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The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a Sunni Muslim prayer meeting rose to 57 in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, where officials said they were on high alert for more violence. The American military on Tuesday announced the deaths of five soldiers, bringing the number of troops killed this month to at least 32. A Spanish judge indicted 29 people for alleged roles in the deadly 2004 Madrid train bombings and concluded that the attack was carried out by a local radical Islamic cell that was inspired but not directed by al-Qaeda. In his appearance before the Cole inquiry, Mr Downer said he could not personally recall the specifics of any of the 21 cables containing warnings about AWB and the wheat exporters $300 million in kickbacks to the regime of Saddam Hussein. Cease-fire monitors in Sri Lanka are seeking talks with Tamil Tiger rebels after attacks in the past two days killed at least 15 soldiers and sailors before peace talks scheduled for next week in Geneva. A rocket exploded in a school yard in eastern Afghanistan, killing 7 students and wounding 34 other people in an attack possibly aimed at a nearby US military base, officials said. Tomorrows winning lottery numbers. Gratis!