… do not want stability" in Balad. "We demand the government to send more troops and security members in order to secure this town," he added. ___ Associated Press writers Sameer N. Yacoub and Lara Jakes contributed to this report.

… government could change its mind. "Mr. Copeland's remains have departed Iraq en route to the United States," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. ___ Follow Lara Jakes on Twitter at www.twitter.com/larajakesAP

… ambitions," Salam said. ___ Associated Press writers Sameer N. Yacoub and Qassim Abdul-Zahra contributed to this report. Follow Lara Jakes on Twitter at www.twitter.com/larajakesAP and Kay Johnson at www.twitter.com/kayatAP

… the first-round winners Wednesday at the rain-plagued Gastein Ladies clay-court tennis event. Pervak overcame Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), while the 37-year-old Craybas handled Russian Nina Bratchikova 7-5 …

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… Slovakia 6-4, 7-6 (1). Third-seeded Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan was serving for the match at 3-6, 6-3, 6-5 against Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino of Spain when the rain forced them off the court. When they returned hours later, Pervak lost her serve …

… Olympics. They played together at the Australian Open in 2011 and Paes even attended Bhupathi's wedding to former Miss Universe Lara Dutta. But on court things appeared to have turned sour again as Paes, a singles bronze-medalist from the 1996 Atlanta Games …