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Polls open in Iran's presidential showdown
Jun 23 2005 11:50PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranians began voting Friday in the country's first presidential runoff, choosing between a well-known political moderate and his hard-line rival who says the nation must reclaim the values of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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U.S., Iraq troops kill at least 5 rebels
Jun 23 2005 10:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - American and Iraqi troops battled al-Qaida-linked insurgents holed up in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood Thursday, killing at least five militants apparently waiting to carry out suicide bomb attacks.
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Groups demand Lebanese president resigns
Jun 23 2005 9:26PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The anti-Syrian coalition, fresh off its election victory, blamed Lebanon's president Thursday for the assassinations of several opponents of Damascus and demanded his resignation.
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Iraq PM says U.S. forces must stay for now
Jun 23 2005 8:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S.-led multinational force must stay in Iraq until Iraqi forces are fully prepared to defend the country by themselves, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Thursday.
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Nuke talks stance divides Iran candidates
Jun 23 2005 6:21PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's stance in delicate nuclear talks with the West is shaping up as a key issue dividing the two candidates who face each other in Friday's presidential runoff _ and U.S. and European officials are watching closely.
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Iraq sees increase in car bombings
Jun 23 2005 3:32PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A 12-year-old, his left leg missing below the knee, sat screaming on the sidewalk in a howling sandstorm as a man offered comfort. Laith Falah was buying bread just after daybreak Thursday when he was wounded by one of eight car bombs that struck the capital since dusk _ a furious pace all too familiar in today's Iraq. Falah was lucky to be alive; 38 others were killed by the attacks over the 12-hour period.
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Palestinians proceed on disarmament deal
Jun 23 2005 3:00PM (CT)
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian officials said Thursday they reached a tentative agreement to absorb about 700 gunmen in this West Bank city into the Palestinian security services, pushing forward with a campaign aimed at disarming rogue militants.
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Looted art said used to fund terrorists
Jun 23 2005 2:57PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Wealthy art patrons are buying stolen artifacts from Iraq and inadvertently funding terrorist activity, the director of Iraq's national Museum said Thursday. Some of the objects are entering the U.S., he said.
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Jerusalem to ban annual gay pride parade
Jun 23 2005 12:46PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Jerusalem officials said Thursday they will ban the annual gay pride parade set for next week, claiming the march would offend many of the holy city's residents.
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Vanunu appeals to have letters returned
Jun 23 2005 12:42PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu asked the Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday to order the country's Shin Bet security service to return confiscated letters he wrote in prison.
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Sunni Arabs endorse 15 for Iraq committee
Jun 23 2005 11:34AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's Sunni Arabs endorsed a list of 15 men Thursday to represent the minority on a Shiite-dominated committee drafting the new constitution.
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U.S.: Syria operatives still in Lebanon
Jun 23 2005 10:51AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The United States is certain that Syrian military intelligence operatives remain in Lebanon in defiance of international demands to withdraw all forces and agents, two senior U.S. officials said Thursday.
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Saudi terror suspect said killed in Iraq
Jun 23 2005 7:00AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - One of Saudi Arabia's most-wanted suspected terrorists was killed by an airstrike during fighting with U.S. and Iraqi forces in northwest Iraq, the leader of the al-Qaida in Iraq group said in a Web statement posted Thursday.
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Police: 15 killed in Baghdad car bombings
Jun 23 2005 1:10AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two car bombs killed at least 15 people and injured 28 when they exploded just after dawn Thursday in central Baghdad, police said.
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