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Iran fervor over embassy takeover fades
Jul 1 2005 11:32PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - For Iranians, fervor over the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover _ a central event in their stormy Islamic Revolution _ has faded. If the country's new president participated, he'd be one of many former hostage-takers who entered politics.
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U.S. Marines accused of killing Iraq man
Jul 1 2005 11:26PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iraq's U.N. ambassador accused U.S. Marines of killing his unarmed young cousin in what appeared to be "cold blood" and demanded an investigation and punishment for the perpetrators.
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Water plant fire deepens misery in Baghdad
Jul 1 2005 5:58PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A mortar attack sparked a fire Friday that forced authorities to shut down a water plant, leaving millions of weary Baghdad residents with dry taps in 100-degree heat, Iraqi officials said.
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Al-Zarqawi group releases propaganda tape
Jul 1 2005 5:25PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A propaganda video purportedly made by al-Qaida-linked terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shows suicide attacks against U.S. soldiers and Iraqi forces and emphasizes that the war being waged by Iraqi insurgents is in retaliation for America's war against Islam.
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U.S. Embassy in Iraq refuses to negotiate
Jul 1 2005 4:03PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Embassy officials refuse to negotiate with insurgents or mediate between militants and the Iraqi government, despite overtures by Sunni Arabs claiming to represent armed groups, a U.S. official said Friday.
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Lebanon's Saniora begins work on Cabinet
Jul 1 2005 3:48PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Prime Minister-designate Fuad Saniora on Friday got down to trying to form Lebanon's first government without Syrian influence in three decades.
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Abbas invites rival Hamas to join gov't
Jul 1 2005 2:52PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian leader has invited the rival Hamas group, listed by the West as a terrorist organization, into his Cabinet to ensure a smooth transition in the Gaza Strip after the planned Israeli withdrawal, a Hamas spokesman said Friday.
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Turkish police kill suspected bomber
Jul 1 2005 2:22PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A suicide bomber who tried to enter the Justice Ministry on Friday was shot to death by police as he fled when metal detectors went off. Even as he lay wounded he tried to set off his explosives, reports said.
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Abbas invites Hamas to join his Cabinet
Jul 1 2005 12:42PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has invited the Hamas militant group to join his Cabinet to help oversee the smooth handover of the Gaza Strip after Israel withdraws, a Hamas official said Friday.
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Lebanese bomb apparent domestic dispute
Jul 1 2005 12:29PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A booby-trapped car exploded near a hotel south of the capital, seriously injuring a woman in an apparent domestic dispute, security officials said Friday.
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White House looking at Ahmadinejad's past
Jul 1 2005 11:29AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said Friday it would not be surprised if the newly elected Iranian president turns out to have been a main participant in the holding of American hostages in Tehran a quarter century ago. But the administration said it was still trying to determine the facts.
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Marines defuse 9 roadside bombs in Iraq
Jul 1 2005 11:19AM (CT)
HIT, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Marines conducting raids aimed at disrupting foreign fighter networks in western Iraq defused nine roadside bombs Friday, a day after a light armored vehicle struck a mine, injuring six Marines, a company commander said.
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Foreigners blamed for Iraq suicide attacks
Jul 1 2005 6:26AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. and Iraqi officials have long believed that foreign fighters infiltrating Iraq through its porous borders with Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia are behind most suicide missions, and the recent wave of bloody strikes has confirmed that thinking.
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Suicide car bomber kills one in Baghdad
Jul 1 2005 5:39AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated his car outside the party offices of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Friday, killing one guard and wounding at least one, officials said. The prime minister was not in the building in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood at the time, said Ayad al-Nedawi of the Islamic Dawa Party.
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