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Chemical expert testifies in Jordan trial
Jun 22 2005 10:41PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Islamic militants planned to detonate an explosion that would have sent a cloud of toxic chemicals across Jordan, causing death, blindness and sickness, a chemical expert testified in a military court Wednesday.
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Four car bombings in Iraq leave 23 dead
Jun 22 2005 10:06PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Four car bombs exploded at dusk Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, including sidewalk diners and passengers at a bus station. The coordinated attacks served as a chilling reminder of how potent militants remain in the capital despite around-the-clock American and Iraqi troop patrols.
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U.S. spy plane pilot dies in U.A.E. crash
Jun 22 2005 10:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An American U-2 spy plane crashed while returning to its base in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, killing the pilot after a mission in support of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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Design for new Egyptian museum unveiled
Jun 22 2005 7:59PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A giant museum with a glowing alabaster facade and a roof in alignment with the nearby pyramids will house King Tut's mummy and treasures along with thousands of other artifacts, according to a design unveiled Wednesday.
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Activists march through Egyptian capital
Jun 22 2005 6:39PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A few hundred reform activists marched through a Cairo neighborhood Wednesday unmolested by riot police while denouncing President Hosni Mubarak, whose security forces historically have used a heavy hand against anti-government demonstrators.
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Iraq to restore ties with four countries
Jun 22 2005 3:41PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Iraq will begin restoring full diplomatic relations with Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, officials said Wednesday _ ending more than a decade of frozen ties with its Arab neighbors.
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Groups support Rafsanjani in Iran runoff
Jun 22 2005 2:36PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - In a last stand of street rallies, Iran's pro-reform groups roared back into the presidential race Wednesday with their most potent weapon: warnings that victory for an Islamic ultraconservative will erase years of hard-won social and economic gains.
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Car bombs kill 23 in western Baghdad
Jun 22 2005 2:18PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Four car bombs exploded in western Baghdad within minutes Wednesday, killing 23 people and wounding 56, police said.
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Three GIs killed in combat near Baghdad
Jun 22 2005 1:39PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three U.S. soldiers were killed by small-arms fire during combat operations west of Baghdad, the military said Wednesday.
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Gunmen disrupt lecture by Palestinian PM
Jun 22 2005 1:20PM (CT)
BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) - Gunmen in a refugee camp opened fire Wednesday, disrupting a lecture from the Palestinian prime minister about the need to end violence. The brazen shooting highlighted the difficulty of his task.
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Mideast seeks to salvage peace hopes
Jun 22 2005 1:03PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Their summit may have been frosty, but Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas need each other and know it.
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Gunfire, explosions rattle West Bank camp
Jun 22 2005 10:12AM (CT)
BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian gunmen fired shots and detonated an explosive device Wednesday as Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia left a building in a West Bank refugee camp where he was lecturing militants on the need to restore order to the streets.
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U.S. spy plane pilot dies in Asia crash
Jun 22 2005 8:54AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The pilot of a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane has died in a crash while returning to a base in southwest Asia, the military said Wednesday.
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U.S. envoy: Iraq militants seek civil war
Jun 22 2005 6:19AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - America's new ambassador to Iraq expressed horror Tuesday at the violence wracking the country and said Islamic extremists and Saddam Hussein loyalists are trying to start a civil war.
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Resignation of Lebanese president sought
Jun 22 2005 3:55AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The Lebanese opposition stepped up calls for pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud to resign Wednesday after the assassination of an anti-Damascus critic, the second such killing in three weeks. The opposition also called for a strike during his funeral.
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Egypt to send ambassador to Iraq
Jun 22 2005 3:44AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Egypt will become the first Arab nation to send an ambassador to post-Saddam Iraq, the Iraqi foreign minister was to announce Wednesday, according to a copy of his speech obtained by The Associated Press.
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Egypt to send ambassador to Iraq
Jun 22 2005 3:10AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Egypt will become the first Arab nation to send an ambassador to post-Saddam Iraq, the Iraqi foreign minister was to announce Wednesday at an international conference on Iraq, according to a copy of his speech obtained by The Associated Press.
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Gadhafi's opponents to gather in London
Jun 22 2005 1:55AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - With change building in other parts of the Middle East, exiled opposition leaders want to bring some of that momentum to Libya and one of the region's most entrenched leaders, Moammar Gadhafi.
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