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Top Iraqi official detained at Baghdad airport
(AP)
 AP - An Iraqi official says U.S. forces have arrested Ali al-Lami, a top Shiite in charge of keeping senior supporters of Saddam Hussein out of the government.
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9 killed as violence spreads along Pakistan border
(AP)
 AP - Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt.
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Russia frees 12 Georgians, gets rejected by China
(AP)
 AP - Russian forces turned over 12 Georgian soldiers on the border of one of the separatist provinces under its control Thursday after the short war that outraged the West and brought Moscow's military deep into Georgia.
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Thai protesters defy court order to leave compound
(AP)
 AP - Thousands of demonstrators, some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks, defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign.
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Gustav nears Jamaica as New Orleans keeps watch
(AP)
 AP - Tropical Storm Gustav was heading toward Jamaica early Thursday while many miles away, residents in the New Orleans area watched it with a nervous eye.
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Credit Agricole bank reports weak profits
(AFP)
 AFP - France's biggest retail bank Credit Agricole reported weak second-quarter net profits of 76 million euros (112 million dollars) on Thursday, as its financial and investment services suffered from depreciation of assets.
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Iraqi forces starting to lead but need US aid
(AP)
 AP - The Iraqi battalion leader huddled over the map with his American advisers, showing them how he planned to surround a Sunni enclave where al-Qaida militants were believed hiding.
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Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico
(AP)
AP - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections.
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US Suez shooting probe blames ship's wrong arrival time
(AFP)
 AFP - A US probe into the shooting of an Egyptian man by a US Navy chartered boat near the Suez Canal in March said Thursday that the ship's arrival at the wrong time was a "significant factor" in the killing.
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Anwar, back in Malaysia parliament, stages walkout
(AP)
 AP - Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim rejoined Malaysia's Parliament on Thursday and staged a walkout to protest a proposed government law that critics say is meant to bolster a sodomy charge against him.
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