Man arrested for allegedly carrying phony check: Anti-terrorism
\nofficials are investigating a man arrested after arriving here on
\na flight from Indonesia for allegedly carrying phony checks for
\nUS$12 million, a news report said Friday. Omar Shishani, 47, a
\nnaturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan
\nAirport Wednesday after a Customs inspector found nine checks
\nbelieved to be counterfeit in his baggage. He was scheduled to
\nappear in a preliminary hearing Friday. His lawyers were not
\nimmediately available for comment. -- AP<\/p>\n
U.S. warplanes bomb Iraq:Five Iraqis were killed and 17 wounded
\nwhen U.S. warplanes bombed southern Iraq Thursday night, an Iraqi
\nmilitary spokesman said Friday, quoted by Baghdad Radio.
\n\"U.S. warplanes bombed a residential neighborhood in Al-Diwaniya,
\n350 kilometers south of Baghdad, at 1:10 a.m. Friday (4:10 a.m.
\nJakarta time),\" the spokesman said. --AFP<\/p>\n
Turkish parliament session blocked: Turkey's three government
\ncoalition partners and one opposition party said on Friday they
\nwould not attend a special session of parliament on Monday,
\neffectively blocking a sitting crucial to EU preparations.
\nParliament needs a quorum of 184 out of a total 550 members to
\nturn up to allow debate to start on urgently needed reforms to
\nprepare for the European Union and possibly also to set a date
\nfor elections in November. --Reuters<\/p>\n
France, Russia holds informal summit:French President Jacques
\nChirac arrived in the Black Sea Russian resort of Sochi on Friday
\nfor an informal summit with President Vladimir Putin aimed at
\nboosting flagging ties with Moscow. During the visit, due to last
\nless than 24 hours, the two presidents will each only bring one
\naide to a meeting on Friday, followed by a dinner. On Saturday,
\nthey will have a one-on-one breakfast meeting. --AFP<\/p>",
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