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Qaeda's Iraq leader Zarqawi killed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al Qaeda leader in Iraq behind a bloody campaign of bombings and beheadings, and President George W. Bush said it could help turn the tide against a long-running insurgency.
Bush: Zarqawi death may turn tide in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Thursday the killing of al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, offers a chance to "turn the tide" in the war but he urged patience and predicted more violence to come.
US: Nobody yet identified for big Zarqawi bounty
No U.S. government agency has nominated anybody for the reward, which is the largest the United States offers, along with the same amount for al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
Iran on fresh atom fuel drive despite UN powers' offer
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran launched a fresh round of uranium enrichment this week just as world powers offered it incentives to halt nuclear fuel work with the potential to produce atomic bombs, a U.N. watchdog said on Thursday.
US officials test for bird flu in arctic Alaska
BARROW, Alaska (Reuters) - In a coastal marsh near the frozen Arctic Ocean, a black-and-white feathered spectacled eider leaves a gift for Corey Rossi, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Israeli air strike kills Gaza security chief
GAZA (Reuters) - A senior Palestinian security official in the Hamas government was killed on Thursday in an Israeli aerial attack on a militant camp in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said.
Cheney defends against Specter eavesdropping rebuke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday defended himself against accusations by a leading Republican senator that he worked to thwart Senate plans to make telephone executives testify at a hearing about a U.S. domestic spying program.
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