Syria and Iraq restore diplomatic relations after 24-year hiatus
BAGHDAD (AP) - Diplomatic relations between Syria and Iraq, which were severed 24 years ago, were restored Tuesday, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.
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Syrian-Iraq relations to resume
After nearly a quarter-century of severed ties. Iraq said it will resume diplomatic relations with neighbouring Syria. a move seen as a possible step toward stemming some of the unrelenting violence. which claimed another 100 lives.
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Prominent Shiite cleric from Iraq dies in Iran
Grand Ayatollah Jawad Tabrizi, a prominent Shiite cleric who was deported by Saddam Hussein's government in 1979, died Monday, Iraq's top Shiite clerics said Monday. He was 82.
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Chinese-Cdn detainee won't be executed: MacKay
OTTAWA (CP) - Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay suggested Monday that Canada had won a commitment from China not to execute a Chinese-Canadian - an assertion his spokesman later discounted.
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Fire rages through large market in Guatemala, killing at least 15
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A fire raged through Guatemala's largest open-air market Monday, killing 15 people, officials said. Merchants claimed a cigarette touched off the blaze.
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