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Iraq Morgue Tells the Updated Story
    Brian Conley and Isam Rashid
BAGHDAD - Baghdad's central morgue received more than a thousand bodies each 
month this year, a doctor has revealed. The body count here gives a more 
accurate picture of the story in Baghdad than any official statistics.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33520

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"U.S. Military Hides Many More Hadithas"
    Aaron Glantz and Alaa Hassan
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi doctor who was in Haditha during a deadly U.S. raid last 
year says there are many more stories like that in Haditha that are yet 
untold.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33506

Multiply Haditha By Thousands
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33473

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Iraq's Chairing of U.N. Rights Committee Faulted
    Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly is expected to elect Iraq as 
chair of a key committee on human rights. But the proposed election comes at 
a time when the U.N. and several human rights organisations have accused 
successive U.S.-backed governments in Baghdad of either committing or 
ignoring human rights abuses in the military-occupied country.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33529

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AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Regaining Influence, Report Warns
    Sanjay Suri
LONDON - The Taliban are beginning to regain influence in the south of 
Afghanistan, according to an independent group actively engaged in local 
work in the region.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33512

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Afghan Camps in Pakistan to Close in July
    Pakhtun Sahar - Pajhwok Afghan News
KABUL - It took a meeting in Qatar's capital Doha for officials from 
Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 
to agree on the future of four Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33504

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Ramadi Becomes Another Fallujah
    Brian Conley
AMMAN - These days, Ramadi is nearly impossible to enter. Against the 
backdrop of the Haditha massacre, IPS has received reports of civilians 
killed by snipers, and homes occupied with American snipers on their roof, 
while families were detained downstairs.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33489

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MIDEAST: Still Some Food in the Garbage
    Sanjay Suri
LONDON - Children rummage through garbage cans for discarded food for their 
one meal during the day. Families wait to buy discount-priced vegetables 
left unsold in the evening. These are not locally exaggerated accounts of 
the situation in Palestinian areas, but an official account by the World 
Food Programme.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33471

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U.N. Urged to Host World Summit on Nukes
    Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - An international commission on nuclear, biological and 
chemical weapons has urged the U.N. General Assembly to convene a world 
summit on disarmament, non-proliferation and terrorist use of weapons of 
mass destruction (WMD).
http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=33463

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ALGERIA: A Woman's Place? Just About Everywhere.
    Kaci Racelma
ALGIERS - In years gone by, Algerians who used the term "women's work" would 
probably have been referring to tasks such as weaving, the manufacture of 
terra cotta pots, and the production of traditional cakes. Custom in this 
predominantly Muslim country of North Africa ensured that women were first 
and foremost wives and homemakers.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33459

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Gulf States Rethink U.S.-Led Security Alliance
    Analysis by Trita Parsi
WASHINGTON - Amid increasing tensions between Tehran and Washington over 
Iran's nuclear programme, the George W. Bush administration is courting the 
Persian/Arab Gulf monarchies with the same proposal it offered them 15 years 
ago after the first Gulf War -- purchase U.S. armoury in the billions and 
Washington will protect you against your Persian nemesis.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33455

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U.S.-IRAN: Conditional Offer for Talks Seen as a Gamble
    Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Wednesday's unprecedented offer by U.S. Secretary of State 
Condoleezza Rice to join multilateral negotiations over Tehran's nuclear 
programme was hailed as a positive step by Iran specialists here, who 
warned, however, that its conditional nature could prove problematic.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33447

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IRAQ: Kurds Join In, With an Eye on Independence
    Mohammed A. Salih
ARBIL - Sipping tea at a café in Arbil, Moayed Rafiq, 25, watches news of a 
car bombing in Baghdad on an Arab television channel. Others around him also 
watch, quietly.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33445