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Attacks on Iraqi forces kill 33 in Mosul
Jun 26 2005 9:54PM (CT)
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - Suicide bombers struck a police headquarters, an army base and a hospital around Mosul on Sunday, killing 33 people in a setback to efforts to rebuild the northwestern city's police force that was riven by intimidation from insurgents seven months ago.
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Iran president-elect vows to restart nukes
Jun 26 2005 8:20PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's ultraconservative president-elect, at once defiant and at ease, vowed Sunday to restart the nation's controversial nuclear program and warned European negotiators that building trust required a mutual effort.
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Rumsfeld: Iraq insurgency could last years
Jun 26 2005 8:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday he is bracing for even more violence in Iraq and acknowledged that the insurgency "could go on for any number of years."
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Freed hostage describes Iraq captivity
Jun 26 2005 7:36PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Boredom mixed with brutality. Giving a glimpse into the life of a hostage in Iraq, Australian engineer Douglas Wood has described the 47 days he spent in the hands of insurgents in Baghdad.
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Court allows Jerusalem gay pride parade
Jun 26 2005 6:08PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli court ruled Sunday that Jerusalem's gay pride parade could proceed as planned this week and ordered the city's mayor to pay $6,500 out of his own pocket for trying to stop it.
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Libyan opposition seeks to topple Gadhafi
Jun 26 2005 5:57PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Divisions over tactics and vision split Libyan opposition groups in exile, but participants at a two-day conference agreed Sunday to unite under a "national accord" aimed at ousting Moammar Gadhafi.
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Egypt police encircle anti-torture protest
Jun 26 2005 5:20PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Riot police in front of Egypt's state security building on Sunday encircled a group of protesters demanding the trial of security officers accused of torture, beating demonstrators who tried to break through.
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Israeli troops flatten Gaza buildings
Jun 26 2005 4:50PM (CT)
SHIRAT HAYAM, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli bulldozers flattened a row of abandoned buildings next to this seaside settlement Sunday, clashing with Jewish settlers in the first military operation aimed at hampering opponents to Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Turkey won't accept any new EU criteria
Jun 26 2005 4:09PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's prime minister said the country will not not agree to any new conditions for European Union membership, adding that Turkey expects "honest politics" as it begins negotiations to join the bloc.
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Iran president-elect vows to pursue nukes
Jun 26 2005 1:32PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Sunday to pursue a peaceful nuclear program _ an effort the United States maintains is really a cover for trying to build atomic bombs _ and said his government will not be an extremist one.
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Jordan bars publication of Saddam novel
Jun 26 2005 12:09PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - It seems even fallen dictators have trouble getting their novels published. Jordan has barred publication of Saddam Hussein's fourth novel, titled "Get Out, Damned One," due to political concerns, a senior Jordanian official said Sunday.
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Video shows questioning of Saddam brothers
Jun 26 2005 12:08PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi tribunal investigating members of Saddam Hussein's regime released a videotape Sunday showing two of the ousted dictator's half brothers being questioned about their alleged role in displacing and killing Kurds.
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Israel begins demolishing empty Gaza homes
Jun 26 2005 9:03AM (CT)
SHIRAT YAM, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli troops on Sunday began demolishing a string of abandoned beachfront cottages in the southern Gaza Strip, settler leaders said, heading off efforts by hardline settlers to take over the buildings for resistance against Israel's planned withdrawal from the area.
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Syrian human rights activist acquitted
Jun 26 2005 6:54AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A Syrian court on Sunday acquitted a leading human rights activist of various accusations of anti-government activity, dropping all charges against him.
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Suicide bombs kill at least 31 in Iraq
Jun 26 2005 6:33AM (CT)
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - Two suicide bombers killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks on a police station and outside an Iraqi military base in northern Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. military said.
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Suicide bomber kills 5 in Mosul
Jun 26 2005 2:03AM (CT)
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber who hid explosives under watermelons in the back of a pickup truck slammed into a police headquarters in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing five people and wounding eight others, police and hospital officials said.
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New Iran leader speaks of future after win
Jun 26 2005 1:31AM (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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