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Saddam nuclear material sent to Canada
Dublin News.Net
US and Iraqi officials have sent a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium to a Canadian port, in a top-secret operation.
Israel accused of burying nuclear wastes in Golan Heights
Dublin News.Net
Syria has called on the United Nations to exert pressure on Israel to 'stop its continued practices and aggressions against Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan who suffer from the Israeli daily flagrant violations', the Syrian Arab News Agency reported this week.
US government rushes to secure terror prisoners
Dublin News.Net
The Bush government in the US is believed to be drawing up plans to push Guantanamo prison inmates into normal jails.
Mbeki speaks to Mugabe and breakaway MDC chief
Dublin News.Net
Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa, has held talks in Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, leader of a breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change.
Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy
Reuters
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week...
Hungarian right-wingers invade Gay Pride parade
Dublin News.Net
Hungarian riot police have waded into far-right extremists after they tried to break up the annual gay parade in the capital Budapest.
Massive riot in Syrian jail
Dublin News.Net
A jail for political prisoners has erupted in extreme violence following a crackdown by guards.
Catholic priest flies into the ocean
Dublin News.Net
A Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, Father Adelir de Carli, who flew over the Atlantic Ocean in a bizarre event, is believed to have drowned.
Al-Qaeda re-grouping in Pakistan
Dublin News.Net
A senior US security official has reportedly said that al-Qaeda is regrouping itself in tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
DNA frees another US inmate
Dublin News.Net
Patrick Waller has become a free man in the US after being wrongly convicted and imprisoned for more than 15 years.
Man decapitates wax
IOL
Berlin - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said. Just minutes after the museum...
Obama insists he intends ending Iraq War
Dublin News.Net
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama told reporters Saturday he remains committed to ending the war in Iraq.
California wildfires strain state
New York Post
A wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of...
Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
New York Post
Earlier in the day as he flew from Montana to Missouri, Obama told reporters he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and reaffirmed his commitment to...
US removes uranium from Iraq
New York Post
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a...
Finalists Federer, Nadal know each other well
New York Post
... amp;quot;I don't know how it will be looked at in many years' time, because at the moment, you are right in it, and you try to win the matches that come along against your main rival. It's hard," Federer...
Busch holds on to win under caution at Daytona
New York Post
Kyle Busch fell a lap down at Talladega and came back to win. So when a steering problem dropped him to the back of the field at Daytona, he didn't panic. He simply...
McCain struggles to regain footing
New York Post
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to...
Afghan president orders probe into civilian deaths
Reuters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into a U.S.-led coalition airstrike that local officials say killed 15 civilians, but the U.S. military says killed only...
Bush, Fukuda lay out goals for G-8 summit in Japan
New York Post
Before focusing on global challenges, President Bush sought on Sunday to address Tokyo's concerns that progress in ending a nuclear standoff with North Korea has not helped...
Fires consume more of California
CNN
The two Los Padres blazes were among 335 active wildfires in California, down from a peak of roughly 1,500 fires a few days ago, but they were commanding the greatest share of equipment and personnel...
Grief leads father to create bomb-defusing robot
New York Post
Brian Hart didn't channel his grief quietly. Committed to "preventing the senseless from recurring," he railed against the military on his blog for shortcomings in supplying armor to soldiers. The...

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