A suspected suicide shoe bomb killed at least 10 people and injured 25 at the Buratha Mosque on June 16 in northern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad
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Jun. 17, 2006

A suspected suicide shoe bomb killed at least 10 people and injured 25 at the Buratha Mosque on June 16 in northern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The imam, Sheikh Jalaluddin al-Saghir, said he believes he was the target. The mosque was the site of a triple suicide bombing April 7, when 90 people were killed. Security has been tighter since then, including high concrete blast walls. Guards watching for suicide belts and vests allowed the bomber through two checkpoints before they noticed he was wearing shoes in the mosque, a religious faux pas. The combination of explosives and ball bearings packed into the shoes went off as the suspect began complying with a guard's request to remove them.

A suspected suicide shoe bomb killed at least 10 people and injured 25 at the Buratha Mosque on June 16 in northern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad
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The imam, Sheikh Jalaluddin al-Saghir, said he believes he was the target. The mosque was the site of a triple suicide bombing April 7, when 90 people were killed. Security has been tighter since then, including high concrete blast walls.
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The head of a Sunni religious group, Yusif al-Hassan, was shot dead
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The head of a Sunni religious group, Yusif al-Hassan, was shot dead by unknown gunmen near his mosque in the Shiite city of Basra, Iraq, on June 16.
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Turkish ports will remain closed to shipments from Cyprus until Turkish Cypriots receive trade concessions from the European Union
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Turkey will maintain this stance even if it stalls EU accession talks, Erdogan added.
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The European Union will resume aid to Palestinians via an international mechanism that bypasses Hamas
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EU spokeswoman Emma Udwin said June 16. Funding will be directed toward healthcare, power supplies and support for poor families.
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Israel is unlikely to target Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
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Israel is unlikely to target Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, despite its threats to kill Hamas leaders if suicide bombings resume, a senior Israeli defense official said June 16.
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Three explosions rocked central Dushanbe, Tajikistan's capital, on the night of June 15 and morning of June 16
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...with a fourth occurring about 12.5 miles away from the city, damaging a pipeline that supplies the capital with natural gas.
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Colombia's incumbent president, Alvaro Uribe Velez, has officially been recognized as the winner of the country's May 28 presidential elections
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The council also recognized Francisco Santos as the winner of the vice presidential race. Uribe secured his victory in the first round, receiving 62 percent of the votes in the election.
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Spanish-Argentine energy company Repsol YPF may have to decrease its overall estimates of its Bolivian gas reserves
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....and adjust output expectations downward depending on the final outcome of the new government's energy regulations.
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