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U.S. deaths in Iraq reach 3,000

U.S. deaths in Iraq reach 3,000:
The U.S. military on Sunday announced its 3,000th fatality from the Iraq war.

Iraq: 12,000 civilians killed in 2006 (AP)

Iraq: 12,000 civilians killed in '06 (AP):

AP - Iraq reported Tuesday that more than 12,000 civilians were killed last year — the third full year since the U.S.-led invasion — with a dramatic rise in the last three months, when 5,000 died. Only about half as many Iraqi soldiers died in 2006 as American troops.

Contestation indépendantiste au Baloutchistan

Contestation indépendantiste au Baloutchistan:
De graves troubles ont éclaté au Baloutchistan, une province du Pakistan, à la suite de l'assassinat d'un dirigeant indépendantiste au mois d'août 2006. Cette région, frontalière de l'Iran et de l'Afghanistan, qui a toujours contesté l'autorité d'Islamabad, connaît depuis quelques mois une nouvelle (...)
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New video shows 5 kidnapped in Iraq (AP)

New video shows 5 kidnapped in Iraq (AP):

AP - Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday to The Associated Press.

A "Surge" to Save Bush's Legacy

A 'Surge' to Save Bush's Legacy:
With 3,000 American soldiers already dead along with possibly a half million or more Iraqis, Bush is determined to escalate the war in the Middle East into a pitched battle for his presidential legacy.

Was victory in Iraq ever possible?

Was victory in Iraq ever possible?:
Virtually everyone now agrees that the war in Iraq has been a vast mistake. But what, exactly, was the nature of that mistake? The isolationist left and the realist right, George McGovern and Brent Scowcroft, emphasize that our error was intervening in the absence of overwhelming national interest. At the opposite end of the foreign policy continuum, the neoconservatives contend that invading Iraq was a perfectly good idea undermined by incompetent implementation. In the space between are liberal hawks who originally supported the war and a variety of skeptics who didn't. They now tend to agree that the war was both a mistake in theory and a disaster in execution.

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4 U.N. peacekeepers in Sudan sent home (AP)

4 U.N. peacekeepers in Sudan sent home (AP):
AP - Four U.N. peacekeepers in southern Sudan have been sent home in the past year following investigations of alleged sexual abuse and the United Nations is looking into reports that more than 20 children were raped and abused, the U.N. spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Pourquoi l'Ethiopie attaque la Somalie

L'Ethiopie a revendiqué la victoire mardi contre les miliciens de l''Union des Tribunaux islamiques, qu'elle avait attaqués en Somalie. Les combats auraient fait un millier de morts. Les organisations humanitaires redoutent des conséquences pour les civils, mais sont seulement en train d'évaluer la situation.

Lire la suite ici: Pourquoi l’Ethiopie attaque la Somalie

Karadzic, Mladic should not evade trial: U.S. envoy

Karadzic, Mladic should not evade trial: U.S. envoy:
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Two top Bosnian Serb war crimes suspects should still face an international court if captured after the closure of the U.N. war crimes court in three years, a U.S. envoy was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

In Somalia, A Fragile Hold on Power

In Somalia, A Fragile Hold on Power:
On Scene: The Islamists are ousted, but the country's new leaders -- including the son of a warlord who once battled the U.S. -- are far from solidly entrenched