistan under the auspices of President Jalal Talabani. If they want to succeed they must all see themselves as
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| Mass grave unearthed in Iraq city
29 December 2005 (1217 reads) | 
A mass grave has been discovered in the predominantly Shia city of Karbala south of Baghdad, Iraqi police said.
Dozens of bodies have reportedly been found, apparently those of Shia rebels killed by Saddam Hussein's army after its defeat in the 1991 Gulf War.
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| Get Israel out of Shebaa to prod progress in Lebanon
29 December 2005 (999 reads) | 
Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's call Friday for a Lebanese government that would include and represent all political parties in the country struck a rather conciliatory tone at a moment when conciliation, dialogue, and
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| Secret surveillance up sharply since 9/11
29 December 2005 (891 reads) |
Washington - Federal applications for a special U.S. court to authorize secret surveillance rose sharply after the September 11, 2001, attacks, and the panel required changes to the requests at an even greater rate, government documents show.
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| Immigrants find opportunity in ruined New Orleans
29 December 2005 (867 reads) |
By Jeff Franks
New Orleans - Much of New Orleans lies abandoned and destroyed after Hurricane Katrina struck nearly four months ago, but for Latin American immigrants the storm-ravaged city has become a land of opportunity.
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| Where does Santa live?
29 December 2005 (1228 reads) |
By Alister Doyle
OSLO - Father Christmas may live in Iceland -- at least if the efficiency of his helpers is a guide -- in what may help the island's drive to win hearts and tourism from Arctic rivals claiming Santa and his reindeer.
Only Reykjavik got a reply when our bureaux in all
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