IRAN: Ahmadinejad challenges Bush to TV debate
TEHRAN (Reuters): President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday challenged U.S. President George W. Bush to a televised debate and voiced defiance as a deadline neared for Iran to halt work the West fears is a step toward building nuclear bombs.
MIDEAST: Shi'ite militia, Iraqi troops in fierce clashes
DIWANIYA, Iraq (Reuters): At least 20 Iraqi soldiers were killed in street fighting with Shi'ite militiamen in the town of Diwaniya yesterday, some of the bloodiest clashes yet among rival powers in Shi'ite southern Iraq.
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