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BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — The Islamic extremist group Boko Haram (BOH'-koh hah-RAHM') is being blamed for a car bomb in its birthplace city of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Witnesses say the bomb went off in a marketplace in the northeastern city today, and that dozens of people may have been killed. The explosives were hidden under a load of charcoal in a pickup van.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The opening session of Iraq's new parliament ended almost as soon as it began today with members at impasse over selection of a prime minister, even as a Sunni militant group threatens to tear the country apart as it gobbles up territory. The session was called off after a short break when most of the 328-member legislature's Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers did not return. Meanwhile, the U.N. says a spike in violence made June the deadliest month in at least two years.
BEIRUT (AP) — The same Sunni militant group that's carving out section of Iraq has captured a key Syrian town on the border after a long fight with other rebels. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captured Boukamal after bringing in reinforcements from Iraq.
MIAMI (AP) — Florida could feel the effects soon as a tropical depression off the coast is expected to become the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The depression's maximum sustained winds were last tracked this morning at near 35 mph. A tropical storm watch is in effect for Florida's east coast from Fort Pierce to Flagler Beach.
DETROIT (AP) — The ignition switch recalls now engulfing General Motors and Chrysler are having ripple effects. GM has added 8.2 million vehicles in North America to its ballooning list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches. Chrysler has recalled almost 700,000 vehicles. It's caused other manufacturers to investigate their own switches and other potential defects and one expert says that may have resulted in the recent spate of air bag recalls.
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