40 decomposed bodies found

40 decomposed bodies found

* BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces found 40 decomposed bodies, including those of women and children, north of Ramadi near Lake Tharthar in an area controlled until recently by al Qaeda in Iraq.

Hawker riots in Senegal * DAKAR -The Senegalese government agreed to keep certain streets of the capital open to vendors after hundreds of young men protesting a move to clear the city of hawkers clashed with police a day earlier. British case has collapsed * MOSCOW – The former KGB officer named as a suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko has said the British government’s case against him has collapsed and calls the slain man a ‘traitor’.Andrei Lugovoi, running for parliament in Dec.2 elections, expects his accusers to use the November 24 anniversary of the death to renew their calls for his extradition, but says “I don’t give a damn about this raving and barking from across the channel.”Strikers trickle back to work * PARIS – Trains are still overstuffed with suffocating commuters but the tide appears to be turning in France’s 9-day-long transport strike.Drivers trickle back to work after the first round of negotiations over a sensitive retirement reform crucial to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s vision for France – despite no breakthroughs.Syria softens on conference * DAMASCUS – Syria is softening its refusal to attend the Annapolis Mideast peace conference and has already won dividends, including a visit from Jordan’s king that marked an end to its regional isolation.But as it bends, it risks alienating Palestinian militants and its ally Iran.Nampa-APBritish case has collapsed * MOSCOW – The former KGB officer named as a suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko has said the British government’s case against him has collapsed and calls the slain man a ‘traitor’.Andrei Lugovoi, running for parliament in Dec.2 elections, expects his accusers to use the November 24 anniversary of the death to renew their calls for his extradition, but says “I don’t give a damn about this raving and barking from across the channel.” Strikers trickle back to work * PARIS – Trains are still overstuffed with suffocating commuters but the tide appears to be turning in France’s 9-day-long transport strike.Drivers trickle back to work after the first round of negotiations over a sensitive retirement reform crucial to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s vision for France – despite no breakthroughs. Syria softens on conference * DAMASCUS – Syria is softening its refusal to attend the Annapolis Mideast peace conference and has already won dividends, including a visit from Jordan’s king that marked an end to its regional isolation.But as it bends, it risks alienating Palestinian militants and its ally Iran.Nampa-AP

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