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This is an archive article published on June 24, 2011
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Tribunal throws out 25 Afghan MPs
Tribunal throws out 25 Afghan MPs
KABUL: A special Afghan tribunal overturned nearly 25 per cent of last years legislative election results on Thursday,alleging massive fraud and putting into question who will control the parliament one of the few checks on President Hamid Karzai. The panel threw out results for 62 races in the 249-seat legislative body.
34 killed in triple Baghdad bombings
BAGHDAD: Three bombs exploded near a market and a Shiite mosque in southwestern Baghdad on Thursday,killing at least 34 people and wounding 82 others,hospital and security sources said. The explosions occurred in quick succession in the Shurta district of the Iraqi capital,the sources said. There was no claim of responsibility.
US mob boss Whitey Bulger arrested by FBI
LOS ANGELES: James Whitey Bulger,a legendary Boston crime boss indicted in 19 murders,was arrested by FBI on Wednesday night in Santa Monica,ending an international manhunt that had gone on since Bulger disappeared nearly 16 years ago.
Harry Potter to be sold as e-books
LONDON: The secret of Pottermore has been revealed Harry Potters wizard adventures are going digital. J K Rowling announced on Thursday that her Potter novels will be sold as e-books starting October ending the boy wizards status as one of the highest-profile holdouts against digital publishing.
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