A Sunni female member of the Iraqi parliament was kidnapped July 1 in Baghdad along with her eight bodyguards
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Jul. 2, 2006

A Sunni female member of the Iraqi parliament was kidnapped July 1 in Baghdad along with her eight bodyguards. Taiseer Najeh Awad al-Mashhadani was traveling in a three-car convoy from the province of Diyala to attend a session of parliament when she was stopped by gunmen at a checkpoint in a Shiite area east of the capital. Mashhadani is a member of the National Concord Front, the largest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament.

A Sunni female member of the Iraqi parliament was kidnapped July 1 in Baghdad along with her eight bodyguards
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Taiseer Najeh Awad al-Mashhadani was traveling in a three-car convoy from the province of Diyala to attend a session of parliament when she was stopped by gunmen at a checkpoint in a Shiite area east of the capital...
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The African Union summit opened July 1 in Banjul, Gambia, with the presidents of Venezuela and Iran in attendance
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The leaders of the 53-member union will discuss U.S. policy, the conflict in Darfur, the rise of Islamic power in Somalia, energy policy and the migration of Africans to Europe.
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The Iraqi goverment released its newest most wanted list
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Among the 41 names on the list are Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a high ranking Baathist official from the Saddam Hussein regime...
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The United States warned Nepali political factions
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...it might end its $45 million in annual economic aid if Maoist rebels are allowed to join the government without first disarming.
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Taliban militants attacked the soliders' base with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades
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Ongoing coalition-Taliban combat related to Operation Mountain Thrust, a large anti-Taliban effort in the Helmand province, resulted in the deaths of two U.K. soliders ...
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US intelligence agency CIA has reportedly confirmed that the recorded audio message of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden
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US intelligence agency CIA has reportedly confirmed that the recorded audio message of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was not doctored, and that the voice recorded in the tape was actually Osama’s.
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Banks in Switzerland have frozen the assets of members of Myanmar's Military regime
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Banks in Switzerland have frozen the assets of members of Myanmar's Military regime amid increasing concerns over the human rights situation in the Southeast Asian country.
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China opened the world's highest railway on Saturday in Tibet
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China opened the world's highest railway on Saturday, celebrating the link to Tibet as a symbol of national strength and ethnic harmony while critics decried it as a threat to Tibetan culture and the environment.
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