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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A homicide bombing killed the head of the U.S.-appointedIraqi Governing Council (search)as his car waited at a checkpoint near coalition headquarters Monday, a major setback to American efforts to stabilize Iraq just six weeks before the handover of sovereignty. A roadside bomb containing deadly sarin nerve agent …

KARACHI, Pakistan – A bomb exploded at aShiite Muslim (search)mosque packed with worshippers in this southern Pakistani port city Friday, killing 14 people and wounding more than 200 others in a suspected homicide attack, police and witnesses said. President Gen.Pervez Musharraf (search)condemned the blast as a “heinous act of terrorism” …

The United States ranked No. 22 on a list of 235 countries studied for one year in terms of stability and prosperity, and the Vatican ranked first, Reuters reported. Among the top 10 on are Sweden, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Monaco, Gibralter, San Marino, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands and the Irish …