Accusations Of Fraud As Iraq Election Results Trickle In
As the storm clouds gather for Iraq’s postelection season of political turmoil, the prospects for stable governance as U.S.
Iraq Postpones Initial Election Results Until Thursday — News Updates March 10, 2010
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission is expected to announce partial results of parliamentary elections by Thursday, a United Nations official said, offering an incomplete picture of the vote that will nevertheless provide the broad outlines of the country’s political landscape.
The results were initially expected Wednesday evening, but Ad Melkert, the United Nations special representative in Iraq, said he hoped the results would be released by Thursday.
Vice President Biden’s Trip To Israel Is Becoming A Humiliating Visit
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, March 8, 2010. Bali Bomber Mastermind Killed In Shoutout With Indonesian Police
A handout shows a man whom police believe to be Dulmatin, a top fugitive militant wanted over the 2002 Bali bombings, after he was shot during a police anti-terror raid at an Internet shop in Pamulang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, March 9, 2010. REUTERS/TV-grab-Metro TV/Handout
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — A police raid on the outskirts of Jakarta Tuesday may have killed one of Indonesia’s most-wanted terrorists, though officials said they would await tests to verify the man’s identity.
Local media cited counterterrorism squad members saying that a shootout in Pamulang, Banten province, killed Dulmatin, a senior member of the al Qaeda-linked terror network Jemaah Islamiyah.
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Bali bomber mastermind Dulmatin ‘killed in shoot-out’ — Times Online
Indonesia believes top wanted militant killed — Reuters
Officials: Bali bombing mastermind may be dead — AP
Last suspect in Bali bombing may be dead — Christian Science Monitor
Killed terror suspect may be Bali bomber Dulmatin — The Australian
Bali bombing suspect ‘killed in shootout with Indonesian police’ — The Guardian
Alleged Bali bomber believed killed in Indonesia — National Post
Indonesia Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects — New York Times
Are Indonesian terror networks regrouping? — BBC
US Vice President Biden In Israel To Push The Peace Process
A new Middle East peace mission hit a snag today even before US Vice President Joe Biden’s plane had landed in Tel Aviv, when Israel announced the construction of more than 100 new apartments in a West Bank settlement.
The announcement of the 112 new housing units in Beitar Illit angered Palestinians, who have demanded a total freeze to settlement growth and who only reluctantly agreed to US-brokered indirect talks with Israel the day before.
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