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Iran given ‘weeks not months’ to mull atomic offer

BERLIN (Reuters) — Western powers on Friday gave Iran just weeks to respond to a package of incentives to suspend its nuclear enrichment programme. The offer, which EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana personally delivered to

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Autopsy on Zarqawi’s body

BAGHDAD (AP) — The American military flew in two forensic specialists Saturday to examine the body of slain Al Qaeda chieftain Abu Mussab Zarqawi “to see how he actually died” in an effort to reconstruct the last minutes of his life, a US general said.

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Early blow to hopes for respite in Iraq violence

BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni Arab insurgents on Saturday displayed the videotaped beheading of three men — alleged members of a Shiite death squad — signalling their determination to fight on despite the  death of Abu Mussab Zarqawi.

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