Saddam Hussein denies stroke report amid Iraqi reaction
Iraqi government spokesman calls a Syrian dissident claim of a stroke a nonsensical fabrication and notes Saddam Hussein remained defiant in public. In Rome, 18 gay Christians protested Vatican teachings near St. Peter's Square with teddy bears and a Pope message, saying the church does not love gay youths as much as straight children.
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Death by own action bomber strikes Istanbul police station
A suicide bombing in Istanbul’s Sisli district killed at least two police officers and one attacker while seven others were wounded. The assailant, 22 year old Guntekin Koc, died with officers as he targeted the police chief’s office, linked to the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Front, which seeks government overthrow.
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Russia Moves Tactical Nuclear Warheads to Kaliningrad Depot
Senior US officials say Russia has placed battlefield nuclear warheads into storage at a Kaliningrad naval base over the past year. The move, seen as a potential response to NATO expansion and to offset weaker conventional forces, follows informal 1991 92 understandings. Experts offer varied readings while noting the sites were never treaty bound.
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Haitian opposition plans new government
A 15 party alliance named Convergence met at a Petionville hotel to draft a platform for a national unity government and rapid elections. Ex Senator Paul Denis urged mobilizing supporters who abstained in the November vote. A larger convention will nominate provisional government members and finalize the platform.
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Turkish divers hunt sunken freighter for illegal migrants
Turkish divers searched the sunken cargo ship Geogian flagged freighter near Kemer on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. Officials reported nine bodies recovered, six survivors, and 27 identified immigrants from South Asia amid reports up to 80 aboard. Police sought possible additional survivors as parts washed ashore.
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