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American security guards among those killed in massive Baghdad explosion
Two American security guards were among at least 18 killed in a massive explosion in Baghdad, as Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari announced he had completed his list for a national unity cabinet.

what is it with these people? Bomb here. bomb there. will there never be peace on earth?

Jolie against Pakistani plan to relocate refugee camps to Afghanistan
Moving the refugees camps in certain areas of Pakistan to Afghanistan would add to people's suffering, Jolie said. Many of those in the camps had been living there for years.The Oscar-winning US actress has been in Pakistan since Wednesday on a four-day mission to focus world attention on the plight of more than three million Afghan refugees in Pakistan.A joint Pakistan-UN census Monday said more than three million Afghans were still sheltering in Pakistan 25 years after war forced them to flee their native land.

Hmm... a refugee camp for Afghans in Afghanistan. Who would have thunk?

Re-elected Blair reshuffles cabinet, pledges to govern 'wisely'
British Prime Minister Tony Blair reshuffled his cabinet Friday, keeping his popular heir-apparent Gordon Brown as finance minister, as he pledged to govern "wisely and sensibly" after his Labour Party won a third term in power in a general election that slashed its parliamentary majority by more than half.

as opposed to the 'stupid and unsensible' governance of his previous 2 terms?

North Korean nuclear test would have disastrous consequences: UN nuclear chief

I can see how nuclear bombs could be potentially disastrous.