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Last update: September 9, 2007 - 8:40 PM

The United Nations has delayed the release of a quarterly report on human rights in Iraq to avoid criticizing Washington and Baghdad while they are seeking to rally congressional and international support for the war effort, said U.N. officials.

The Iraqi government issued a new appeal to neighboring countries to step up assistance at a Baghdad conference that drew delegates from across the Middle East and the Group of Eight industrialized nations. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said bordering countries had been slow to fulfill promises to stem the flow of fighters and weapons into Iraq.

The U.S. command said that a soldier was killed Sunday during combat operations in Baghdad. It also reported that a Marine died Friday in Anbar Province of non-combat causes. That incident is under investigation.

A U.S. airstrike killed an insurgent suspected to be behind the quadruple suicide bombings in August against communities of Yazidis, a Kurdish-speaking religious minority, that killed 520 people, said a U.S. military spokesman.

At least 35 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead. The deadliest attack was a raid by gunmen on a police station that killed at least nine people. Police and witnesses said the attackers were driven off with the help of residents in the predominantly Sunni village of Hajaj, some 155 miles north of Baghdad.

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