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Israel strike hits Palestinian PM's office
Jul 1 2006 10:17PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli aircraft fired missiles at the Palestinian prime minister's office early Sunday, just hours after a Palestinian official said the soldier whose abduction sent Israeli troops into Gaza is alive and in stable condition.
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Blast kills 66 in Baghdad Shiite district
Jul 1 2006 8:51PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A huge car bomb exploded Saturday at a bustling outdoor market in a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing at least 66 people and injuring about 100. It was the deadliest attack since the new national unity government took office six weeks ago and one of the biggest this year.
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Bin Laden endorses al-Zarqawi's successor
Jul 1 2006 7:41PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Osama bin Laden endorsed the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in an Internet posting Saturday, and he warned Shiites there against collaborating with the United States in its fight against Sunni insurgents.
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Gonzales backs handling of terror suspects
Jul 1 2006 5:22PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - In his first visit to Egypt, the U.S. attorney general on Saturday defended the transfer of terror suspects for incarceration and interrogation in other countries.
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Fuel supplies in Gaza drying up
Jul 1 2006 3:36PM (CT)
BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) - Ramadan Abu Hujeir's gas station was one of the few businesses bustling in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Lines of cars, tractors and people waving jerry cans spilled out into the road waiting to get some of the last drops of gasoline in Gaza.
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Sunni Muslim militant group claims blast
Jul 1 2006 2:16PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A Sunni Muslim militant group claimed responsibility Saturday for a deadly bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad that killed 66 people and wounded more than 100.
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GIs may have planned Iraq rape, slayings
Jul 1 2006 2:00PM (CT)
BEIJI, Iraq (AP) - Investigators believe American soldiers spent nearly a week plotting an attack in which they raped an Iraqi woman, then killed her and her family in an insurgent-ridden area south of Baghdad, a U.S. military official said Saturday.
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Abbas confident of deal on Israeli soldier
Jul 1 2006 1:53PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday he was confident that an agreement could be reached to end the crisis with Israel and free an Israeli soldier abducted by Palestinian militants.
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Gaza offensive earns shrugs in Israel
Jul 1 2006 12:33PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Military planners dubbed their Gaza attack plan "Summer Rain." It's a fitting image for how many Israelis have followed the operations to shake Hamas: watching closely as the storm gathered, then losing interest as it rolled on.
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Kuwait's Cabinet resigns after elections
Jul 1 2006 12:02PM (CT)
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Kuwait's Cabinet resigned Saturday, a move that was expected after parliamentary elections in which women voted for the first time and a new legislature of mostly reformers was chosen.
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Thousands of Palestinians stuck at border
Jul 1 2006 9:55AM (CT)
RAFAH, Egypt (AP) - Thousands of Palestinians are stuck in two Egyptian towns by the Gaza border, unable to return home amid an Israeli assault on the coastal strip, an Egyptian security official said Saturday.
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Sunni female legislator kidnapped in Iraq
Jul 1 2006 8:48AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen in Baghdad kidnapped a Sunni female legislator Saturday along with seven of her bodyguards, the parliament speaker's office said.
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Iraqi, U.S. authorities free 495 prisoners
Jul 1 2006 5:52AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi and U.S. authorities freed 495 prisoners from U.S. facilities on Saturday, completing a mass release announced by the prime minister last month as part of his national reconciliation efforts.
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66 killed in car bombing at Baghdad market
Jul 1 2006 5:02AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A parked car bomb exploded at a popular market in a Shiite slum of Baghdad, killing 66 people and wounding 87, authorities said.
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Bin Laden planning Somalia, Iraq message
Jul 1 2006 3:19AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A tired-sounding Osama bin Laden praised slain Iraq insurgent Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an audiotape released Friday, and a Web site later said the terror leader would soon post a message about the fight by Islamic militants in Somalia and Iraq.
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