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Suicide bomb hurts Iraq deputy PM
IRAQ'S deputy prime minister, a Sunni who crossed the country's sectarian divide to join the Shiite-led government, is being treated in hospital after a suicide bombing at his official residence yesterday. At least nine people were killed.
Scotsman Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:22:13 GMT
Ahmadinejad Cancels His U.N. Address
UNITED NATIONS, March 23 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday canceled plans to visit New York to address the U.N. Security Council on the eve of a Saturday vote to impose new sanctions on Tehran, according to U.S. and Iranian officials.
The Washington Post Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
House Passes Iraq Pullout Timetable
A sharply divided House voted yesterday to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq by next summer, attaching a timetable for withdrawal to the billions of dollars in war funding President Bush has demanded to prosecute an increasingly unpopular war.
The Washington Post Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Maliki Deputy Wounded in Blast
BAGHDAD, March 23 -- One of Iraq's deputy prime ministers was seriously wounded Friday in a bombing that highlighted the ability of insurgents to breach heightened security in the midst of a U.S.-led crackdown in Baghdad.
The Washington Post Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Iran Seizes 15 British Seamen
LONDON, March 23 -- Iranian naval forces seized at gunpoint 15 British sailors and marines who were on a "routine" mission inspecting merchant ships in Iraqi waters, British defense officials said Friday. The capture appears to be deliberate retaliation at a time when Tehran is under mounting...
The Washington Post Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Iraq's deputy PM hurt in suicide bomb
Salam al-Zubaie's condition unknown; 9 others killed near Green Zone; Al Qaida claims responsibility.
jpost.com Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:14:06 +0200
White House Condemns Attack on Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister
The White House strongly condemns suicide attack that seriously wounded Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zoubai. "It's another completely reprehensible act that demonstrates that there are some terrorists who are going to do whatever they can to try to disrupt things," White House spokesman Tony Snow tells reporters.
USINFO.STATE.GOV Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:06:58 -0400
Iranian Navy Detains British Sailors in Persian Gulf
The Iranian navy detained 15 British sailors and marines today, in disputed waters in the Persian Gulf. The British defense ministry says the troops were seized and held at gunpoint after inspecting a cargo ship.
NPR Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:48:00 EDT
Bush Calls Mideast Leaders Seeking Support for Peace Process
President Bush telephones leaders in the Middle East to seek their support for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as she embarks on her third trip to the region in 2007, aiming to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. "This will be hard work. It's not easy to get all parties headed in the right direction," Bush says. "But it's necessary work for this country, and it's necessary for our secretary of state, with my strong approval, to be moving the process forward."
USINFO.STATE.GOV Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:12:36 -0400
U.S. Seeks To Limit Iranian Economic, Diplomatic Capabilities
The United States sees Iran's hand at work in the four primary crises troubling the Middle East currently and is determined to limit Tehran's ability to play a negative role in the region, a State Department official says. Speaking at a conference, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns identifies the primary foreign policy challenges in the Middle East as the continuing unrest in Iraq, Hezbollah's efforts to bring down the democratically elected government in Lebanon, the rise of rejectionist Palestinian forces who threaten progress towards peace with Israel and Iran's nuclear program. "What we have tried to do over the course of the last year or two is to put together a rather comprehensive policy to try to blunt, limit and contain Iran's ability to be successful in those four areas," Burns says.
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