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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A string of attacks killed 19 people, including two relatives of a senior Kurdish official, and Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit Sunday in which he suggested that Iraq’s recent elections were a major step toward withdrawing U.S. troops. Cheney’s visit, under heavy security, was …

CAIRO, Egypt – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search) is in good health and is running his terror organization, according to an Internet posting Friday purportedly from the group’s spokesman — the latest claim about the fate of Iraq’s most-wanted militant. There was no way to verify the statement’s authenticity, but it …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The Hamas (search) militant group has agreed to halt mortar and rocket fire on Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip (search), a deal meant to save a truce threatened by three consecutive days of violence, the Palestinian interior ministry said Saturday. Hamas agreed to stop …