Friday, May 09, 2008
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by Waleed Ibrahim

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained a man suspected of being the head of al Qaeda in Iraq after a captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the northern city of Mosul, several Iraqi officials said on Friday.

But 12 hours after the Iraqi announcement, the U.S. military said it still had no confirmation that Abu Ayyub al-Masri, an Egyptian, had been seized.

A senior Iraqi security source in Mosul who declined to be identified said the detained man was an Iraqi, not Egyptian, adding he had been caught in a house alone with just one gun and some religiou
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The iconic New York State Supreme Court house, a popular backdrop for movies and television shows, was busy preparing for Monday's sh   [READ MORE]
 
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition des   [READ MORE]
 
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Seven astronauts climbed inside the space shuttle Discovery on Friday as part of a dress rehearsal for a May 31 mission t   [READ MORE]
 
YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations said it would resume aid flights to cyclone-struck Myanmar despite the military government's seizure of food supplies   [READ MORE]
Olmert defies calls to resign over bribe probe
by Alastair Macdonald and Adam Entous
 
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defied a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash f   [READ MORE]
 
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Eight years ago, Colombian rocker Juanes was an immigrant seeking opportunities in Los Angeles before he found a music producer who   [READ MORE]
 
 
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