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New Orleans' levee strained further
More areas likely to go under water as rains drench devastated city
Sheets of rain from Hurricane Rita drenched parts of New Orleans yesterday, straining an already damaged levee system and threatening to spread flooding throughout the devastated but largely abandoned
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Fighting surges in Iraq
2 US troops killed
Heavy fighting surged Friday in the Euphrates River city of Ramadi, police and hospital officials said, and the US military reported the deaths of two more soldiers around the militant stronghold, scene
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India advises Iran to avoid 'confrontation'
As the European Union tabled a motion to refer Iran's nuclear programme to the UN Security Council, Indian Prime Minister on Friday has advised Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to adopt a "flexible
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'US troops still routinely abuse Iraqi prisoners'
Troops from the army's elite 82nd Airborne Division routinely beat and mistreated Iraqi prisoners at a base near Fallujah in central Iraq with the approval of their superior officers, a New York-based
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Arabs view Bush as greater threat than Laden
A panel reporting to the US State Department has warned that President George W. Bush is seen in some Arab nations as a greater threat than al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, a US newspaper reported yesterday.
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Foreign militants may join Thai insurgency
A veteran leader of Thailand's insurgency has issued a warning: militants from Indonesia and Arab nations might join the fight for a separate homeland if the Thai government continues a crackdown that's
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Bush watches Rita batter Texas and Louisiana
President George W. Bush, eager to polish his tarnished image as a strong leader in times of crisis, watched Hurricane Rita pound the US coast yesterday from a military base high in the Rocky Mountains.
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2 killed as Taliban storm prison
An insurgent and a prisoner were killed early Saturday after suspected Taliban insurgents stormed a prison and police headquarters in southeastern Khost province, officials said.
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