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We're still working with the Iraqi security forces to determine exactly what happened in terms of why it exploded or how it exploded,'' Smith said Sunday at a news conference. The military has said al-Qaida was believed to be behind a suicide attack the next day that killed the Ninevah provincial police chief and two other officers as they toured the site of the blast. In other violence, a former city official was stabbed to death along with his wife and daughter in their home in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, officials said Sunday. The knife-wielding attackers stormed the two-story house late Saturday, killing Ahmed Jwad Hashim, his wife and their daughter, and leaving a visiting nephew seriously wounded, according to police and hospital officials.
Gas thefts needle area merchants
Avi Amoyal allowed customers to pump gasoline at his Baltimore service station for 10 years.
But that changed two years ago.
"When the gas prices went up, and everyone was freaking out, we had one or two drive-offs," said Amoyal, who has owned the Falls Road Sunoco at 4533 Falls Road for 12 years. "Those were in one week; we had another one the next week. We had to make a decision."
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40m IPTV households expected worldwide by 2010
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has revealed that the group is developing a "hybrid" media model using its satellite and digital terrestrial platforms to allow subscribers to access content seamlessly from TVs, PCs or mobiles. In an FT.com interview, Murdoch also rejected claims that his aggressive strategy had exposed it to possible regulatory punishment, saying: "When we go out there and we say we're going to challenge some of those big incumbent telecoms companies who've been charging too much money for too little to too many customers for way too long, we think that's good for customers. Ultimately, we think that really matters from a regulatory perspective as well. Our customers [are] free agents in this."
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40m IPTV households expected worldwide by 2010 Forecasts from analyst firm Canalys indicate the IPTV market will see rapid growth over the next three years, driven by telecom operatorsÂ’ desire to boost ARPU (average revenue per user) and counter the growing threat from competing triple-play providers.
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