Archive for January, 2008

28 dead in suicide bomb at Iraqi funeral (AP)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

AP - A suicide attacker detonated an explosives-rigged vest at a Shiite funeral in Baghdad, killing 28 people gathered to mourn the death of an Iraqi army officer killed in a car bombing, police and ambulance officials said.

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Suicide bomber kills 30 at Iraq funeral (Reuters)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a
funeral in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and
wounding 38 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in
months, police said.

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Suicide bomber kills nine at Iraq funeral (Reuters)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Reuters - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive
vest among mourners at a funeral in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday,
killing at least nine people and wounding 21, police said.

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Suicide bomber kills nine at Baghdad funeral (AFP)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

AFP - A suicide bomber killed at least nine people at a Baghdad funeral on Tuesday, detonating his charge in the midst of the crowd of mourners, Iraqi police said.

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Iraq policy losses cloud Pelosi’s year (AP)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

AP - Nancy Pelosi crashed through a glass ceiling when she became the first female House speaker a year ago. That turned out to be the easy part.

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World welcomes New Year with fireworks (AP)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

AP - From New York to Baghdad to Sydney, New Year’s revelers welcomed 2008 with parties, fireworks and hopes for peace and prosperity.

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New year, new unions for gay couples

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

CONCORD, N.H. — Dozens of gay and lesbian couples entered into civil unions in New Hampshire in the early moments of New Year’s Day as a new state law legalized the partnerships after midnight.

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Times Square celebrates 100th ball drop

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

NEW YORK — Not even a fractured foot could keep Ryan Visto from joining more than a million revelers in Times Square to watch the symbolic sphere make its 100th descent into the new year.

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Suspect jumps off SoCal bridge with dog

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

CORONADO, Calif. — A man being chased by authorities grabbed a police dog and leaped off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, taking the animal with him into the frigid ocean water 200 feet below.

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Man killed in Boston condo fire

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

BOSTON — A fire swept through a five-story condominium complex on New Year’s Eve, killing one man and forcing fire crews to leave the building before they could determine whether other people were trapped inside.

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