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Iraqi deputy foreign minister assassinated in capital - 6/12/04 8:00 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Gunmen firing from a car killed Iraq's deputy foreign minister Saturday in the first assassination of a senior official since the new interim government was announced this month. Iraqi authorities blamed Saddam Hussein loyalists.

A daily look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq - 6/12/04 7:01 PM
As of Thursday, June 10, 825 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 607 died as a result of hostile action and 218 died of non-hostile causes. The department did not provide an update Friday or Saturday.

U.S. general acknowledges that American goals have not yet been achieved in Fallujah - 6/12/04 5:12 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- More than a month after the Fallujah siege, a senior U.S. military officer acknowledged Saturday that the Americans had not achieved their goals in the restive Sunni Muslim city, now in the hands of hardline clerics and fighters who held off the Marines.

Iraqi kidnappers kill Lebanese hostage, one other released, third still held - 6/12/04 4:04 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi gunmen kidnapped three Lebanese in Iraq, killing one but releasing another in return for a ransom, Lebanese officials said Saturday.

WASHINGTON TODAY: Bush follows Kerry playbook on Iraq - 6/12/04 12:15 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For days, President Bush has been performing on the world stage -- and trying to meet, one by one, the criticisms of Democratic rival John Kerry.

Iraqi senior diplomat slain in capital; Radical Shiite cleric says he'll cooperate with new Iraqi government - 6/12/04 11:23 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Gunmen killed a deputy foreign minister as he went to work Saturday, the latest attack on Iraqi leaders in recent weeks. A radical cleric whose uprising killed hundreds pledged to support the new government if it works to end the U.S. military presence.

US plans to release another 650 prisoners to be released from Abu Ghraib on Monday - 6/12/04 11:00 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The U.S. military plans to release another 650 prisoners from Abu Ghraib prison, center of the abuse scandal, next week, U.S. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said Saturday.

Iraqi kidnappers kill Lebanese hostage, one other released, third still held - 6/12/04 6:49 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Iraqi gunmen kidnapped three Lebanese in Iraq and killed one of them, a Lebanese Foreign Ministry official said Saturday.

Iraqi senior diplomat slain in capital; Radical Shiite cleric says he'll cooperate with new Iraqi government - 6/12/04 6:48 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Gunmen killed a deputy foreign minister as he went to work Saturday, the latest attack on Iraqi leaders in recent weeks. A radical cleric whose uprising killed hundreds pledged to support the new government if it works to end the U.S. military presence.

Turkish hostages released in Iraq - 6/12/04 6:11 AM
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Seven Turkish contractors taken hostage in Iraq were released by their kidnappers, their employer said Saturday.

Communists assail Indian foreign minister for suggesting India might send troops to Iraq - 6/12/04 5:39 AM
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Communist parties assailed India's foreign minister for saying the country might consider sending troops to Iraq following the U.N. resolution endorsing the planned U.S. transfer of political authority to an interim Iraqi government.

Deputy foreign minister slain in capital - 6/12/04 3:10 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Gunmen ambushed and killed an Iraqi deputy foreign minister as he went to his Baghdad office Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said.

Shiite cleric whose militiamen battled U.S. troops says he'll cooperate with new Iraqi government - 6/12/04 2:02 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- In a surprise turnaround, the radical Shiite cleric whose militiamen have clashed with American troops for two months and posed one of the biggest threats to Iraqi stability promised to cooperate with Iraq's new government if it works to end the U.S. military presence.

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