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Curfew imposed in Beirut after clashes
Jan 25 2007 11:30PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - University students loyal to Lebanon's government clashed with Hezbollah supporters Thursday, setting cars ablaze and battling with homemade clubs and stones. The melee deepened worries that Lebanon cannot contain the political and sectarian rivalries threatening to push it toward civil war.
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Security Council sees hope for Mideast
Jan 25 2007 10:22PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Security Council members are optimistic that a key meeting next month on the Israel-Palestinian conflict will help revive the stalled peace process, Russia's U.N. ambassador said Thursday.
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Billions pledged for Lebanon government
Jan 25 2007 9:23PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - World powers pledged $7.6 billion in loans, donations and other help Thursday for a fragile Western-backed government in Lebanon that faces ruinous debt and paralyzing sectarian street violence.
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Israeli parliament allows Katsav leave
Jan 25 2007 7:42PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Moshe Katsav temporarily relinquished his powers as Israel's president Thursday, but defied demands from officials to quit outright and spare the nation more anguish over rape and sexual assault allegations leveled against him.
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Iran calls for summit with Iraq, Syria
Jan 25 2007 6:35PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region, four key lawmakers told The Associated Press on Monday.
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Insurgents post video of downed copter
Jan 25 2007 5:27PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An insurgent group that has claimed responsibility for the downing this week of a U.S. helicopter in Baghdad that killed five Americans posted a video Thursday on an Islamic Web site showing the wreckage and two bodies.
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1 killed, 20 wounded in Cairo shootout
Jan 25 2007 3:43PM (CT)
GIZA, Egypt (AP) - Gunfire broke out Thursday between police and protesters opposed to construction of a cell phone tower south of Giza, and one man was killed and 20 people were wounded, authorities said.
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In Turkey, hopes for reconciliation fade
Jan 25 2007 2:01PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - As mourners streamed through the streets this week to honor slain ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, many liberal Turks were swept up in a sense that an unprecedented chance for ethnic and political reconciliation was at hand.
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Saudi princess would let women drive
Jan 25 2007 1:15PM (CT)
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - The most prominent princess in Saudi Arabia's royal family said Thursday that if she could change one thing about her country, she would let women drive _ a rare and direct challenge to the driving ban imposed by the kingdom's ruling male elite.
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Iraq crash exacts heavy toll from U.S.
Jan 25 2007 12:58PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two colonels, one lieutenant colonel and two command sergeants major were among the 12 soldiers killed last weekend in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Baghdad, the Pentagon said.
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Lebanese army imposes curfew in Beirut
Jan 25 2007 12:15PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The Lebanese army, struggling to restore order to the streets of the capital after violence Thursday, has imposed a nighttime curfew in Beirut, a military official said.
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Blast in Shiite area of Baghdad kills 26
Jan 25 2007 11:05AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber struck a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in central Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 54, police said. The blast occurred shortly after two rockets slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone.
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Father kills daughter; doubted virginity
Jan 25 2007 7:38AM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A Jordanian man fatally shot his 17-year-old daughter whom he suspected of having sex despite a medical exam that proved her chastity, an official said Thursday. The man surrendered to police hours after the killing, saying he had done it for family honor.
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U.S. to more than triple aid to Lebanon
Jan 25 2007 6:08AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - The United States pledged to more than triple its economic aid to the fragile democratic government in Lebanon, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would not speculate Thursday on the fate of the donation should Hezbollah militants take power.
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Sentencing for Saddam deputy postponed
Jan 25 2007 5:38AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi judge postponed sentencing for Saddam Hussein's vice president because lawyers for relatives and victims of the crimes failed to show up on Thursday.
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Bomb explodes in Baghdad market area
Jan 25 2007 5:19AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded in one of Baghdad's busiest market areas on Thursday, killing at least four people and wounding 18, police said.
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Militants clash with Lebanese troops
Jan 25 2007 5:18AM (CT)
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) - Islamic militants on Thursday fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades at Lebanese troops as they deployed outside a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, forcing hundreds of civilians to flee, security officials said.
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Livni, Abbas to meet in Switzerland
Jan 25 2007 3:09AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Thursday on the sidelines of a high-profile conference in Switzerland to explore ways to resume long-stalled peacemaking, an Abbas aide said.
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