Baghdad blast toll rises as security boosts fail
Insurgents strike Baghdad amid heightened security and a crackdown on the Triangle of Death. Eight attacks kill at least 27 and wound dozens, including a car bomber at a police checkpoint, a market blast, and multiple mortar strikes across central and northern districts. Prime Minister al Maliki cites a security plan needing a year or more to complete and vows reforms of Shiite dominated police forces.
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Afghan and U S led forces clash with Taliban in Afghanistan
Afghan and coalition troops killed about 45 insurgents in southern Afghanistan as 10 000 U S led troops occupy four provinces in Operation Mountain Thrust. On Friday about eight pounds of opium was seized and several financiers were reported among those killed at a camp in Khod Valley, Uruzgan province.
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Violence Fears Rise as Sri Lanka Breaks Cease Fire
The island faces renewed civil war risks after days of intensified clashes. Tamil Tiger rebels claim 12 soldiers killed while the navy reports three sailors dead and eight missing. The military says up to 30 rebels were killed, but rebels report only two wounded.
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After Zarqawi Death Aliases Shift in Al Qaida Iraq
U S and Iraqi officials describe 452 raids since Abu Musab al Zarqawi was killed on June 7 as they map al Qaida in Iraq. They seek to trace leadership links, external backers across Syria Jordan Lebanon and Iran and the path from foreign fighters to Iraq. Abu Ayyub al Masri is named as Zarqawi’s likely successor with ties to Ayman al Zawahri. Early signs suggest the group may keep Zarqawi’s tactics.
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Teach for America surges in popularity among graduates
Teach for America expands rapidly as about 2,400 recent graduates train for two year teaching stints in disadvantaged schools. Nearly 19,000 seniors applied with 80 percent rejected, while more than 10 percent of seniors at Notre Dame Spelman Dartmouth and Yale applied.
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