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| UN experts urge Guantanamo closure after suicides... | Yahoo! News - Top Stories | |
| Reuters - Five United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urged the closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay after last week's suicides there that they said were predictable given the harsh conditions. |
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| Clashes, car bomb as Iraq launches Baghdad sweep ... | Yahoo! News - Top Stories | |
| Reuters - Clashes broke out between insurgents and Iraqi security forces and a car bomb killed at least two people in Baghdad on Wednesday as the government launched a security clampdown to root out al Qaeda militants. |
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| Wade can't be stopped as Heat shock Mavs ... |
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| AP - With just one tick left on the clock, Dwyane Wade tipped away Dallas' final, futile attempt. | ||
| Two foreign soldiers, 14 Taliban killed in Afghan... | Yahoo! News - Top Stories | |
| Reuters - Two foreign soldiers and 14 rebels have been killed in the latest clashes in the most serious spell of violence in Afghanistan since the Taliban were overthrown in 2001, military officials said on Wednesday. |
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| Coalition troops prepare Afghan offensive ... |
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| AP - More than 11,000 coalition troops were preparing Wednesday for their biggest offensive since the fall of the Taliban five years ago with an attack on militants responsible for a deadly upsurge in violence across southern Afghanistan. | ||
| Bush's Baghdad trip underlines power of new Iraqi... | Yahoo! News - Top Stories | |
| AFP - US President George W. Bush's lightning trip to Baghdad threw a spotlight on the fledgling Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as it seeks to pacify a raging insurgency. | ||
| Jerry Lewis suffers 'mild' heart attack ... |
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| AP - Comedian Jerry Lewis postponed a July engagement to perform live after suffering a heart attack Sunday that a casino spokeswoman described as "mild." | ||
| Huge anti-Taliban operation under way in Afghanis... | Yahoo! News - Top Stories | |
| AFP - Coalition and Afghan forces have launched their biggest counterinsurgency operation since the fall of the Taliban and are preparing to move into new rebel strongholds, the coalition said. | ||
| Pentagon to disclose interrogation tactics ... |
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| AP - In the face of growing criticism over the treatment of detainees, Pentagon officials have decided to make public all of the military's interrogation techniques. | ||
| Out of jail, Indonesian radical urges Islamic uni... | Yahoo! News - Top Stories | |
| Reuters - Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir walked out of a Jakarta jail on Wednesday after serving time for links to the 2002 Bali bombings, calling on jubilant supporters to join forces for the spread of Islamic law. |
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