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AP - Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav leader who orchestrated the
 Balkan wars of the 1990s and was on trial for war crimes, was found
 dead in his prison cell near The Hague, the U.N. tribunal said
 Saturday.

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AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained 20 suspected insurgents early
 Saturday, four at a west Baghdad mosque identified by the U.S. military
 as a possible haven for al-Qaida in Iraq.

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AP - Pakistani soldiers backed by helicopter gunships attacked a
 suspected militant hideout in Pakistan's volatile tribal region near
 the Afghan border and killed about 30 militants.

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AP - Two militants were executed by hanging on Saturday for the killing
 in Amman of a U.S. diplomat.

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AP - Spain observed a low-key remembrance of the Madrid terror bombings
 on Saturday's second anniversary of the attacks, as a delegation from
 Morocco -- home to many of the suspects -- fell silent at a station
 targeted in the massacre.

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AFP - The European Union has downplayed the significance of remarks by
 Britain's foreign minister that independence for the UN-run Serbian
 province of Kosovo was "almost inevitable".

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AP - The body of the only American among four Christian peace activists
 kidnapped late last year was found in west Baghdad with gunshots to his
 head and chest, Iraqi police said Saturday.

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AP - Security workers confiscated posters from fans at the World
 Baseball Classic on Friday, the day after an anti-Castro sign appeared
 in the stands of a Cuba-Netherlands game, provoking an international
 incident.

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AFP - Nigerian separatist rebels have rejected an appeal from tribal
 elders for them to release three Western oil workers and warned: "The
 hostages are going nowhere".

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AFP - North Korea has urged the United States to change its "biased"
 nuclear policy against the Stalinist state, insisting on its right to
 peaceful nuclear activities.

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Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The equalization program that sees
 richer provinces sharing money with poorer ones has been rendered a
 "mess" by the former Liberal government's side deals with Newfoundland
 and Nova Scotia, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday.

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AFP - Australia's competition watchdog has said it was withdrawing its
 opposition to a hostile, 4.6 billion dollar (3.45 billion US) takeover
 by logistics giant Toll Holdings of rival transport firm Patrick
 Corporation.

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