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MSNBC Home » World News TOP NEWS STORIES •  Witnesses: Iraq gunmen seize GIs •  Book: Al-Qaida plot called off •  WP: U.S. battles a resurgent Taliban Marco Ugarte / AP  AROUND THE WORLD • U.S., Japan warn N. Korea against missile test | Video • WP: Bush's gut feeling on Maliki is positive • Witnesses: U.S. soldiers held by Iraq gunmen • WP: Wome! n boosted Islamic militias in Somalia • Police kill Chechen rebel leader Sadulayev • Sri Lanka troops battle rebels; civil war feared • Newsweek: Palestinian strife spreads • Brazilian gay pride parade draws 2 million revelers  CONFLICT IN IRAQ  MORE |   • U.S. forces block roads in Ramadi • GIs reportedly taken by Iraq gunmen • WP: Bush's feeling on Maliki is positive • Baghdad bakery workers seized  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ! MORE |   • Germany takes out its wallet • Opening a Gymboree in Tokyo • WP: China's quest for reinvention • Cute sells in Japan, and increasingly West • Trade Commission probing Apple's iPod  NEWSWEEK   INTERNATIONAL EDITION  • How the U.S. found Zarqawi • The next generation of terror • America's Mexico takeover • Is Russia unfit for the WTO? • The world's true game  NBC AROUND THE WORLD • Mendenhall: In Russia, a battle for rock's soul • Mitchell: Rice on Iran nuke talks • Eckardt: Germany tackles neo-Nazi scourge • Murray: Can Cuba dodge the hurric! ane bullet? • Mong: Facedancing? From Bowie to Bach • Hattori: Stoic Indonesians carry on • Francis: Naked men try to calm volcano • Siljkovic: Gays face backlash in Russia • Francis: Watching as 'Fire Mountain' rumbles • Mendenhall: Rockers desperately seeking Uma

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• Newsweek: How U.S. found al-Zarqawi • Items seized from al-Zarqawi hideout • Al-Zarqawi tried to flee in last moments • From street thug to terror leader • Images: The life of terror leader • Cagle's cartoons: Death of Zarqawi! • Victim's brother: 'May he rot in hell' • Relatives hail 'martyr' for Islam • Al-Masri 'most logical' successor • NBC: Master of the Web war • Timeline: Rise and fall of terror chief • Vote: Impact of mastermind's death? • MORE ON THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ

world news Slide shows  MORE  ! Reuters   •Al-Zarqawi 'terminated' Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed by F-16 jets dropping two 500-pound bombs.   VII   •On the margins Photojournalist Alexandra Boulat captures life among France's immigrant population. Click to view the photographs.

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