by appointee Griffin, a Rove aide.
Black soldiers and the homeless targeted.

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Jordan's King Abdullah has urged the US  to seize the opportunity to revive Israeli-Palestinian talks and broker a final Middle East settlement.

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At least five Shia pilgrims have been killed and at least 14 wounded in the second bomb attack on pilgrims in Iraq in two days.

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More than 49 people have died after an airliner from Indonesia's Garuda carrier overshot a runway and burst into flames.

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The Japanese government has sought to calm a growing international row over wartime sex slaves, saying it still honours a 1993 apology over the issue.

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Northern Ireland's electorate is voting in assembly elections aimed at creating a power-sharing administration between Protestants and Catholics.

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Talks between the US and North Korea in New York City have been "very good", putting on track a deal to end the North's nuclear programme, the top American negotiator says.

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Iran's parliament has approved the rationing of subsidised petrol, according to the Iranian news agency, Insa.