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Iraq: Bomber breaches security at parliament killing 8
A suicide bomber killed eight people in the Iraqi parliament overnight.
Initial reports showed eight had been killed and 20 wounded in the blast which tore through a cafe where lawmakers were having lunch. State television said three of the dead were lawmakers.
It was the most serious breach of security in the Green Zone, the sprawling, heavily protected area in central Baghdad that houses parliament, government offices and the US embassy.
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US: Radio 'shock jock' fired for racist remarks
Radio host Don Imus was dumped by CBS Radio in an inglorious end to a 30-year career that erupted in controversy over racist and sexist comments about a women's college basketball team.
The move came one day after he was jettisoned by MSNBC, which had broadcast his radio show on television and after several major advertisers backed out after he called the mostly black Rutgers University team "nappy-headed hos."
"Nappy" is a slur describing the tightly curled hair of many African-Americans, and "ho" is slang for "whore," usage of which has exploded in hip-hop music and popular culture.
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Fiji: NZ denies involvement in attempted mutiny
New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said his government was not involved in an attempt to persuade Fiji's armed forces into mutiny against coup leader Frank Bainimarama.
His comments followed an interview by Fiji's land force commander Colonel Pita Driti in which he said he had been approached by the high commissioners of Australia and Britain and a United States representative last year when Cdre Bainimara was in New Zealand.
Colonel Driti said the group said they did not like Cdre Bainimarama's approach and encouraged him to take over.
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UK: London police raid 'Rastafarian temple', arrest 23
British police arrested 23 people in an armed raid on a Rastafarian temple in south London.
The Metropolitan Police said the premises, which included a Rastafarian temple once visited by reggae musician Bob Marley, were suspected of being used for "high level" criminality.
Police said several kilos of cannabis were recovered, along with an unspecified quantity of crack cocaine and six rounds of ammunition which was found hidden under floorboards.
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