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US forces wound, freed Italian journalist in Iraq
Seven Iraqi soldiers killed in attacks
Freed Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena flew into Rome yesterday, a day after she was wounded in a shooting incident by US troops in Baghdad in which an Italian secret agent was killed, airport officials

Bush Says
Syria an obstacle to ME peace
US President George W. Bush said Saturday that Syria is an obstacle to securing peace across the Middle East, making a new demand that Syria withdraw its troops from Lebanon.

China premier outlines year ahead
The annual session of China's parliament, the National People's Congress, has opened in Beijing. Some 3,000 delegates heard Premier Wen Jiabao's two-hour opening speech, bursting into applause 26 times.

Release of Italian hostage good omen for French journalist
The editor of the French left-wing daily Liberation on Saturday welcomed the release of the Italian journalist kidnapped in Iraq, hailing it as a "good omen" for the paper's own correspondent, abducted

Nine objections against Charles and Camilla's marriage: Report
Nine objections have been officially lodged to the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles within the legal time-limit which expired on Friday, the BBC reported Saturday.

Militant wanted for 130 killings arrested in Pakistan
Police in southwest Pakistan have arrested a suspected Sunni Muslim militant wanted for the killing of more than 130 rival Shiites, an official said Saturday.

US trying to kill me: Chavez
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez renewed charges Saturday that Washington is trying to kill him, adding that his country's quarrel with the United States is with its government, not its people.

Rice to visit Pakistan in mid-March
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to visit Pakistan, a frontline state in its global war against terrorism, in mid-March, an official said Saturday.