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Slain Bodies Found In Baquba

Vicky Hunter - Apr 8, 2005 / 9:41 am | Story: 8396

The bodies of 10 slain civilians have been found near Baquba in northern Iraq, a hospital official said Friday. In other violence, an Iraqi police officer was killed in Baghdad and a U.S. Marine died in Falluja. The 10 civilians were shot in the head execution-style, Dr. Fu'ad Ahmed of Baquba General Hospital said. Full story
The husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco is seriously ill, just days after the death of his father-in-law Prince Rainier, according to a palace official. Prince Ernst August of Hanover was admitted to a hospital in the tiny Mediterranean state on Monday with pancreas pains, the unnamed official told The Associated Press. Full story
The quiet town of Windsor is bracing for an influx of royal well-wishers and the world's media preparing to cover the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker Bowles. With the prince in Rome for the funeral of Pope John Paul II on what would have been his wedding day, the town was undergoing a transformation as dozens of camera crews and reporters descended. Full story
Angola's death toll from the Marburg virus has climbed to 173 and four more countries have been placed on alert, as health officials struggle to contain the deadly virus, according to the World Health Organization Web site. Full story
Indonesian officials have slashed by 60 percent their estimate of the number of people missing in Aceh province after the December 26 earthquake and tsunami, because of better data collection. According to the latest numbers, 37,063 are now listed as missing from 93,458 early this week. Full story
British car giant MG Rover has formally appointed administrators as the company's UK factory came to a standstill following the collapse of rescue talks. Rover workers and the British government were reeling Friday after the sudden collapse of Britain's last mass auto manufacturer after its Chinese partner pulled out of a proposed tie-up. Full story