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Abu Bakar Bashir
KUWAIT CITY: A US civilian was killed and another critically wounded in a highway ambush near the main American army camp in Kuwait, the sixth shooting since October amid a major US troop buildup in the emirate.
JERUSALEM: A Hezbollah rocket attack on Israeli army posts in a disputed area on Lebanon's border raised tensions a week before Israel's elections, with the Jewish state striking back with warplanes and a stern warning.
JAKARTA: Alleged regional terror group leader Abu Bakar Bashir is to face charges of treason and staging a series of bomb attacks in Indonesia, police said.
MARCOUSSIS, France: Hopes that rival parties locked into Ivory Coast peace talks under way here were close to agreement rose when French officials confirmed that embattled President Laurent Gbagbo was due in Paris at the end of the week.
LONDON: International pressure on Iraq is weakening President Saddam Hussein's iron grip on power, British PM Tony Blair told a parliamentary hearing.
SEOUL: An increasingly isolated North Korea appealed to South Korea for support as US efforts to build international opposition against the Stalinist state's nuclear program gained stength.