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Baghdad - A group led by al-Qaeda-linked militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for a series of co-ordinated attacks across Iraq Thursday that killed about 100 people. Iraqi health ministry officials said another 320 people were wounded in the attacks on police and government buildings in Ramadi, Baqouba, Mosul and Baghdad. The surge in violence comes less than a week before the U.S.-led coalition is to hand over power in Iraq to an interim Iraqi government, set for June 30. Despite the violence, Iraq's interim prime minister Iyad Allawi said the situation was under control Oslo, Norway - A widening six-day strike by Norwegian oil workers threatens to cut the output of the world's third-biggest oil exporter by a quarter and could push up oil prices. The OFS union representing employees striking for better pension schemes and labour rights for offshore workers said Wednesday it would almost double the stoppage by next Monday, June 28. New York - Security procedures at AOL, the world's biggest internet service provider, have come under scrutiny after U.S. authorities charged a former employee of selling a list with the details of millions of subscribers to a spammer. AOL customers received millions of unsolicited advertisements for internet gambling Ð and later Ð for penis enhancement pills.
