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US Troop Withdrawal to Test Iraq's Stability

The new wave of bombings continued today in Iraq. With US troops leaving cities and towns next Tuesday, is the country faced with sectarian civil war? Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, and the world mourns Michael Jackson.

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By Warren Olney • Jun 26, 2009 • 50m Listen

The new wave of bombings continued today in Iraq. With US troops leaving cities and towns next Tuesday, is the country faced with sectarian civil war? Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with President Obama at the White House. On Reporter's Notebook, Michael Jackson was, indeed, an international superstar. We get reaction to his death from places around the world.


Banner image: A US soldier of the 1st battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, leads a sniffer dog as they check the ceremony room prior the transfer of their base to the Iraqi security forces in the city of Baquba, 60kms northeast of Baghdad. Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

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