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Iraq car bombs kill Shiite lawmaker, 2 GIs
Jun 28 2005 9:59PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Bombs killed the country's oldest legislator and two American soldiers Tuesday on the first anniversary of Iraq's sovereignty _ a day the president described as "blessed" despite the persistent violence.
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Board said to OK Iraq detainees' release
Jun 28 2005 7:57PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - More than 2,700 detainees captured in Iraq have been approved for release since a review board was created nearly a year ago, while 6,500 have been recommended to remain jailed, a U.S. military official said Tuesday.
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Rice makes first U.N. visit in new post
Jun 28 2005 6:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - It was kiss but don't tell on Condoleezza Rice's first visit to the United Nations as secretary of state on Tuesday.
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N.J.-born Israeli soldier gets jail time
Jun 28 2005 4:52PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A U.S.-born Israeli soldier has been sentenced to 56 days in jail for refusing orders to take part in an operation to destroy empty buildings in the Gaza Strip before evacuation of the territory later this summer, the army spokesman said Tuesday.
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U.S. accused in Iraqi journalist's death
Jun 28 2005 3:44PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops allegedly killed an Iraqi television director Tuesday when he drove near a U.S. convoy, colleagues and a hospital official said. The U.S. military said it had no reports of the incident.
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Lebanon re-elects pro-Syrian as speaker
Jun 28 2005 3:07PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's new parliament re-elected a diehard friend of Syria to the powerful post of speaker Tuesday, setting off firework celebration across Beirut and in Shiite villages in south Lebanon by supporters of the one-time Shiite Muslim warlord.
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Saudis issue list of 36 terror suspects
Jun 28 2005 2:13PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia issued a new list of 36 wanted terrorists Tuesday, many of them young operatives who already may have fled abroad _ possibly to Iraq _ amid a fierce crackdown on al-Qaida's network in the kingdom.
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Israelis, Palestinians warned of tactics
Jun 28 2005 1:40PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders warned Tuesday against a violent response to Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip later this summer, reflecting concern that extremists on both sides could trigger confrontations.
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Clan chief caught between U.S., insurgents
Jun 28 2005 12:55PM (CT)
MAHMOUDIYA, Iraq (AP) - For weeks, Sheik Adnan Fahd had been avoiding meeting U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ross A. Brown. Going to see the officer at his base would be extremely dangerous, given the intelligence network of Iraqi insurgents. To invite him to his home would be courting death.
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Iran's leader orders smear campaign probe
Jun 28 2005 10:44AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader ordered the judiciary Tuesday to investigate the smear campaign against the losing candidate in last week's presidential elections, but he steered blame toward the U.S., not followers of the hard-line winner.
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Egypt candidate pleads innocent to forgery
Jun 28 2005 9:10AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's leading opposition candidate for president pleaded innocent to forgery charges in a stormy opening to his trial Tuesday. Hundreds of his supporters swarmed the court building denouncing the case as a government attempt to eliminate a rival.
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Israelis take sides in Gaza pullout issue
Jun 28 2005 6:10AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The battle lines are drawn in a Gaza pullout color war that has engulfed Israel. The weapon of choice: ribbons. On the orange side are Jewish settlers and their supporters. On the blue side are peace activists.
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U.S.-led forces launch new offensive in
Jun 28 2005 5:34AM (CT)
HIT, Iraq (AP) - More than 1,000 U.S. troops and Iraqi forces launched Operation Sword on Tuesday in a bid to crush insurgents and foreign fighters in western Iraq, the third major offensive in the area in recent weeks.
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Suicide car bomb kills Iraqi legislator
Jun 28 2005 3:59AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomb killed an Iraqi Shiite legislator, his son and two bodyguards near Baghdad as they were headed to a parliamentary session in the capital Tuesday, officials said.
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