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100 killed in Iraq market blasts

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber crashed his car into a busy central Baghdad market Monday just seconds after another car bomb tore through the stalls where vendors were hawking DVDs and used clothing, leaving behind a scene of torment, pools of blood and at least 100 people dead.

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Musharraf on Jordan leg of Mideast tour

AMMAN (JT) — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was to arrive here last night for talks with King Abdullah and senior officials on bilateral ties, Mideast developments and issues of concern to the Muslim world.

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EU threatens Sudan with sanctions over Darfur

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The European Union threatened Sudan with sanctions on Monday if it refused to allow UN peacekeepers into war-torn Darfur, but rights groups and analysts said the warning was not enough to stop the killings.

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Top Somali Islamist surrenders in Kenya

NAIROBI (Reuters) — Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was under guard in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday after being taken into custody on the Somali border, Western diplomats and intelligence officials said.

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