U.S. military officials say the man was a key organizer of a militant plot to kill Anbar Awakening leaders.
The U.S. military said today that its forces had captured a man allegedly responsible for the killing of a tribal leader credited with organizing local forces against Al Qaeda-linked insurgents in the western province of Anbar.
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The network aims to broaden its reach and ability to strike by taking over regional Islamic militant groups.
WASHINGTON — Secure in its haven in northwestern Pakistan, a resurgent Al Qaeda is trying to expand its network, in some cases by executing corporate-style takeovers of regional Islamic extremist groups, according to U.S. intelligence officials and counter-terrorism experts.
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Foreign tourists are among the dead on Phuket, where the aircraft carrying 130 people broke in two on landing and caught fire.
A low-budget airline crashed and burst into flames while landing in heavy rain on Thailand's resort island of Phuket today, killing at least 88 people, including an unknown number of foreign tourists.
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Colin McRae, whose fascination with cars grew into an obsession that led him to 25 wins in a World Rally Championship career, was killed in a helicopter crash along with his 5-year-old son and two others, police said today. He was 39.
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In Baghdad, a Sunni in a Shiite enclave finds that old friendships can evaporate, leaving only a desire for vengeance.
-- When a friend from the old neighborhood rang Abu Ali after sunrise one day this month to tell him that his house had been destroyed, the middle-aged Sunni confessed to himself that he felt happy.
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An al-Qaida front group threatened to assassinate Sunni leaders who "stained the reputations" of their people by supporting the Americans as the Iraqi government's parliament base fragmented Saturday with the defection of a hardline Shiite bloc.
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A bus carrying tourists including passengers of a flight from Phoenix crashed in western Mexico on Saturday, killing at least 17 people, authorities said.
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Pakistan's ruling party assured President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Saturday that he would be elected to a new five-year term in October before exiled opposition leader Benazir Bhutto returns to the country.
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American commanders in southern Iraq say Shiite sheiks are showing interest in joining forces with the U.S. military against extremists, in much the same way that Sunni clansmen in the western part of the country have worked with American forces against al-Qaida.
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Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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A Thai airliner carrying 130 passengers crashed on landing at Phuket in driving rain, killing 87 and injuring several others on board.
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Pakistan's Election Commission has amended the Presidential Election Rules 1988 to prevent General Musharraf from being disqualified.
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Eleven countries joined the US and four other key nuclear fuel nations in an effort to promote nuclear power as an energy solution through a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership.
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Osama bin Laden has not chaired a meeting of Al-Qaida's ruling shura or council in more than two years. Laden's number two al-Zawahiri has rebuilt the terror network.
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The sole suspect in the radiation poisoning death of Kremlin foe Alexander Litvinenko has been nominated to run for parliament on a pro-Kremlin ultranationalist party's ticket.
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The sole suspect in the radiation poisoning death of Kremlin foe Alexander
Litvinenko has been nominated to run for parliament on a pro-Kremlin
ultranationalist party's ticket, according to a Russian news agency report
Sunday citing the party's leader.
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Kate and Gerry McCann returned to Britain six days ago with the tide of public opinion turning against them. The huge outpouring of sympathy and support that followed the disappearance of their three-year-old daughter Madeleine in Portugal on 3 May had given way to shock and confusion for many of their supporters when the couple were named as formal suspects by police.
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The late lamented opera star Luciano Pavarotti was still lying in state in Modena Cathedral last week when the rumours started. Alberto Mattioli, a journalist writing for La Stampa, the Turin-based daily, cut through the mood of mourning with harsh, unsourced claims that the tenor had been miserable in his second marriage and would have separated from his young wife, Nicoletta, if he had lived. He also warned that there was likely to be a battle over the singer's will, in particular over an apartment he owned in New York.
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Kate and Gerry McCann face questioning by Leicestershire police this week, with 40 questions sent by the Portuguese authorities. These are likely to focus on alleged discrepancies in statements provided by the McCanns and their friends about the night Madeleine disappeared.
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The parents of Madeleine McCann have contacted the lawyers of a man charged with murder who successfully challenged sniffer dog evidence after a judge in the US to threw out prosecution claims that the dogs had detected the smell of a corpse.
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Chinese police were searching Monday for a man suspected of intentionally setting off explosives at a restaurant where he had invited dozens of guests, killing nine people and injuring 25, a police statement said.
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Israel's chief of military intelligence was ordered Sunday not to discuss an alleged air raid on Syria before a powerful parliamentary panel, tightening the veil of secrecy the government has thrown around the issue.
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Al Qaeda still lurks in the area, so the farmers were happy to see us. One woman said that seeing the army out there was a blessing from God.
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Iraq’s government said it was barring the operations of Blackwater USA, which protects top U.S. officials.
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France announced that it would work to set up European sanctions modeled on those by the U.S. if the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on tougher measures.
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According to the passenger manifest, almost all of the survivors had one thing in common: they were all seated in the middle or the back of the aircraft.
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The World Bank and the United Nations are creating a system to help track assets stolen by corrupt leaders.
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The Supreme Court today started hearing a case against the plans of Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, to get re-elected while still in military uniform.
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A team studying Hussein-era records finds that each one of the more than 11 million pages is witness to a family's suffering.
BAGHDAD — Staring directly at the camera, Zahra Badri begins: "I have not had one good day in my life."
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Francisco Javier Arellano Felix avoids a death penalty by admitting to running a $20-million cartel.
The former head of a violent Tijuana crime family who was apprehended last year while on a deep-sea fishing trip pleaded guilty today to running a drug cartel and conspiracy to launder money.
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Meanwhile, Pakistan's high court begins hearing legal challenges to the president's reelection plans.
In a controversial step, election officials today announced a rule change under which President Pervez Musharraf would be allowed to stand for reelection while still serving as head of Pakistan's military.
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Interior Ministry accuses Blackwater's security employees of killing eight civilians.
Iraq's Interior Ministry canceled the license of controversial American security firm Blackwater USA today after Iraqi officials charged that eight civilians were shot by company bodyguards accompanying a U.S. State Department motorcade the day before in Baghdad.
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Maritime and land feuds heat up as old pacts clash with new rules of fairness. At stake are coveted resources.
-- Colombia says Nicaragua gave up all claims to this idyllic Caribbean island in a 1928 treaty. Nicaragua contends that it signed the treaty at the point of a gun while occupied by U.S. Marines and that it is the rightful owner.
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The Iraqi government today ordered Blackwater USA, the security firm that protects U.S. diplomats, to stop work and leave the country after the fatal shooting of eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack against a State Department convoy.
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For the first time ever, a group of women in the only country that bans female drivers has formed a committee to lobby for the right to get behind the wheel, and they plan to petition Saudi Arabian King Abdullah in the next few days for the privilege.
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