Car Bomb Kills Nine in Baghdad

Car Bomb Kills Nine in BaghdadBAGHDAD -- Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-packed cars Monday outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, killing at least nine people and wounding 23, officials said.The blasts marked the start of a violent day in the Iraqi capital, where a another bombing and a jewelry heist left two more dead and 13 wounded.The twin suicide car bombs rattled windows across Baghdad shortly after 8 a.m. The cars blew up just outside a security checkpoint on a heavily traveled road leading into the Green Zone from Baghdad's international airport.Pieces of charred flesh were still scattered at the scene hours...

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Taliban Militant Kills 2 at Afghan Defense Ministry

Taliban Militant Kills 2 at Afghan Defense Ministry KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban militant opened fire inside the Afghan Defense Ministry on Monday, killing two Afghan soldiers in the latest daring attack inside a government or military installation.The Taliban said one of their agents who was also an army officer planned the attack to coincide with a visit of the French defense minister. French officials said the minister, Gerard Longuet, was not in the ministry at the time.Despite the Taliban claim, Afghan military officials said it was not immediately clear whether the assailant -- who was wearing a vest rigged with explosives --...

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Robot Detects High Radiation in Japanese Nuclear Plant

Robot Detects High Radiation in Japanese Nuclear PlantTOKYO –  Readings Monday from a robot that entered two crippled buildings at Japan's tsunami-flooded nuclear plant for the first time in more than a month displayed a harsh environment still too radioactive for workers to enter.Nuclear officials said the radiation readings for Unit 1 and Unit 3 at the tsunami-flooded Fukushima Dai-ichi plant do not alter plans for stabilizing the complex by year's end under a "road map" released by the plant operator Sunday.Workers have not gone inside the two reactor buildings since the first days after the plant's cooling systems were wrecked...

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