Item 1. Iraqis have established a court to (1)________ Saddam Hussein and others in his government. A spokesman for the Iraqi national congress says Salem Chalabi will (2)________ the court. No date has been set for Saddam’s trial. American forces have been holding him since he was (3)________ in December. In other developments, militants fired shells at a prison near Baghdad Tuesday. 22 prisoners were killed. More than 100 others were injured. American military officials say the (4)________ were either from Saddam’s government or were (5)________ in anti-coalition activities.
Item 2. A series of (1)________ in southern Iraq have killed at least (2)________. Many others were (3)________. Among the dead were at least 16 (4)________ and young schoolgirls. Bombings struck at three police stations in the Iraqi city of Basra. British forces are (5)________ in the area. It has been comparatively calm for the last several months. Shortly after the Basra attacks, another car bomb (6)________ in front of a police-training center in the town of Zubayr. A British spokesman said at least three (7)________ were killed and two (8)________ wounded. No one has (9)________ responsibility. Local officials say the (10)________ were similar to ones carried out by Al-Qaeda.
Item 3. South Korean media say a (1)________ of two trains in (2)________ may have caused as many as 3000 (3)________. North Korean officials have not (4)________ the report of the crash in the city Niangchang. It is about 20 kilometers from the Chinese (5)________. However, the South Korean News Agency Younghop says the North Korean government has declared (6)________ conditions in the area. Reports from China say the crash caused a large explosion that (7)________ a train station in the area. Reports say the trains were carrying oil and (8)________. The United States Department of State said it does not know enough about the (9)________ to decide if (10)________ should be sent to North Korea.
Item 4. In Iraq, a United States general has warned fighters in Fulujia that they have only a few days to (1)________ their weapons or face (2)________. General James Conway says fighters only (3)________ a few useless weapons so far. United States (4)________ in Fulujia began an offensive earlier this month after 4 (5)________ security guards were killed there. In other news, Iraqi (6)________ say a South African (7)________ was shot and killed in Baghdad. Also Iraqi officials say three foreigners (8)________ by Iraqi resistance fighters have been released. And United States officials said they will permit some (9)________ members of Saddam Hussein's government to hold positions in Iraqi (10)________ forces.
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