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Bush makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Says Laden will be brought to justice
US President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to see for the first time the emerging democracy that replaced the Taliban ousted in 2001 after September 11.
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Saddam trial resumes but lead lawyer absent
The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven aides on charges of crimes against humanity resumed Wednesday with all the defence lawyers attending the session, except Saddam's lead lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi.
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Mubarak warns US against hitting Iran
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he had advised the United States against attacking Iran, predicting that Tehran would react through its influence over Shi'ite Muslim communities in Arab countries
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Palestinian militant chief assassinated
The military leader of Islamic Jihad, the radical Palestinian faction behind all the suicide attacks against Israel in the past year, was assassinated Wednesday in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.
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40 suspected al-Qaeda killed by Pakistani forces
Around 40 suspected Al-Qaeda militants, including a Chechen commander, were killed Wednesday when Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships struck their hideout near the Afghan border, officialssaid.
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At least 23 killed in Baghdad car bomb attack
At least 23 people were killed and 58 wounded Wednesday in a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Jadida area, a mixed Shia-Sunni neighbourhood in the southeast of the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official
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US seeks funds to build prisons in Iraq
The US State Department is winding down its $20 billion reconstruction program in Iraq and the only new rebuilding money in its latest budget request is for prisons, officials said on Tuesday.
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