At least 45 Iraqis were killed in a series of bomb attacks in the last 24 hours in Iraq, sources said Thursday. Also Thursday, 18 decapitated bodies were found on the banks of the River Tigris in southern Baghdad, a police source said.
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Archive for June, 2007
Iraqi death count
Saturday, June 30th, 2007Study: helmets don’t make you safer
Friday, June 29th, 2007A study revealed that cars are more likely to hit you if you wear a helmet.
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String Bikinis: Now Available for Toddlers!
Friday, June 29th, 2007String bikinis are now available to toddlers.
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Police: Diabetic Man Missing After Being Kicked Off Train
Friday, June 29th, 2007A 65-year-old St. Louis man is missing after Amtrak personnel, mistaking his diabetic shock for drunk and disorderly behavior, kicked him off a train in the middle of a national forest.
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Obama: Impeachment for “intentional breeches”
Friday, June 29th, 2007Presidential candidate Barack Obama said he doesn’t support impeachment either President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney, “I think you reserve impeachment for grave, grave breeches, and intentional breeches of the president’s authority,” he said.
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Americans spend 15 billion on bottle water
Friday, June 29th, 2007Americans spent $15 billion dollars on bottled water last year.
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Woman to marry herself
Friday, June 29th, 2007A woman in the Netherlands is getting married to herself. “We live in a ‘Me’ society,” she said.
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Scientists make peanut butter diamonds
Friday, June 29th, 2007Scientists turned peanut butter into diamonds.
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Scientists look for AIDS cure in African prostitutes
Friday, June 29th, 2007Scientists are studying African prostitutes that don’t have AIDS.
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Spice Girls are back!
Friday, June 29th, 2007The Spice Girls are getting back together.
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Showdown between congress, White House looming
Thursday, June 28th, 2007The White House, under attack from Congress for allegedly firing federal prosecutors based on political affiliation, asserted executive privilege Thursday and said they could not turn over documents that could shed light on the prosecutors’ firings.
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Shanghai drivers switch to music horns
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Shanghai drivers started using musical horns.
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US man is first black, youngest to fly solo around the world
Thursday, June 28th, 2007A 23-year-old Jamaican-American on Wednesday became the youngest person and the first black pilot to fly solo around the globe as he glided into Miami after a three-month journey he hopes will be an inspiration to inner-city kids.
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Congress subpoenas White House on eavesdropping
Thursday, June 28th, 2007The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday issued subpoenas to the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney’s office over President George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program.
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Report: Iraqi security training unsuccessful
Thursday, June 28th, 2007The United States has spent more than $19 billion training hundreds of thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police officers, but they are still not ready to provide security, a congressional report said on Wednesday. The Pentagon “cannot report in detail how many of the 346,500 Iraqi military and police personnel that the coalition trained are operational today,” according to the 250-page report.
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Poll: Young Americans believe Iraq War heading toward successful conclusion
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Young Americans are more likely than the general public to favor a government-run universal health care insurance system, an open-door policy on immigration and the legalization of gay marriage, according to a New York Times/CBS News/MTV poll. The poll also found that they are more likely to say the war in Iraq is heading to a successful conclusion.
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Psychiatrists top list in drug company gifts
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Psychiatrists earn more money from drug makers than doctors in any other specialty.
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Blair appointed special envoy for Mid. East
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Tony Blair today was appointed special envoy for the Middle East.
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Man killed in yahtzee fight
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007A man was killed in a yahtzee-induced brawl.
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Poll: Border restrictions hinder tourism
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007A recent survey of mayors in major U.S. cities found that “unfriendly treatment” of overseas visitors at U.S. entry points is driving away tourism, resulting in significant economic losses.
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