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Secrecy, Speculation Swirl Around 2006 Nobel Prizes

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – A Finn who helped mediate peace in Indonesia is tipped to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, while bookmakers favor a Turkish novelist for the literature award. But in the hyper-secretive world of the panels that have spent much of the year sifting through hundreds of nominations, …

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Bomb Attack Kills One in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A bomb attack killed one person and injured four others in northeastern Baghdad Friday, while a Kurdish lawmaker was kidnapped and later found dead. CountryWatch:Iraq Among those injured in the blast were two firefighters who had rushed to the scene of another bombing 10 minutes earlier, police …

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Homicide Bombers Kill NATO Soldier, Policeman in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – A homicide bomber in Afghanistan killed a British soldier and two children Thursday, while another killed a policeman. President Hamid Karzai urged NATO forces to use caution a day after 20 civilians died. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said the homicide attack in southern Helmand province’s Lashkar …

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