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Hardline mayor wins Iran presidential race
Jun 24 2005 10:54PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The hardline Tehran mayor steamrolled over one of Iran's best-known statesman to win the presidency Saturday in a landslide election victory that cements conservative control over the nation's political leadership.
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Female U.S. Marines ambushed in Iraq
Jun 24 2005 10:13PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber and gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying female U.S. Marines in Fallujah, killing two Marines and leaving another four American troops presumed dead, the military said Friday. At least one woman was killed and 11 of 13 wounded were female.
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Ahmadinejad's rise in Iran spans two years
Jun 24 2005 8:56PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the meteor of Iranian politics, rising from provincial governor to mayor of the capital and now to president _ all in two years, backed by hardliners in the clerical regime.
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Iraq car bombings kill 586 since April
Jun 24 2005 5:21PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The deadly attack on a convoy carrying female U.S. Marines was just the latest in a relentless pace of car bombings all too familiar in today's Iraq.
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U.N. approves $200M for Iraq development
Jun 24 2005 4:56PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday approved the transfer of $200 million in oil-for-food revenue to the Development Fund for Iraq and said an additional $20 million can be used to pay Iraq's past U.N. dues.
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Palestinian gunmen kill Israeli hitchhiker
Jun 24 2005 4:19PM (CT)
BEIT HAGGAI, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a group of hitchhikers Friday and killed one, the third Israeli slaying in a flare-up of violence that threatens a truce reached in February.
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Iraqi police find eight beheaded bodies
Jun 24 2005 2:35PM (CT)
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi security forces discovered the bodies of eight beheaded men Friday in two villages north of Baghdad, army officers said.
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Lebanese anti-Syrian politician mourned
Jun 24 2005 1:29PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Leftist comrades in revolutionary berets marched along with Christian clergy in black robes Friday in a funeral procession for George Hawi, a former Communist boss and critic of Syria killed in a car bombing this week.
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Ex-Soviet dissident loses leadership bid
Jun 24 2005 12:47PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Natan Sharansky, the former Soviet dissident who became a favorite of President Bush, lost a bid Friday to become head of one of the world's most important Jewish organizations, the Jewish Agency.
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Novel written by Saddam to be published
Jun 24 2005 9:41AM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Saddam Hussein's family will publish next week a novel written by the ousted Iraqi leader before the U.S.-led war, his daughter said Friday.
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Iran plans to resume uranium enrichment
Jun 24 2005 8:33AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran will resume uranium enrichment activities at some point, no matter who wins the presidential runoff race, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.
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