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IRAQ
Security crackdown nets dozens
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police and soldiers rounded up nearly 60 people yesterday in security crackdowns in Baghdad and the southern city of Basra, and the U.S. military reported the death of an American soldier in a bombing.
At least 22 persons were detained and weapons were seized in raids launched before dawn yesterday, the Iraqi army said.
An additional 37 persons -- including five Palestinians and a Syrian -- were arrested in pre-dawn raids in Baghdad's Dora district, the Interior Ministry said.
The U.S. command said an American soldier was killed the previous evening in a roadside bombing north of the capital.
PHILIPPINES
66 die in stampede outside stadium
MANILA -- A stampede broke out early today outside a stadium near Manila where thousands had lined up to watch a popular game show, and at least 66 persons were trampled to death, an official said.
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