February 28, 2006

‘Execution order’ presented at Saddam trial (AFP)

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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein listens to the one of the prosecutors as his trial resumes in Baghdad. Iraqi prosecutors submitted to the court trying Saddam what they said was an execution order signed by the former Iraqi dictator, as his lawyers once again stormed out of the tribunal.(AFP/Pool/Bob Strong)AFP - Iraqi prosecutors submitted to the court trying Saddam Hussein what they said was an execution order signed by the former Iraqi dictator, as his lawyers once again stormed out of the tribunal.


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China’s Hu warns Taiwan it is taking ‘dangerous step’ (AFP)

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Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf (unseen) attend a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on February 20. Jintao warned Taiwan that it was taking a "dangerous step" by abolishing an advisory council on unification with the mainland.(AFP/File/Guang Niu)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao warned Taiwan that it was taking a "dangerous step" by abolishing an advisory council on unification with the mainland.


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World prepares for long battle with bird flu (AFP)

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A man photographs seagulls and swans in Regents Park in central London. France battled the first poultry outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in the European Union and Britain predicted it would soon be hit, as world experts gathered in Paris prepared for a long, hard battle against the deadly virus.(AFP/File/Andrew Stuart)AFP - France battled the first poultry outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in the European Union and Britain predicted it would soon be hit, as world experts gathered in Paris prepared for a long, hard battle against the deadly virus.


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US fourth-quarter growth revised up to 1.6 percent (AFP)

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A construction worker erects a house in Centreville, Virginia. The Commerce Department said the US economy expanded by a revised 1.6 percent in the last three months of 2005, compared to an initial estimate of 1.1 percent.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - The US economy expanded by a revised 1.6 percent in the last three months of 2005, compared to an initial estimate of 1.1 percent, the Commerce Department revealed.


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Rolling Stones to Hold Concert in China (AP)

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Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs at the Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, during part of their 'Bigger Bang' tour.(AP Photo/Roberto Velazquez)AP - The Rolling Stones will hold their first-ever concert in China in April, Chinese promoters said Tuesday, three years after canceling a pair of shows on the mainland because of the SARS outbreak.


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NHL Set to Return From Olympic Break (AP)

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Sweden celebrates their 3-2 win over Finland in the gold medal ice hockey match at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy Sunday Feb. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Mats Sundin partied in Sweden with the rest of his Olympic teammates at a gold-medal celebration in Stockholm on Monday.


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Baghdad bombs kill 30 (Reuters)

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Iraqis carry the coffin of a mortar attack victim in Baghdad February 27, 2006. Mortar fire killed 15 people and shooting erupted around two Baghdad mosques on Sunday but pleas for unity and a third day of curfew in the city seemed to dampen sectarian violence that has pitched Iraq toward civil war. REUTERS/Ali JasimReuters - Bombs killed at least 30 people in
Baghdad and wrecked the tomb of Saddam Hussein's father on
Tuesday as the ousted leader was in court for the first time
since days of sectarian violence pitched Iraq toward civil war.


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Iran won’t give up nuclear program: minister (Reuters)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (R) is escorted by Japanese counterpart Taro Aso before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guest house in Tokyo, February 27, 2006. REUTERS/Issei KatoReuters - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki said on Tuesday that Tehran will not give up its
nuclear program, but that ongoing talks with Russia to jointly
enrich uranium would ease international concerns over its
nuclear ambitions.


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Bush says bin Laden tape aided re-election: report (Reuters)

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Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush said
his 2004 re-election victory over Sen. John Kerry was
inadvertently aided by Osama bin Laden, who issued a taped
diatribe against him the Friday before Americans went to the
polls, The Examiner newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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Hamas officials say Iran to fill funding void (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Photo taken of a scene from "Munich" featuring actress Lynn Cohen(R) who plays the former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. "Munich" and "Paradise Now" -- two of the hottest Oscar contenders this year -- have brought the Middle East conflict, and controversy, to Hollywood(AFP/HO/File)Reuters - Iran has agreed to provide a Hamas-led
Palestinian Authority with enough money to make up for any cuts
in foreign aid, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday.


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