Iraqi rivals face off in top spot battle amid attacks
The article notes a challenge to Chalabi from a 35-year-old challenger as SCIRI pressures him to quit the race while Ayad Allawi, 59, looms as interim PM nominee. In Baghdad, two explosions near the Green Zone kill two soldiers and wound twenty, as gunmen strike a Shiite mosque and a Sudanese man attempts a death by own action bombing.
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Chalabi
Washington
Supreme Council For Islamic Revolution
Iraq
Jawad Mohammed Taai
SCIRI
Ayad Allawi
Allawi
al Jaafari
Islamic Dawa Party
Saddam Hussein
Iran
Muthanna Hassan
Baghdad
Ghazaliyah
Sa'ad Jawad Kadhim
Kadhim
Adnan Khair Allah Hospital
Interior Ministry
Ahmed Ismael
Ashoura
Afghan U S considers long term bases and ties with Kabul
U S officials discussed a potential long term military partnership in Afghanistan including possible permanent bases. Afghan Defense Minister Rahim Wardak pressed for advanced weaponry for the Afghan National Army as the force grows toward 70 000 by 2006 end while U S and Afghan leaders seek enduring ties but offered few specifics. Senators Hillary Clinton Susan Collins Lindsey Graham and Russ Feingold accompanied the delegation.
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Associated Press
Rahim Wardak
U.S
Afghanistan
al-Qaida
Taliban
Kabul
Baghdad
Islamabad
Hillary Rodham Clinton
New York
United States
Susan Collins
Maine
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
Russ Feingold
Wisconsin
Feingold
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Bush urges Europe to back democracy push amid doubt
President Bush travels Europe promoting democracy as a path for Middle East reform while AP Ipsos polls show majorities in Britain France Germany Italy Spain Canada Mexico and South Korea oppose the U S role in spreading democracy. Analysts say wariness toward the United States limits impact.
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Bush
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France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Ap-Ipsos
Canada
Mexico
South Korea
Europe
Iraq
Brussels
Belgium
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Syria
United States
Michael Mandelbaum
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Mandelbaum
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