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 Twin blasts kill 5 at market south of Baghdad 
 Police: Bus driver had heart attack in Md. crash 
 Iran: Nuclear delay due to leak, not computer worm 
 Iraq’s Sunni-backed bloc united against al-Maliki 
 Iraq’s pro-Sunni bloc united against al-Maliki bid 
 Iran: Leak, not computer worm, behind plant delay 
 Bomb hits convoy of Iraqi official, kills 1 
 Osama bin Laden softens tone, but to what end? 
 In 2nd tape, bin Laden urges Pakistan flood relief 
 Iraqi Shiite cleric backs al-Maliki in key boost 
 Iraqi Shiite cleric backs al-Maliki BAGHDAD — Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is backing Iraq’s prime minister to retain power in a move that could speed an end to the seven-month political impasse. 
 Bin Laden uses Pakistani floods to drum up support 
 Failed bank heist in Baghdad leaves 3 dead 
 DC sightseers hurt in bus crash still in hospitals 
 Failed bank heist in Baghdad leaves 2 police dead 
 DC sightseers hurt in bus crash, driver killed 
 Driver dead, dozen hurt in bus plunge outside DC 
 Bus driver killed in plunge off DC-area highway 
 1 dead, dozen hurt in bus crash outside DC 
 1 dead, more hurt in bus crash outside DC BETHESDA, Md. — A commuter bus plunged off a highway Wednesday outside the nation’s capital, killing one person and injuring about a dozen, including children, authorities said. 
 1 may be dead in bus crash on highway outside DC 
 Survivors of capsized boat put on other US ship 
 Iraqi Shiite militia hints of Iran’s hand in south 
 BAGHDAD — Officials say three police officers have been killed in late night attacks in two northern Iraqi cities, including a bombing that also injured eight bystanders. 
 Congress asked for study of urological war wounds 
 Navy says 13 die during rescue of boat off Somalia 
 African migrants boat capsizes near Yemen, 13 die 
 Silenced slayings on the rise in Iraq BAGHDAD — For about $100 at outlaw workshops, gunmen can get what’s become the tool of choice in Baghdad these days: silencers for pistols and automatic weapons. 
 Magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills 1 in south Iran 
 Baghdad bomb injures Iraqi state TV news anchor 
 Iran crosses into Iraq to hit bombing suspects 
 Iraqi women embrace American mothers of war dead 
 Iran kills bombing suspects in border clash 
 Iraqi government employee killed in ambush 
 4 Iraqi police killed in blast near Fallujah 
 Israel: Settlers brace for end of building freeze 
 Al-Qaida in Iraq claims Baghdad bombings BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida’s front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for two Baghdad bombings last week that killed at least 31 people at a government security agency and what it called an “evil” mobile phone provider. 
 Iraqi police say blast kills 4 children in Baghdad 
 Fallujah raid highlights Iraq’s security concerns 
 Baghdad gunmen kill army officer in ambush 
 Iran says group behind deadly bombing identified 
 Probe of UPS crash in Dubai looks at cargo risks 
 Bomb attack kills 12 people in western Iran 
 Violence in east Jerusalem clouds peace efforts 
 Bomb attack kills 7 people in western Iran 
 Bomb attack kills 10 people in western Iran 
 Iraqi tennis player aims to be Venus in wheelchair 
 Blast kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in country’s north 
 Kurdish rebels extend Turkish cease-fire one week 
 Report: Kurdish rebels extend cease-fire ANKARA, Turkey — A news agency says Kurdish rebels have extended by a week a unilateral cease-fire that they declared for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 
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