* The U.S. military announced the deaths of five more American troops, two in a helicopter crash north of Baghdad and three in fighting west of the capital. The deaths raised to 18 the number of U.S. forces killed in the first six days of November.
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* There were indications U.S. ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad was preparing to leave his post as soon as the end of the year and be replaced by Ryan Crocker, a senior career diplomat who is now ambassador to Pakistan.
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