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• Iraq firefight pulls in noncombat US troops (By Barbara Surk, Associated Press)
• Guatemala mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 38 and bury 2 buses (Associated Press)
• Iranian woman is reportedly lashed (New York Times)
• Many are lost as 2 boats flip in Congo (Associated Press)
• Bomber kills 3 soldiers at Russia base (Associated Press)
• New Zealand quake tore new fault line (Associated Press)
• Suicide bomber kills 14 in Pakistan (Associated Press)
• Lagging rivals, Japan beefs up textbooks (Associated Press)
• Basque separatists known for violence declare cease-fire (By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press)
• Taliban threaten to attack polls in Afghan elections (By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
• Crisis looms in Mideast talks (By Karin Laub, Associated Press)
• Kabul Bank’s principal shareholders under asset freeze (By Andrew Higgins, Washington Post)