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Foreigners blamed for Iraq suicide attacks
Jun 30 2005 11:45PM (CT)
5 BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The vast majority of suicide attackers in Iraq are thought to be foreigners _ mostly Saudis and other Gulf Arabs _ and the trend has become more pronounced this year with North Africans also streaming in to carry out deadly missions, U.S. and Iraqi officials say.
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Hostage-takers: Iran leader had no role
Jun 30 2005 11:24PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's new president was a member of the hard-line Islamic student group that seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, but he opposed the takeover _ preferring instead to target the Soviet Embassy, friends and former hostage-takers said Thursday.
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Group launches campaign to oust Mubarak
Jun 30 2005 9:28PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest Islamic group, has launched an alliance devoted to the peaceful removal of President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power since 1981.
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Two marchers stabbed in Jerusalem parade
Jun 30 2005 6:15PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed and wounded two marchers in the annual Jerusalem Gay Pride parade Thursday, the most serious in a series of incidents involving opponents of the gay and lesbian gathering.
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Saniora to form new government in Lebanon
Jun 30 2005 6:08PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The president appointed an anti-Syrian official Thursday to form Lebanon's first government free from Syrian influence in decades. As one of his initial acts, the new prime minister visited the grave of his slain predecessor.
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U.N. OKs final claims for Kuwait invasion
Jun 30 2005 5:29PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. panel overseeing compensation for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait has approved its final claims, bringing the total award to $52.5 billion, the world body said Thursday.
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Sudan president announces prisoner release
Jun 30 2005 5:07PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan announced the imminent end of a state of emergency across most of the giant country and began releasing political prisoners on Thursday, including the leading Islamic opposition figure.
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State Dept. cautions on travel to Iran
Jun 30 2005 4:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans were advised Thursday by the State Department to think hard before deciding to travel to Iran, especially along the border with Iraq.
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Baghdad's mayor bemoans crumbling capital
Jun 30 2005 4:48PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Baghdad's mayor decried the capital's crumbling infrastructure and its inability to supply enough clean water to residents, threatening Thursday to resign if the government won't provide more money.
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Witness: I was forced to implicate Nour
Jun 30 2005 4:03PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The trial of an Egyptian opposition leader was thrown into turmoil Thursday when a key prosecution witness told the crowded courtroom that security services forced him to implicate Ayman Nour on forgery charges.
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Soldiers expel Jewish militants from Gaza
Jun 30 2005 3:23PM (CT)
PALM BEACH HOTEL, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli forces stormed a Gaza Strip hotel Thursday where dozens of Jewish squatters were holed up to disrupt this summer's Israeli withdrawal, in a quick operation that could serve as a blueprint for the pullout itself.
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Israel: Gaza is a 'closed military zone'
Jun 30 2005 4:12AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military on Thursday isolated the Gaza Strip, declaring it a "closed military zone" to prevent Jewish extremists from going in.
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