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US News Archive for April 2006:
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Serbia battles record Danube flood
As melting snow in central Europe adds to the problem, Serbian emergency crews and volunteers struggle to keep embankments and sand barriers from giving way amid record flooding on the Danube and its tributaries in the north of the country...
CNN - April 16, 2006
Suspect blogged about cannibalism
The man accused of killing a 10-year-old neighbor girl for an elaborate plan to eat human flesh joked about cannibalism on his online diary, discussed the effects of not taking his anti-depression medication and mentioned "dangerously weird" fantasies...
CNN - April 16, 2006
New Iraqi envoy: Political progress near
The impasse over who will lead Iraq's government may soon end under a compromise that would replace the interim prime minister with a member of his own party, Iraq's new ambassador to the United States said Sunday...
CNN - April 16, 2006
Iran to Give $50 Million to Hamas-Led Government
Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, announced the donation on the last day of a pro-Palestinian conference...
New York Times - April 16, 2006
General Defends Army Chief Who Spoke Out
Retired General Richard B. Myers said top U.S. officials were wrong to publicly challenge another general's estimate of the number of troops needed to invade Iraq...
New York Times - April 16, 2006
Shiites Appear Closer to Ending Impasse Over Premier
Shiite leaders agreed to allow Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's party to nominate the next prime minister, but some rivals are still insisting that Mr. Jaafari step down, Iraqi politicians said...
New York Times - April 16, 2006
US kills seven Afghan civilians
The US military admits killing seven civilians during a battle with insurgents in Afghanistan...
BBC News - April 16, 2006
Bombs kill at least 12 in Iraq
As Iraqi lawmakers continue to haggle over the nominee for the nation's top post, two bombs kill at least 12 people, authorities say. Elsewhere in Iraq, seven suspected terrorists were killed Sunday in two incidents...
CNN - April 16, 2006
Benedict leads first Easter Mass as pope
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates his first Easter Mass as pope and urges governments to find peaceful resolutions to their crises, placing special emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the need to end terrorism...
CNN - April 16, 2006
Golf: Joint leaders in Heritage
Jim Furyk and Aaron Baddeley share the lead going into the final day of the Heritage Classic in South Carolina...
BBC News - April 16, 2006
Capote family shows off letters
A collection of Truman Capote's papers is being put on display in Alabama by a cousin of the writer...
BBC News - April 16, 2006
Benedict leads first Easter Mass
Benedict XVI celebrates his first Easter Mass as pope and urges governments to find peaceful resolutions to their crises, placing special emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the need to end terrorism...
CNN - April 16, 2006
An Island Kingdom Feels the Ripples From Iraq and Iran
Organized confrontations between Shiite youths and national security forces have become almost weekly events in Bahrain...
New York Times - April 16, 2006
Police reveal grisly details of girl's killing
The man suspected of killing 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin hatched a gruesome plan to kidnap, rape, kill and cannibalize a victim, authorities in Oklahoma said Saturday. Other individuals, including women and boys, may have been targeted "but Rose was the one who was selected for this plan," said Purcell Police Chief David Tomkins...
CNN - April 16, 2006
Hu pushes for fresh Taiwan talks
Days before a summit with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington, Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao called on Sunday for talks between China and Taiwan as soon as possible to maintain peace in the region...
CNN - April 16, 2006
Peres: 'Ahmadinejad represents Satan'
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres responded to veiled threats made by Iran's president against Israel, saying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "will end up in the same way as [Saddam] Hussein."...
CNN - April 16, 2006
Pentagon Memo Aims to Counter Rumsfeld Critics
A one-page memo offers a direct challenge to the criticisms made by retired generals about Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld...
New York Times - April 16, 2006
New Brooklyn Terminal Shows It's Fit for Queen
The county of kings received a new queen yesterday...
New York Times - April 16, 2006
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