PM gives Basra gunmen ultimatum
BAGHDAD (AP): Iraq's prime minister yesterday gave gunmen in the southern oil port of Basra a three-day deadline to surrender their weapons and renounce violence as Iraqi troops clashed with Shi'ite militia fighters for a second day. ...
Bush, Putin to meet on missile defence
WASHINGTON (AP):President George W. Bush said yesterday he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week to try to break a logjam between the two nations over a proposed new United States (US) missile defence system.
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