West Bank attack kills two including infant
Palestinian attacker strikes Negahot settlement near Hebron during Rosh Hashanah celebrations. two people die including an infant and two more are wounded. Israeli rescue spokesman Yeroham Mandela confirms casualties as security forces remain on high alert amid multiple holiday warnings cited by government spokesman Avi Pazner.
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Japan’s powerful 8.0 quake spares deaths in Hokkaido
In Kushiro and across Hokkaido residents reassessed risk after Friday pre-dawn magnitude 8.0 quake. An undersea event caused few injuries and no direct deaths, with power and water restored within hours. Over 400 injuries were mostly minor as two fishermen remained missing amid suspected tsunami waves.
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U S holding 19 al Qaida suspects in Iraq
Bremer said 19 suspected al Qaida members are among 248 non Iraqi fighters held by U S forces in Iraq. He cited interrogations and seized documents for links and noted Syria Iran and Yemen as leading origins. He warned terrorism must not create a breeding ground in Iraq.
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Iraq Oversight Strains U S Troop Deployments
American forces in Iraq now total about 130000, with wear on tanks and tires outpacing repairs. The Bush administration weighs calling up more reservists, extending tours, and increasing vacations as planners acknowledge underestimation of the long postwar stabilization effort and ongoing insurgent violence.
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Cuba accuses U N of irrelevance over Iraq war
Cuba's Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque told the General Assembly that the U N should end the Iraqi occupation and hand real control to the organization. He called daily U S attacks on troops a reaction of a people seeking self determination and condemned Washington's policy as biased and harmful to world peace.
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