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Al-Qaida Group Claims Responsibility for Baghdad Bombings Militant group named the Islamic State in Iraq announced it was behind the twin suicide bombings in a statement posted on a militant Web site Amnesty: Israel Denies Water to Palestinians Amnesty International report says Israel is pumping more than its share of water from an aquifer it controls in West Bank Pakistan Frees 11 Iranian Guards Arrested Near SW Border Authorities originally identified men as members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, but later said they are security guards Pakistan Says Militant Deaths Mount in Offensive Army says it has killed 42 militants in latest stage of offensive against Taliban militants in lawless tribal area of South Waziristan Obama Remembers Americans Killed in Afghanistan Eleven troops, three civilians killed in two helicopter crashes Asylum Seekers Adrift on Australian Boat Governor of Indonesia's Riau Islands has refused to allow a boatload of Sri Lankan refugees to land in the province 9 Killed in Southern Afghanistan Bombings NATO says 8 US service members, Afghan civilian killed Tuesday in bomb attacks; no further details provided Mozambican Voters Poised for Wednesday Elections Citizens to elect president, parliament and provincial assemblies in election considered as important test for opposition US Religious Freedom Report Hits Speech Curbs US State Department's annual report on world-wide religious freedom critical of what it says are international efforts to limit free speech in name of combating defamation of religion San Francisco Tries New Health Program for Uninsured Plan uses mostly existing clinics and non-profit hospitals to supply and coordinate care, but only within city limits