Iraq Assassination Reignites Tensions (Time.com)
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Time.com - As the curfew on Sadr City was set to be lifted, a Moqtada al-Sadr associate is killed, threatening Shi'ite violence
US counting on ‘diplomatic surge’ for Iraq (AFP)
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AFP - President George W. Bush this week celebrated security gains from the US troop "surge" in Iraq -- but made clear that US hopes rest heavily on what some aides call "the diplomatic surge."
After Eight Ballots, Iraq Vet Wins Minnesota Dem Contest (CQPolitics.com)
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CQPolitics.com - First-time politician and Iraq War veteran Ashwin Madia secured the Democratic endorsement for the seat of retiring Minnesota Republican Rep. Jim Ramstad on Saturday after state Sen. Terri Bonoff conceded the contest.
More Gitmo trial boycotts loom (AP)
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AP - Defendants at Guantanamo Bay are turning their backs on U.S. war crimes trials, creating complications in the long-stalled effort to prosecute suspected terrorists.
US military deaths in Iraq at 4,032 (AP)
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AP - As of Saturday, April 12, 2008, at least 4,032 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,288 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Britain monitoring 30 terror plots: Home Secretary (AFP)
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AFP - British police and security agencies are keeping tabs on 30 terror plots, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told a Sunday newspaper.
Nine killed in Iran mosque attack (AFP)
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AFP - Nine people were killed and over 100 wounded Saturday when a bomb ripped through a mosque in Iran's southern city of Shiraz, in an unprecedented strike on a non-frontier Iranian urban centre, officials said.
Chertoff defends immigration enforcement (AP)
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AP - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he feels the pain of employers pinched by intensified efforts to control illegal immigration, but adds that until Congress enacts broad immigration reforms they shouldn't expect any changes in enforcement.
Bomb explodes in Iranian mosque, 8 killed (Reuters)
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Reuters - A bomb exploded in a mosque in southern Iran on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 60 others, Iranian media reported.
Bomb kills several in southern Iran (AP)
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AP - A bomb explosion in a mosque in southern Iran Saturday killed several of people, state television reported.