TEHRAN – Iran’s defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi said on his website yetserday that some of those arrested after the June presidential election were tortured to death, but other inmates defended their treatment.
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KIEV – President Viktor Yushchenko yesterday defended himself against Moscow’s charges of anti-Russian policies and invited Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev to bilateral talks.
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RAMALLAH – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday rejected a complaint by former prime minister Ahmed Qurie that he had lost his seat on the executive of Fatah in an “unsound” party election.
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MOSUL, Iraq – Two suicide bombers detonated vests packed with explosives in a cafe in a town near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, killing 21 people, a health official said, the latest attack in a restive region.
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WANA, Pakistan – Pakistani gunship helicopters attacked Taliban bases yesterday, killing 11 militants and keeping up pressure after the reported death of the Pakistani Taliban leader in a U.S. missile strike last week.