23

Mar

2008

Iraqi Attacks Kill 54 People; Green Zone Bombed, AFP Reports

A mortar assault on Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, followed by a series of attacks across Iraq left at least 54 people dead today, Agence France- Presse reported. Four attacks were made against the Green Zone, the site of the Iraqi government and U.S. embassy, injuring at least four people. The U.S. embassy was […]

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23

Mar

2008

Woman Elected Pakistan Assembly Speaker

Fehmida Mirza, a member of Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party, became the first woman speaker of the national assembly last Wednesday. She received 249 of the 324 votes in the new parliament, the Press Trust of India reported. Some members of the opposition clearly supported her in the secret ballot, since her total was […]

Popularity: 9% [?]

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