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Blair takes on hard job as Mideast envoy
Jun 26 2007 9:03PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - In his new job as Mideast envoy, Tony Blair will take on a task that has bedeviled many before him _ a role complicated by Hamas' takeover of Gaza, the weakness of Palestinian and Israeli leaders, and animosity deepened on both sides by six years of conflict.
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US chiefs: Iraq not ready to hold ground
Jun 26 2007 6:20PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - American military commanders now seriously doubt that Iraqi security forces will be able to hold the ground that U.S. troops are fighting to clear _ gloomy predictions that strike at the heart of Washington's key strategy to turn the tide in Iraq.
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Egypt, Saudi Arabia meet on Hamas
Jun 26 2007 5:43PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Saudi Arabia and Egypt will not try to mediate the conflict between Hamas and Fatah for the time being, an Egyptian spokesman said Tuesday after a meeting between the leaders of the two powerhouse Arab nations.
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Iran says U.S. hurting Iran-Iraq ties
Jun 26 2007 4:30PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader accused the United States of damaging relations between Iran and Iraq and charged that American and Israeli agents were behind the Iraqi insurgency, state-run Iranian television said Tuesday.
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Rice: Syria must keep Lebanon jury safe
Jun 26 2007 3:33PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning to Syria on Tuesday, saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader, a prominent critic of Syrian influence in Lebanon.
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U.S. official: Blair to be Mideast envoy
Jun 26 2007 3:31PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.
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U.S. official: Blair to be Mideast envoy
Jun 26 2007 3:31PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.
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U.S. official: Blair to be Mideast envoy
Jun 26 2007 3:31PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.
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U.S. official: Blair to be Mideast envoy
Jun 26 2007 3:31PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.
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U.S. official: Blair to be Mideast envoy
Jun 26 2007 3:31PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.
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300 Islamic militants killed, wounded
Jun 26 2007 3:30PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Some 300 Islamic militants have been killed or wounded in the monthlong battle with Lebanese troops in a Palestinian refugee camp, leaving only a few dozen fighters still hiding in the besieged camp, Defense Minister Elias Murr said Tuesday.
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Sunni leaders angry over arrest warrant
Jun 26 2007 3:27PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi commandos raided the home of a Sunni Cabinet member Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest, outraging Sunni politicians and jeopardizing U.S.-backed reconciliation efforts within the Shiite-led government.
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Sunni leaders angry over arrest warrant
Jun 26 2007 3:27PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi commandos raided the home of a Sunni Cabinet member Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest, outraging Sunni politicians and jeopardizing U.S.-backed reconciliation efforts within the Shiite-led government.
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Kidnappers: We will kill BBC reporter
Jun 26 2007 3:12PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A shadowy Palestinian group on Tuesday threatened to kill a British journalist it kidnapped months ago and added freedom for an al-Qaida-linked prisoner to its list of demands for his release.
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2 in Jordan sentenced in honor killings
Jun 26 2007 2:10PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A 70-year-old woman who killed her daughter with an ax for giving birth to an illegitimate child and a man who shot a relative dead were each sentenced Tuesday to prison in separate "honor crime" prosecutions.
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Chemical Ali to be hanged in Kurdistan
Jun 26 2007 1:37PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," and two other regime officials will probably be hanged in Kurdistan if the appeals court upholds their death sentences, an Iraqi official said Tuesday.
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Convent damage unsettles Gaza Christians
Jun 26 2007 1:01PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Broken crucifixes and shards from a statue of Jesus have been swept up, but Gaza's tiny Christian community says the violent warning sent by Islamic militants cannot be erased.
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Court rejects Orthodox Patriarch status
Jun 26 2007 10:46AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A court Tuesday backed Turkey's long-held position that the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarch is only the head of the city's tiny Greek Orthodox community and not the spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians.
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U.S. troops target bomb networks
Jun 26 2007 10:29AM (CT)
JISR DIYALA, Iraq (AP) - Newly arrived U.S. troops southeast of Baghdad are destroying boats on the Tigris River and targeting networks believed to be bringing powerful roadside bombs from Iran as the military cracks down on extremists from all directions, military officials said.
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Iran launches English satellite channel
Jun 26 2007 7:38AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state broadcasting company is launching an English-speaking satellite television channel to counter the West's influence in covering news, the network's Web site said.
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