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• String of attacks in Iraq kills at least 66
• Iraq violence kills 73 including pilgrims, journalists
• String of attacks in Iraq kill at least 66
• Suicide bombers target Iraq Shi'ites, killing 60
• Agreement ends shelling of Syrian village
• String of attacks in Iraq kill nearly 50 people
• Evening bomb blasts in Iraq push death toll to 41
• Suicide bomber strikes cafe in Iraq, killing 13
• Obama to public: Don't give up on health sign-ups
• Journalists, anti-Qaida fighters killed in Iraq
• Arab world searches for democratic future
• Qaeda in Syria bids to control Iraq, Turkey borders
• Two Iraqi TV reporters killed in Mosul
• Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas

String of attacks in Iraq kills at least 66 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 03:06 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims passing through a mainly Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad and another detonated his explosives inside a cafe north of the capital, the deadliest of several attacks across Iraq on Saturday that killed at least 66 people.

Iraq violence kills 73 including pilgrims, journalists Posted: 05 Oct 2013 02:28 PM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Violence including an attack on Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad killed at least 73 people across Iraq on Saturday, among them two journalists gunned down in the north, officials said.

String of attacks in Iraq kill at least 66 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and another detonated his explosives inside a cafe north of the capital, the deadliest of several attacks across Iraq on Saturday that killed at least 66 people.

Suicide bombers target Iraq Shi'ites, killing 60 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 02:10 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers targeted Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq on Saturday, killing 60 people on the eve of the anniversary of one of their imams' deaths, police and medics said on Saturday. In the northern city of Mosul, unidentified gunmen shot two Iraqi television journalists dead as they were filming, security sources said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for either of the bombings, but such attacks are the hallmark of Sunni Islamist al Qaeda, which views Shi'ites as non-believers and has been regaining momentum this year. ...

Agreement ends shelling of Syrian village Posted: 05 Oct 2013 12:39 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces reached an agreement Saturday with local officials of a vulnerable Sunni village in a region dominated by President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect to end hours of deadly shelling in exchange for the surrender of dozens of opposition fighters, an activist group said.

String of attacks in Iraq kill nearly 50 people Posted: 05 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and another detonated his explosives inside a cafe north of the capital, the deadliest of several attacks across Iraq on Saturday that killed at least 48 people.

Evening bomb blasts in Iraq push death toll to 41 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 11:49 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's interior ministry spokesman says a suicide bomber has blown himself up among Shiite pilgrims in northern Baghdad, the deadliest in a series of attacks that have killed 41 people.

Suicide bomber strikes cafe in Iraq, killing 13 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 11:07 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The mayor of a largely Shiite town north of Baghdad says a suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a cafe there, killing at least 13 in the latest lethal attack to strike Iraq.

Obama to public: Don't give up on health sign-ups Posted: 05 Oct 2013 08:46 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government.

Journalists, anti-Qaida fighters killed in Iraq Posted: 05 Oct 2013 08:08 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two television journalists were shot dead and three anti-extremist militiamen were killed in a bomb blast on Saturday in the latest attacks to strike Iraq.

Arab world searches for democratic future Posted: 05 Oct 2013 07:32 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — "For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability... We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations." — President George W. Bush in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2004

Qaeda in Syria bids to control Iraq, Turkey borders Posted: 05 Oct 2013 07:22 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Al-Qaeda in Syria is fighting to drive rivals out of areas bordering Turkey and Iraq in a bid to control territory stretching from Iraq into northern Syria, various sources say.

Two Iraqi TV reporters killed in Mosul Posted: 05 Oct 2013 06:17 AM PDT Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) - Two journalists with Iraq's Sharqiya television were "assassinated" in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the channel said.

Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas Posted: 05 Oct 2013 05:36 AM PDT An unmistakable sense of unease is growing in global capitals as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled. America is shirking from a military confrontation in Syria, stymied at home by a gridlocked Congress and in danger of defaulting on sovereign debt, which could plunge the world's financial system into chaos.

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