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1. US and Iraqi forces continued their joint operation in an area west of Ramadi on Friday, try to restore security ahead of Iraqi elections set for a few weeks from now.
2. A Georgian court said on Friday that the trial of the man accused of trying to assassinate President Bush during his visit to their country would open next week.
3. A fire at a shelter for the homeless in eastern Germany killed nine people on Friday.
4. In Russia, a man armed with an assault rifle surrendered to police early on Friday, freeing five hostages he had held for about two hours.
5. And one of the doctors, who performed the world's first partial face transplant, said the first post-surgery words from the woman who underwent the surgery were " Thank you. "
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1. Ar Ramadi
town, provincial capital, central Iraq, on the Euphrates(幼发拉底河). It is the eastern terminus of a highway across the desert from the Mediterranean Sea. The town was founded in 1869. The British won an important victory over the Turks there in 1917. The name also appears as Ramadie or Rumadiya. The town has been a center of Sunni insurgent resistance since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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