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Sunday, October 25 marked another massive terrorist bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. This time it was a twin car bombing. The Interior Ministry said on Monday the attack left about 160 people dead; at least 30 of the people were Iraqi children riding in a bus. Also, approximately 540 people were wounded in the violence, marking the event as the deadliest in Iraq’s capital in more than two years, noted the ministry.
Baghdad’s governorate building was greatly affected, as one of the bombs exploded just outside of it; the other was positioned right outside the Justice Ministry. The bombs detonated in quick succession around 10:30 a.m., officials reported. A ministry official said that the children were packed in a mini bus that was outside the Justice Ministry building.
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 On Tuesday, Sen. Joe Lieberman declared his support for a filibuster against the current version of the health care bill, a version that includes a national insurance plan. This announcement comes at a time when the Democratic Party struggles to find enough senators to back the health care reform bill.
In order to cut off a Republican filibuster and bring the bill to a vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs the support of all 60 members of the Democratic caucus. ...
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 The South Carolina House of Representatives decided Tuesday not to consider the bill to impeach Republican Governor Mark Sanford.
The House is currently holding a special two-day session this week before breaking until January. The session was called to discuss unemployment benefits, and House Speaker Robert Harrell, R-S.C., ruled that the body did not have time to discuss impeachment charges. He claimed there is a rule that forbids members from introducing new bills during special sessions.
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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic failed to appear at his genocide and war crimes trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday and Tuesday.
Karadzic was indicted in 1995 on two counts of genocide, and fled Bosnia after its three-year bloody civil war.
Church of Scientology sued
French government accuses organization of fraud
A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than 600,000 euros ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group’s activities.
The group’s French branch said it would appeal the verdict.