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Turkey's truckers' association says it will stop delivering goods to U.S. forces in Iraq, in what appears to be a direct response to insurgents' videotaped killing of a Turkish hostage. (Herald Sun)
Doom 3, the long-awaited second follow-up to the 1993 first-person shooting classic, is leaked online. (BBC)
A Philippine lawyer who helped recover millions of dollars stashed by late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and a doctor who exposed China's SARS outbreak are among this year's winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, a prestigious prize in Asia. (AP)
Five Moroccans detained at the U.S. military camp in Guantanamo Bay are turned over to authorities in their home country. (The Australian)
India's junior Foreign Minister, Edappakath Ahamed, declares that the Indian government has no confirmation of the release of 3 truck drivers who were taken hostage in Iraq in late July. (Reuters)
The government of Paraguay confirms that at least 275 people died in a supermarketfire in Asunción. The death toll is still expected to rise as a more thorough search is completed. (Seattle Post) (CNN)
U.S. General Tommy Franks discloses that, through a double agent codenamed "April Fool", he tricked Saddam Hussein into bungling the defense of his country. (The Australian)
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