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   Dawn E. Crawford Help Support Students Against Corruption   Donations Rice Travels to Iraq to Push for Deal on U.S. Forces   Rice Says US-Iraq Coming Together on Timetables   Secretary of State Rice says security agreement is close, cites progress on timetables   By MATTHEW LEE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD August 21, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult. Appearing ... Read Full Story

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite religious gathering in the north of violence-wracked Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 40, police said. The attacker struck at the gates of a Shiite mosque where some 1,200 people were attending a religious gathering, police said. "Twenty-two precious lives have been lost in this attack," provincial police chief Shaukat Javed told reporters. "Now there are 17 people in the hospital and 10 seriously wounded have been shifted to Rawalpindi and other slightly wounded have been discharged from the hospital," he said. Javed said a joint investigation team had been constituted to ... Read Full Story

The situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate. There have been numerous suicide bombings in the past two weeks claiming the lives of over 150 Iraqi civilians. On Saturday, two Americans were killed in separate incidents inside the highly fortified Green Zone. BAGHDAD (AP) - - Two Americans have been killed in separate incidents inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Saturday, raising concerns about its security as Iraq's forces assume more control over the sprawling district. http://tinyurl.com/ps2udm The body of an American contractor was found Friday in a vehicle in the Green Zone, and another contractor was killed by a rocket ... Read Full Story

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite religious gathering in northern Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 20 people and wounding around 100, a minister said. The attack took place outside a Shiite mosque in the town of Chakwal, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Islamabad, a senior police official told AFP. "According to information received so far at least 20 people have died and some 100 were injured in the suicide attack," provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah told AFP. "The bomber was intercepted at the entrance otherwise he could have caused large scale casualties," Sanaullah said. "We have sent two helicopters ... Read Full Story

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite religious gathering in northern Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 20 people and wounding around 100, a minister said. The attack took place outside a Shiite mosque in the town of Chakwal, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Islamabad, a senior police official told AFP. "According to information received so far at least 20 people have died and some 100 were injured in the suicide attack," provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah told AFP. "The bomber was intercepted at the entrance otherwise he could have caused large scale casualties," Sanaullah said. "We have sent two helicopters ... Read Full Story