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Marking the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, al Qaeda’s media arm released an audio recording, purportedly from the group’s second-in-command, saying U.S. troops there have failed.

The audiotape allegedly is from Ayman al-Zawahiri, shown here in an image taken from a videotape.

“Where the American invasion stands now, after five years, is failure […]

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Seeking to improve ties between Baghdad and its neighbors, the United States and Iraq will push hard on Tuesday for Arab states to open embassies and offer debt relief while backing Iraq’s new drive to disarm militias.The meeting in Kuwait of Iraq’s neighbors plus major powers follows two similar conferences last year in Egypt and […]

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A FRENCH court has rejected a request from a 52-year-old severely disfigured former schoolteacher for the right to die, in a case that has stirred much emotion in France.
The high court in Dijon, eastern France, decided to side with the prosecution which argued current legislation does not allow Chantal Sebire’s doctor to prescribe lethal drugs.
In […]

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One man pulled a couch over his head. Bank employees rushed into the vault. A woman trembled in her bathroom, clinging to her dogs. College students huddled in dormitories.
Tornado warnings had been broadcast for hours, and when the sirens finally announced that the twisters had arrived, many people across the South took shelter and saved […]

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LAS VEGAS - A fire on the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino forced guests and gamblers to flee and sent a plume of smoke above the Las Vegas Strip before easing about an hour later, hotel officials said.
No injuries were reported and the fire was contained, Clark County Fire Chief Steve Smith said.
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A two-year-old Indian girl born with four arms and four legs was due to leave hospital Saturday, more than a month after an operation to remove her extra limbs, a doctor said.
Lakshmi will return home after recovering well enough from last month’s marathon operation to separate her from a headless, conjoined twin, said surgeon Sharan […]

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A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000 (£41,000).
Piotr Staniaszek thought he could use his new phone as a modem for his computer under his $10 unlimited mobile browser plan from Bell Mobility.
He downloaded high-definition movies and other large files unaware that this incurred massive extra charges.
Bell Mobility […]

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A “torrent” of negative stories has been revealed by a study of the portrayal of Muslims and Islam in the British media, according to a report today.
Research into one week’s news coverage showed that 91% of articles in national newspapers about Muslims were negative.
London mayor Ken Livingstone, who commissioned the study, said the findings were […]

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A health insurance company serving customers in a half-dozen states set out to drop hundreds of customers and paid lucrative bonuses to an executive in charge of eliminating coverage.
One customer is suing the company, Health Net Inc., after a company salesman pressured her to switch to a Health Net plan only for the company to […]

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