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BAGHDAD – Iraq delayed until Thursday a crucial vote in parliament on a pact that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq through 2011 after lawmakers, many of them Sunni Arabs, demanded concessions from the Shiite-led government in return for supporting the deal. The one-day delay and Wednesday’s backroom haggling highlighted …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s constitution does not prohibit death by firing squad, a top court ruled Tuesday, clearing the way for the execution of three men convicted in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings. The nation’s Constitutional Court dismissed the men’s request for a traditional Islamic-style beheading and claims by their …

TAMAROA, Ill. – Autopsies are scheduled for two toddlers who drowned in a submerged vehicle. Perry County Sheriff Keith Kellerman said Wednesday that the 22-month-old and 3-year-old children died Tuesday when they became trapped inside the vehicle. The sheriff says rescuers pulled the children from the vehicle and they were …