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Following are security developments in Iraq at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday.* denotes new or updated items. * BAQUBA – A car bomb killed 40 people and wounded 80 in the city of Baquba, 65 km (42 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
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15 April
Hundreds of Afghan refugees stranded on way home
GENEVA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Afghans seeking to return home from northwest Pakistan have been stranded because a tribal clash has closed down a road leading to Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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15 April
Putin agrees to head Russia’s biggest party
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to lead Russia’s biggest political party, a move that will bolster his power after he steps down as Kremlin leader next month.
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15 April
FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq
A U.S. soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack on his vehicle in northeastern Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said.A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier in northern Salahuddin province, the U.S. military said on Monday.
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15 April
Car bomb kills 20 north of Baghdad: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb killed 20 people and wounded 60 in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Tuesday, police said. Police said they expected the death toll to rise.
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14 April
Council for Campaign against Money Laundering Holds Meeting
TEHRAN (FNA)- Economic and finance minister presided over the first meeting of the Supreme Council for Campaign against Money Laundering here Saturday.
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14 April
Iran Blasts US Insistence on Failed Policies
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki lashed out at the United States for continuing failed policies, saying the fact that the US renewed its contract with Blackwater signals Washington’s desire to pursue its ‘failed policies’ in Iraq.
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14 April
Iran Urges UNSC to Approach Realities
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran recommended foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany to avoid following wrong strategies on Iran’s nuclear program.
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14 April
Iran Urges End to Gaza Blockade
TEHRAN (FNA)- In a letter to the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Iran has urged global support for the rights of Palestinian people.
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14 April
Swiss President Supports Gas Deal with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Swiss president voiced strong support for his country’s gas deal with Iran, and dismissed the US pressure to discourage his country from entering into the deal.
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