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PERSIAN GULF


SEVEN U.S. TROOPS DIE IN IRAQ


BAGHDAD, Iraq – Capping the bloodiest month for American troops since January, the American military reported yesterday that seven more American service members were killed – all victims of bombs, which have been become the deadliest weapon in the insurgents’ arsenal. Bombs also claimed a toll yesterday among civilians in Basra. A car bomb exploded along a bustling street packed with shops and restaurants as people were out in the evening after the daily Ramadan fast. At least 20 were killed and about 40 wounded, police Lieutenant Colonel Karim al-Zaidi said.


Military commanders have warned that Sunni insurgents will step up their attacks in the run-up to the December 15 election, when Iraqis will choose a full-term parliament.


– Associated Press


SOUTH ASIA


PAKISTANI PEACE TALK SNUBBED BY INDIA


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The thaw in relations between India and Pakistan appeared to end yesterday after India’s prime minister snubbed peace overtures from the Pakistani president. In a phone call, Manmohan Singh told President Musharraf that the bombers who killed 62 people in New Delhi were linked to Pakistan. India expected Pakistan to act against terror directed at its people, the prime minister told Mr. Musharraf. The Pakistani president had earlier condemned “the dastardly terrorist attack” and said he was ready to help India investigate the crime. It was the first time that Pakistan had offered such help to India.


– The Daily Telegraph


EAST ASIA


JAPAN TO KILL 82,000 CHICKENS; THAILAND REPORTS HUMAN INFECTION


TOKYO – Japanese officials planned yesterday to slaughter 82,000 more chickens after signs of bird flu were detected at a farm northeast of Tokyo, and authorities in Thailand said a woman was diagnosed with the disease after cleaning out a chicken coop. Hong Kong said it would shut farms and kill all poultry in the city if the virus is found on more than one farm.


A Hong Kong newspaper, meanwhile, said a Swiss drug company, Roche Holding, was in talks with Chinese officials about jointly producing its anti-viral medication Tamiflu.


– Associated Press


EASTERN EUROPE


NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT SWORN IN


WARSAW, Poland – A new conservative government with a pro-American stance took over yesterday from former communists in Poland – although whether the new team will extend the country’s deployment of 1,500 troops in Iraq remains unclear. Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz will lead with a minority in parliament after his Law and Justice party failed to strike a coalition deal with fellow conservatives from Civic Platform in the September 25 election.


– Associated Press


WESTERN EUROPE


DEATHS PROMPT RIOTS IN PARIS SUBURBS


PARIS – The French government sought yesterday to quell unrest near Paris after an attack on a mosque and four nights of battles between youths and police. The rioting in Clichy-Sous-Bois, northeast of Paris, was triggered by the deaths Thursday of teenagers who were accidentally electrocuted as they hid from police in a power substation. Thirty policemen have been injured, about 70 cars set alight, and a nursery school, fire engines, post office vans, council offices, and a police station have been attacked. Dozens of young men have been arrested.


– The Daily Telegraph


DAUGHTER BORN TO PRINCE FELIPE AND PRINCESS LETIZIA OF SPAIN


PARIS – The wife of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, Princess Letizia, gave birth yesterday to the couple’s first child, a girl. Leonor, second in line to the throne after her father, could become Spain’s first queen since Isabel II.


– The Daily Telegraph

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