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U.S. military to expand prisons in Iraq
Jun 27 2005 10:05PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military said Monday it plans to expand its prisons across Iraq to hold as many as 16,000 detainees, as the relentless insurgency shows no sign of letup one year after the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqi authorities.
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Syria delegation to travel to Iraq
Jun 27 2005 8:55PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria, (AP) - A Syrian delegation will travel to Iraq to begin procedures to reopen the Syrian Embassy in Baghdad after a 23-year break in diplomatic ties, the official news agency reported Monday.
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Former minister denys Shiite uprising role
Jun 27 2005 5:37PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Former Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz denied any role in the bloody quelling of a 1991 Shiite uprising and said Saddam Hussein made decisions on his own, according to a video released Monday by an Iraqi tribunal.
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Lebanon parliament speaker to retain post
Jun 27 2005 5:31PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's anti-Syria coalition is accepting the return of a staunch Damascus ally as parliament speaker, focusing its energy instead on picking a new prime minister _ and the real fight, forming a new government.
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Kyrgyz officials promise to protect Uzbeks
Jun 27 2005 4:35PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Top Kyrgyz officials promised Monday not to deport any more Uzbek refugees unwilling to return to their homeland after fleeing a bloody uprising, a senior United Nations official said.
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Israel, U.S. discuss Israeli weapons deals
Jun 27 2005 4:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli and U.S. delegations began two days of talks Monday designed to guide future Israeli weapons deals with other nations and ease the strain they sometimes cause in an otherwise friendly relationship.
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Israeli soldier refuses Gaza order
Jun 27 2005 3:58PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A New Jersey-born Israeli soldier who became the first to refuse to take part in Israel's evacuation of the Gaza Strip was motivated by his love for the land "given to the Jews by God," his father said Monday.
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Israel: U.N. must halt Iran nuke ambitons
Jun 27 2005 3:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli ambassador Daniel Ayalon said Monday that Iran must be stopped from developing nuclear weapons and that the task should be assigned to the U.N. Security Council.
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Israelis line highways to protest pullout
Jun 27 2005 2:39PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Tens of thousands of orange-clad activists lined major highways Monday in a nationwide protest against Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, disrupting traffic, shouting slogans and drawing noisy honks of support from motorists.
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U.S. military raises Fallujah death toll
Jun 27 2005 2:28PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military on Monday raised the death toll in last week's attack on a convoy in Fallujah to six troops, announcing that two more women were killed in the ambush.
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Iraqi leader foresees security in 2 years
Jun 27 2005 2:06PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Monday that two years would be "more than enough" to establish security in his country, a task Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld believes may take up to 12 years.
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Israeli military court convicts soldier
Jun 27 2005 2:02PM (CT)
CASTINA MILITARY BASE, Israel (AP) - A court convicted a former Israeli soldier of manslaughter Monday in the shooting death of a pro-Palestinian British activist, the first time a soldier has been found guilty of killing a foreign citizen during more than four years of Palestinian-Israeli violence.
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Europe urges Iran to freeze nuclear plans
Jun 27 2005 11:51AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - European negotiators urged Iran's president-elect Monday to maintain a suspension of uranium enrichment activities, a day after he vowed to restart the nation's controversial nuclear program.
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Baghdad car bombing kills 4, injures 16
Jun 27 2005 11:28AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded between a movie house and mosque in eastern Baghdad on Monday, killing at least four people and injuring 16, authorities said.
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Rumsfeld: Iraq insurgency could last years
Jun 27 2005 7:19AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Insurgencies can go on for years, but the violence ravaging Iraq will eventually be quelled by homegrown forces rather than U.S. and other foreign troops, and negotiation rather than military action, U.S. officials said.
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Allawi discusses Syria border militants
Jun 27 2005 6:47AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The militants crossing into Iraq from Syria are not backed by the Syrian government, Iraq's former interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Monday.
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U.S. military helicopter crashes in Iraq
Jun 27 2005 4:20AM (CT)
MISHAHDA, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. military helicopter crashed in a field north of Baghdad Monday morning, witnesses and the U.S. military said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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Baghdad's airport reopens amid dispute
Jun 27 2005 3:25AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Baghdad's airport reopened Monday amid a contract dispute between a British security firm and the Iraqi government that led to a 48-hour shutdown.
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Analysts: Rafsanjani turned off the poor
Jun 27 2005 1:40AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Losing presidential candidate Hashemi Rafsanjani failed to lure reformers and liberals to the polls, and he turned off the poor because he seemed to symbolize Iran's rich and powerful elite, say voters and analysts trying to explain the country's election.
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