Seven U.S. military killed; parliament approves Cabinet picks

Monday, May 9, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An explosion of insurgent violence killed seven U.S. servicemembers in Iraq over the weekend even as the Shiite-dominated parliament approved four more Sunni Arabs to serve as government ministers.

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