Asian leaders reshuffle looms as resignations probed
Viet Nam cabinet figures Phan Van Khai and Tran Duc Luong face a parliamentary vote on their possible resignations amid a party leadership shakeup. Nong Duc Manh says top state leaders must be rearranged for continued leadership, while An also chairs the assembly. In Gaza, Israeli commandos arrest two Hamas militants amid Abbas Haniyeh talks on a power sharing accord. The pair press for a referendum if Hamas rejects a proposal on recognizing Israel.
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Phan van Khai
Tran Duc Luong
Nguyen van An
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Khai
Luong
Communist Party
Nong Duc Manh
UnExpress
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Gaza Strip
Israel
Hamas
Mahmoud Abbas
Gaza
Abbas
Ismail Haniyeh
Ghazi Hamad
Fatah
Srom
After Zarqawi Death Iraqi Conflict Faces New Troubles
Insurgents strike after a two week lull as Baghdad endures a state of emergency. Saif al-Maliki’s government contends with continued violence, kidnappings, and the killing of a Saddam defense attorney, while Zarqawi’s successor fights on and U.S. forces suffer casualties.
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Nouri al-Maliki
al-Qaida
Iraq
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
al-Maliki
Baghdad
Haifa Street
Saddam Hussein
Sadr City
al-Zarqawi
Abu
Bruce Hoffman
Rand Corp
Sunni leader detained briefly as Baghdad operation continues
U.S. troops detained top Sunni cleric Sheik Jamal al-Din Abdul Karim al-Dabban and three of his sons for about seven hours in Tikrit amid a raid tied to al-Qaeda links. Protests erupted from Sunni groups, while Iraq’s Shiite prime minister faced scrutiny over the incident during a major security push near Baghdad.
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U.S
Sheik
Jamal al- Din
Abdul Karim al-Dabban
Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars
al-Dabban
Tikrit
Saddam Hussein
Hamad Hamoud al-Qaisi
al- Qaida
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
al-Qaida
Plan would expand immigrant detention network in Congress
New York reports that sweeping immigration bills aim to add thousands of beds across ICE and private contractor facilities plus county jails. Advocates warn the system is costly, poorly regulated, and crates long detentions while ICE defends progress toward faster deportations.
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Congress
Homeland Security
Edward Neepage
Liberia
New Jersey
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Neepage
ICE
Gary Mead
Senate
Department of Homeland Security
Risky US move to shoot down North Korea missile eyed by allies
Asian observers say a successful intercept would bolster the US Japan alliance and reassure Taiwan, but a miss could trigger calls for higher defense spending or diplomacy. The United States leans diplomacy while keeping missile defense ready as tensions rise over the Taepodong 2 and regional security.
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Taiwan
North Korea
Iraq
United States
U.S
Takehiko Yamamoto
Wasella University
Tokyo
Yamamoto
America
Japan
Andrew Yang
Chinese Center For Advanced Policy Studies
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China
Yang
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Air Force
Henry A. Obering III
Missile Defense Agency
Korean Peninsula
South Korea
Kenneth Wells
Center For
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Snoiteh
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