Islamist militants have seized the crossing near the border town of al-Qaim, after battling Iraqi troops.
A suspected suicide bomber attacked Shi’ite Muslims as they were leaving a mosque in Pakistan’s commercial capital, killing at least 45 people.
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/ 18 December 2008
Iraq has arrested about 50 interior ministry officials for plotting a coup against the Shi’ite-led government, it was reported on Thursday.