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New president sees Iran as 'role model'
Jun 25 2005 11:18PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's new president spoke Saturday of making Iran a "modern, advanced, powerful and Islamic" model for the world, borrowing the style of the hard-line ruling clerics that backed him in his landslide victory.
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Suicide bombing kills 9 in Samarra, Iraq
Jun 25 2005 10:23PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber trailed by five cars loaded with armed insurgents slammed into a wall outside the home of an Iraqi special forces police officer Saturday in the Sunni triangle city of Samarra, killing at least nine people on the street, officials said.
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Syria denies U.S. allegations over troops
Jun 25 2005 10:14PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - An official Syrian newspaper on Saturday dismissed as "lies" American allegations that Damascus still maintained troops or intelligence officials in Lebanon.
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U.S. praises Kuwait on women's rights
Jun 25 2005 9:54PM (CT)
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Elizabeth Cheney, the vice president's daughter and the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs, praised Kuwait on Saturday for granting women political rights.
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40 Jewish settlers plan to leave Gaza
Jun 25 2005 9:41PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Forty Jewish settler families said Saturday they expect to move out of their Gaza Strip homes next month, becoming the first to announce definite plans to leave ahead of the Israeli withdrawal from the coastal area.
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Libya opposition seeks Gadhafi's ouster
Jun 25 2005 4:07PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Mohammed al-Senousi calls himself a prince, although he has had no throne since his grandfather was ousted in a 1969 coup by Moammar Gadhafi.
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New Iran leader speaks of future after win
Jun 25 2005 3:28PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's new president spoke Saturday of making Iran a "modern, advanced, powerful and Islamic" model for the world, borrowing the style of the hard-line ruling clerics that backed him in his landslide victory.
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Western nations condemn Iran vote outcome
Jun 25 2005 2:25PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Governments of Muslim countries offered cautious congratulations in response to Iran's presidential election, while several Western countries Saturday sharply criticized a vote they said showed "serious deficiencies."
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5 killed, 7 wounded in Iraq mortar attack
Jun 25 2005 1:37PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three mortar rounds struck a crowded cafe in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad on Saturday night, killing five civilians and wounding seven, police said.
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Progress, violence in Iraq a year later
Jun 25 2005 1:00PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - After four car bombs devastated a predominantly Shiite Baghdad commercial area and killed 15 people, residents reflected on the everyday problems of living in Iraq. They catalogued their woes as they removed traces of the carnage _ washing blood stains off sidewalks, sweeping debris off streets and clearing shattered glass from their homes.
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Newsview: Economy key to Iranian election
Jun 25 2005 12:56PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The groundswell that carried Tehran's hard-line mayor to the presidency had humble origins _ places such as a wobbly bench on a small wedge of grass.
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Suicide car bomber kills six in Iraq
Jun 25 2005 8:21AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber blew himself up Saturday outside an Iraqi police officer's home north of Baghdad, killing at least six people and wounding at least a dozen, police said.
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