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U.S. pullout deadlines non-extendable, Iraqi government says
May 5, 2009The Iraqi government will not extend the June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq’s cities, a government spokesperson said today.
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Iran attacks Kurdish guerillas with helicopters
May 4, 2009Original source: Iranian helicopter gunships and artillery units pummeled suspected Kurdish guerilla positions in northern Iraq at the weekend. Tehran has regularly shelled Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PEJAK) bases in Iraq in recent years,...
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Carter denounces Bolivian separatist movements
May 4, 2009Translated from Mexico City-based La Jornada by Emile Schepers LA PAZ -- Jimmy Carter, the former president of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner, denounced on May 2 separatist movements in Bolivia. He anticipated...
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Economic downturn puts treatment of millions at risk
May 4, 2009JOHANNESBURG, 29 April 2009 (PlusNews) - After months of speculation about how the global economic downturn might affect HIV/AIDS programmes, a new World Bank report details the projected aftermath of the crisis and how it could...
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Cases of AH1N1 flu at 787 worldwide
May 4, 2009GENEVA (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned on Sunday that the number of AH1N1 flu virus cases is still growing with 787 cases confirmed in 17 nations. Mexico is still the most affected...
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