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November, 2006

October, 2006

  • 31 October

    Olmert gets parliament nod for far-right partner

    A far-right faction opposed to relinquishing occupied land joined Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s governing coalition on Monday, a partnership likely to complicate any peace efforts with the Palestinians.

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  • 31 October

    As US death toll spikes, Iraq asks troops to stay

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) — The killings of two Americans took the monthly US death toll in Iraq on Monday to over 100 for the first time in nearly two years, just a week before elections that could cost President George W. Bush’s Republicans control of Congress.

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