Huge bomb targets Iraq army recruits

At least 35 people have been killed in a car bomb attack at an Iraqi army recruitment centre in western Baghdad. The car, packed with artillery shells, blew up at the gates of the centre, housed in an old airport. The blast was heard throughout the city.

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Iraq Seeks Custody of Saddam; Bush Has Security Concerns

Paul Johnson: held by Al-Qa'eda

Embassy staff to quit Saudi after al-Qa'eda kills third Westerner
By Robin Gedye, Foreign Affairs Writer
(Filed: 14/06/2004)

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Non-essential British embassy staff and relatives were yesterday permitted to leave Saudi Arabia after a third Westerner in a week was killed.

Iraqis Start to Exercise Power Even Before Date for Turnover

tty Images An American soldier from the Second Armored Division led recruits for the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps to a training session Saturday in Najaf.

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Security Council, in a 15-0 Vote, Backs Measure on Iraq Turnover

Al-Yawir is expected to meet President Bush at the G8 summit

 Revised Iraq resolution set for vote
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White House aides hope that the United States will have secured passage of a new UN Security Council resolution laying out the way forward in Iraq by the time Bush meets with

9 Iraqi Militias Are Said to Approve a Deal to Disband  By DEXTER FILKINS

 Manhunt after attack on BBC crew

Saudi security forces are hunting gunmen who attacked a BBC news team in a drive-by shooting in Riyadh.

Cameraman Simon Cumbers was killed and security correspondent Frank Gardner is critically ill in hospital.