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4 U.S. Civilians Killed in Iraq Shooting BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four American relief workers were killed and one was wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said. Hospital officials said at least two of the dead were women. The fifth American was being treated at a U.S. military hospital in Mosul. The five were traveling in one car on the eastern side

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New interim constitution for Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Calling it a new beginning for their country, Iraqi Governing Council members Monday signed an interim constitution, laying the groundwork for future elections, a permanent constitution and eventually a return to self-rule. "Here we are today standing in a historical moment to lay the strong foundation for rebuilding a new Iraq," said

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Iraqi Strikes Disrupt International Calls BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three rockets struck a major telephone exchange Wednesday, knocking out international phone connections for much of the country only days after the system was put back in service, officials said. One Iraqi worker was killed and another injured. Qassim Hadi, an undersecretary with Iraq's Communication Ministry, said the attack

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Iraqi Forces to Take on Security Role BAGHDAD, Iraq - Retired Iraqi special forces Gen. Mudir Aboud greeted U.S. forces with a white flag when they rolled into Baghdad 10 months ago and told them where they could find Saddam Hussein's remaining fighters. After months of U.S.-supervised training, Aboud on Wednesday took command of 6,800 Iraqi Civilian Defense Corps soldiers based in Baghdad.

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Double suicide bombings kill 8 in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Twin suicide vehicle-bomb attacks on a coalition base south of Baghdad on Wednesday morning killed eight Iraqis, U.S. military officials said, the latest in a series of bloody strikes harming civilians. The attacks injured 44 people, including 12 coalition troops -- 10 Polish, one American and one Hungarian, officials said. The two

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Female U.S. Soldiers Under Fire in Iraq. TIKRIT, Iraq - The roadside bomb near the main American military base here killed one woman soldier, made another a hero, and turned attention to the new role American women are playing in the war in Iraq. The nature of the conflict, with U.S. soldiers facing guerrillas, not conventional troops, has blurred military traditions, and put usually rear

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U.S. Says More Time Needed on Iraq WMD. WASHINGTON - The White House says it needs more time to determine whether Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, an issue the Bush administration once was so confident about that it was cited as a justification for waging war. The issue was injected into the presidential campaign when retired chief U.S. weapons inspector David Kay said he had

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U.K. Foreign Secretary Stands by Iraq War. LONDON - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Monday it was "disappointing" that inspectors have not found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but he still he believes Saddam Hussein had them and that war was justified. Straw said the issue facing lawmakers when they voted to go to war in March 2003 was Saddam's failure to comply with United

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U.S. Loses Fifth Copter This Month in Iraq. BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military lost its fifth helicopter this month in Iraq, which crashed in the Tigris river while searching for a soldier whose boat had capsized. The aircraft's two crew members and the soldier remained missing Monday. "We have no news about the progress of the search" or the fate of the missing service members, a military

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Iraq-Bound Japan Air Force Team Arrives in Kuwait. The main body of an Iraq (news - web sites)-bound Japanese air force mission arrived in Kuwait on Friday as part of Japan's most controversial overseas military deployment since 1945. The team of about 100 landed at Mubarak Air Base near the capital Kuwait City, witnesses said, and will join a first unit of the air force that arrived in the

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CPA sticks to Iraq caucus plan, but willing to compromise. A Coalition Provisional Authority official Thursday said the United States still favors caucuses and not direct elections to choose the Iraqi transitional legislature this spring. Dan Senor, adviser to civilian administrator Paul Bremer, said the coalition is willing to consider refinements in its caucus plan and eagerly awaits a

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Dems Debate Issues Before N.H. Primary . MANCHESTER, N.H. - Girding for the final weekend before New Hampshire's leadoff primary, the Democratic presidential rivals are seeking to answer lingering doubts about their electability while sharpening their attacks on President Bush. Howard Dean, his voice raspy and his campaign still stumbling from a drubbing in the Iowa caucuses, sought to reclaim

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Qatar to Waive Most Iraq Debt After Baker Visit DOHA (Reuters) - The Gulf state of Qatar, a key U.S. ally, said Tuesday, following talks with Washington's Iraq debt envoy, that it would waive most of the $4 billion or so Iraq owes it and will consider writing off the rest. "The state of Qatar will forgive most of the debts Iraq owes it and will consider waiving the remaining amount at a later,

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Qatar to Waive Most Iraq Debt After Baker Visit DOHA (Reuters) - The Gulf state of Qatar, a key U.S. ally, said Tuesday, following talks with Washington's Iraq debt envoy, that it would waive most of the $4 billion or so Iraq owes it and will consider writing off the rest. "The state of Qatar will forgive most of the debts Iraq owes it and will consider waiving the remaining amount at a later,

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Iraq Power Play The UN should return to Iraq and, with the U.S., help it find a way to form a government. Yesterday's meeting between United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and U.S. Iraq administrator Paul Bremer could lead to the most significant development since the war began and deeply affect the future of the occupation and of an eventual Iraqi government. At stake is the UN's return

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U.N. team may be sent to study Iraq elections U.S., Iraqi leaders press for decision on feasibility of having early, direct vote UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Kofi Annan promised U.S. and Iraqi leaders yesterday that he would consider their request to send a U.N. team to Iraq to study whether the country could have quick, direct elections for a new legislature. A decision by U.N. experts

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BREMER WARNS BOMBERS American military officials have claimed the suicide attack in Iraq which killed 20 people was an attempt to derail crucial talks on the country's future. A further 60 people were wounded by Sunday's car bomb which exploded outside the headquarters of the US-led coalition in Baghdad. Most of the injured were Iraqis employed by the Coalition Provisional Authority. They were

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Annan seeks 'greater clarity' on U.N. role in IraqUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought "greater clarity" in talks set for Monday with U.S. and Iraqi officials about a possible U.N. role in Iraq as the Bush administration faced a dispute with a prominent Shiite cleric over choosing a provisional government. While coalition officials are pressing for the speedy return of U.N.

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US Troops Kill Syrian, 2 Yemenis in Iraq Gunbattle BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops killed two Yemenis and a Syrian who opened fire on them on Monday during a raid on a house in Baghdad, police at the scene said. They said U.S. soldiers were shot at as they raided the house around 1:30 a.m. (2230 GMT) searching for weapons. Pools of blood were visible on the ground around the house, and the

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