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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - Nov. 25
25 Nov 2006 09:00:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Nov. 25. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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BAGHDAD - In a wave of reprisal killings, Shiite militiamen attacked Sunni mosques in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq on Friday, defying a government curfew and propelling the country further toward full-blown civil war.

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While the political debate over global warming continues, top executives at many of the nation's largest energy companies have accepted the scientific consensus about climate change and see federal regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions as inevitable.

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LONDON - Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was fatally poisoned by a radioactive substance, traces of which were found in his urine, at his home and at a London restaurant and hotel he visited the day he became ill, according to the British health department.

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SANTIAGO, Chile - Students in the class of 2006, wearing their black and white uniforms, launched what became known as the "Penguin Revolution," filling the streets, calling for educational reforms, occupying school buildings and sparking a nationwide debate that was quickly labeled a milestone for the nation's young democracy.

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