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Police say blasts caused by toy grenades filled with gunpowder

Insurgents in Iraq carried out a series of attacks against security forces in Baghdad early Thursday, killing more than 20 people.

A U.S. military judge at Fort Hood, in Texas, has thrown out a guilty plea agreement for U.S. Army Private First Class Lynndie England, who appeared in many of the most graphic photographs of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison last year. The case is now under review.

A U.S. military judge at Fort Hood, in Texas, has thrown out a guilty plea agreement for U.S. Army Private First Class Lynndie England, who appeared in many of the most graphic photographs of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison last year. The case is now under review.

Abu Farraj al-Libbi is wanted for two attempts to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf

A suicide bomber has killed at a police recruitment center in northern Iraq killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 100 others at a police recruitment center in northern Iraq. The latest bloodshed brings to around 200 the toll from six days of insurgent attacks.

Declaration comes at UN-sponsored conference on nuclear disarmament in New York.

Italy is to publish its own conclusions on the killing of intelligence officer Nicola Calipari, who died under American fire at a checkpoint in Baghdad on March Fourth. The United States released its report Saturday, clearing American soldiers of responsibility in the killing.

Italy is to publish its own conclusions on the killing of intelligence officer Nicola Calipari, who died under American fire at a checkpoint in Baghdad on March Fourth. The United States released its report Saturday, clearing American soldiers of responsibility in the killing.

Participants carried banners calling for an end to king's direct rule and restoration of democracy

Israel is hailing the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan because Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country.

Hundreds of survivors of the Dachau Nazi concentration camp have marked the 60th anniversary of their liberation.

Pope Benedict XVI wished Orthodox Christians a Happy Easter in his first appearance from his study window. Thousands of pilgrims crowded Saint Peter's Square for the event.

A conservative politician in Iran advocates cutting diplomatic ties with Britain in a dispute over Tehran's new international airport.

A conservative politician in Iran advocates cutting diplomatic ties with Britain in a dispute over Tehran's new international airport.