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Pentagon rules dictate that women may not be assigned to ground combat units. But the nature of the Iraq war has led to a blurring of distinction between front-line and rear areas, and more women are finding themselves in the thick of battle.

At least 15 people are dead after a woman detonated explosives hidden under her burqa at a police checkpoint in Bannu, Pakistan, on Monday. It appears to be Pakistan's first female suicide bomb attack, officials say.

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who is vying to succeed Russian President Vladimir Putin, is a step closer to his goal. He was overwhelmingly elected as the opposition coalition's candidate for March elections.

During his first run for office in 1998, Democrat John Edwards used his telegenic personality and a populist message to win a North Carolina Senate race. For much of the past five years, his sights have been set on the White House.

U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari spent the weekend in Myanmar, in an effort to find a peaceful solution to the military government's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. He met with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday and separately, with Burmese military rulers.

The map on the new Euro coin does not include Turkey, which desperately wants to become part of the European Union.

Lawyers opposed to Gen. Pervez Musharraf's candidacy in next week's presidential election engaged in running battles with police Saturday in Islamabad.

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Jamie Foxx plays FBI Agent Ronald Fleury. When a terrorist bomb blows up an American facility in Saudi Arabia, Fleury wants to take his crack team out into the field to try and find the necessary evidence to track down the terrorists. Fleury knew someone who was killed, so he's taking a personal interest in seeing justice done. Despite opposition from various sources, Fleury eventually gets the OK to bring Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper), Janet Mayes (

Gen. Peter Pace, who helped plan and carry out the Iraq war, is stepping down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Critics say Pace failed to question the assumptions of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, to devastating effect.