Iraq’s political disarray deepened Wednesday when a potential kingmaker withheld his support from both big election winners and said he would ask his supporters to make the choice in a referendum. Compounding the confusion, the incumbent prime minister refused to abandon his claim of fraud and his demand for a recount. A coalition led...
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Archive for April, 2010
Al-Sadr asks backers for input on future Iraq PM
When Military Moves a War, There Are No Shortcuts
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq — Early this year a “fob in a box” — military slang for 80 shipping containers with all the tents, showers and construction material needed to set up a remote forward operating base — was put on trucks here for the trip from one war to another.
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India kicks off world’s biggest head count
India kicked off the national census of its billion-plus population Thursday with a 2.5 million strong army of census-takers fanning out across the country to conduct what has been billed the world’s largest administrative exercise. The census, conducted every 10 years, has a new element this year with the collection of biometric data in...
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Federal agent spied on militia
DETROIT | An undercover federal agent infiltrated a Christian militia group that authorities say plotted to incite violent revolt, and the agent built explosives under the direction of the group’s suspected ringleader, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Arguing for the detention of alleged Hutaree leader David Brian Stone, 44, and six other members, Assistant U.S....
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