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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: washingtonpost.com (57 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (42 articles) baltimoresun.com (41 articles) nytimes.com (25 articles) latimes.com (20 articles) abcnews.go.com (19 articles) boston.com (19 articles) seattletimes. nwsource.com (17 articles) ft.com (15 articles) dallasnews.com (13 articles) cbc.ca (12 articles) cbsnews.com (10 articles) usatoday.com (7 articles) nypost.com (7 articles) observer. guardian.co.uk (4 articles) topics.nytimes.com (3 articles) sfgate.com (3 articles) foxnews.com (3 articles) timesonline.co.uk (2 articles)	The Seattle Times: Tensions rise in Kurdish area of Iraq Summary from United States, from articles in English [UPDATED] (see summary with new information since yesterday) BAGHDAD - From south and north, Iraq's Kurdish region felt pressure from two sides Saturday, as saboteurs bombed a vital bridge link to Baghdad, and Turkish troops across the border massed for a possible strike. (article 4) A series of explosions were heard in Baghdad late Saturday and state-run Iraqiya television reported that U.S. warplanes were bombarding Habibiyah, a Shiite area on edge of the Mahdi Army militia stronghold of Sadr City. (article 4) Al-Maliki, the Shiite prime minister, ending a visit to the Kurdish north on Saturday, sought to ease the growing tensions. (article 4) BAGHDAD - Militants blew up a key bridge Saturday on a highway connecting Iraq's oil-rich north to Baghdad, in what locals warned was part of a campaign to stoke ethnic unrest in the volatile melting pot. (article 6) An American tank firing at insurgents near Falluja also killed three Iraqi children on Saturday, according to a military statement, and an American helicopter was damaged by gunfire north of Baghdad and forced to land. (article 5) BAGHDAD - A series of mortar barrages killed eight civilians and wounded 25 others early Saturday in a Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad, police said, while a strategic bridge was damaged by a bomb in northern Iraq. (article 3) Other summaries about this story: Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English (8 articles) [compare] Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare] Other stories about Baghdad, Iraqi and Iraq: Commanders Say Push in Baghdad Is Short of Goal (5 articles) Gates presses Turkey against military action in Iraq (5 articles) Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords Baghdad, Iraqi, Iraq, military, Kurdish Source articles 14 U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq in 3 Days (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 1124 words) 14 U.S. troops die as battle deepens (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 961 words) Mortar barrages kill at least 8 in Baghdad (dallasnews.com, 06/02/2007, 873 words) The Seattle Times: Tensions rise in Kurdish area of Iraq (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/03/2007, 630 words) Bridge Bombing Increases Tensions in Northern Iraq (nytimes.com, 06/03/2007, 837 words) Militants bomb key bridge in north Iraq (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 949 words) Commanders Say Push in Baghdad Is Short of Goal (nytimes.com, 06/04/2007, 1913 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu