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2006-05-10T13:46:00.004-07:00

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - A gunman on a motorcycle shot dead a U.S. oil executive in an apparently planned assassination in Nigeria's oil heartland on Wednesday, authorities said.

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2006-05-10T13:46:00.003-07:00

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"The existence of Guantanamo Bay remains unacceptable. It is time, in my view, that it should close," Attorney General Peter Goldsmith said of the naval base in Cuba where up to 500 foreign terrorism suspects have been held.

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2006-05-10T13:46:00.002-07:00

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces are tracking a worrisome rise in Afghanistan of tactics used by insurgents in Iraq, but have no conclusive evidence that those methods have been brought by rebels coming from Iraq, a senior U.S. commander said on Wednesday.

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2006-05-10T13:46:00.001-07:00

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Wrangling over the oil ministry portfolio and other top jobs held up on Wednesday the formation of a unity government the United States hopes can end rampant bloodshed and allow it to start withdrawing troops from Iraq.

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2006-05-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

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The deaths occurred northeast of Dallas where an elderly couple and a teenage boy were killed in twisters that struck Tuesday night.

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2006-05-10T13:45:00.003-07:00

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In the Friday incident, the boys surrounded the 8-year-old girl on the school playground and poked at her with their fingers while she fought to keep on her underwear, local media reports said. Another student alerted teachers.

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2006-05-10T13:45:00.002-07:00

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve lifted interest rates for a 16th straight time on Wednesday and said it would keep raising them if necessary to check inflation, though it opened the door to a possible rate pause.

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2006-05-10T13:45:00.001-07:00

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accepted on Wednesday a decision by major Middle East peace brokers to resume some aid payments to the Palestinians -- a move that could ease intense economic pressure on the Hamas-led government.

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2006-05-10T13:45:00.000-07:00

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"It looks like it did not answer the main question that the world is asking and that is, 'When will you get rid of your nuclear program?'," Bush said in his first public comment on the letter.

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