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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two suicide car bombers plowed into a foreign security company convoy in the heart of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 22 people — including two Americans — in an attack that left a busy traffic circle strewn with burning vehicles, mutilated bodies and bloodied school children. …

It’s going to be interesting to see how the British election set for Thursday is going to work out for Tony Blair (search). As you know, Blair was George W. Bush’s big war buddy, taking Britain along in a war that barely more than half the British people supported on …

VIENNA, Austria – North Korea (search) may have enough weapons-grade plutonium (search) to make up to half a dozen nuclear bombs, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said in another warning about the reclusive regime’s secretive nuclear program. International Atomic Energy Agency (search) chief Mohamed ElBaradei told Cable …

Watch “The Big Story Weekend” Saturday and Sunday at 9 p.m ET Idaho police dismissed a tip they received Friday when it proved inaccurate and continue to look for Dylan and Shasta Groene whose mother, brother and a family friend were murdered earlier this week. Is there a possibility that …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” April 13, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Personal Story” segment tonight, one of the most controversial …

LANSING, Mich. – A man who admits picking on Eminem (search) when they were schoolmates cannot sue the rapper over a song that depicts his bullying as a brain-jarring attack, the state appeals court said. “Brain Damage,” released on 1999’s “The Slim Shady LP (search),” was not intended to be …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – President Jalal Talabani (search) and his two vice presidents approved most of a proposed Cabinet for Iraq’s transitional government that would reflect Iraq’s religious and ethnic diversity, officials said Thursday. Last-minute discussions continued over three of the 36 ministries — the important defense, oil, and electricity portfolios …

SHANGHAI, China – China on Sunday rebuffed Tokyo’s demands for an apology after sometimes violent anti-Japanese demonstrations, while new protests took place in several cities over perceived efforts by Japan to gloss over its wartime history and to gain a permanent U.N. Security Council (search) seat. Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing …

BOSTON – Defending champion Catherine Ndereba (search) of Kenya became the first woman to win a fourth Boston Marathon on Monday, and Ethiopia’s Hailu Negussie (search) won the men’s race to break the Kenyan stranglehold on the world’s oldest annual marathon. Alan Culpepper was fourth — almost two minutes behind …

NEW YORK – Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (KKD) on Monday said it received $225 million in debt financing, a lifeline for the struggling doughnut chain operator that was at risk of defaulting on past loans. The financing was arranged by Credit Suisse First Boston (search) and Silver Point Finance LLC …