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Suicide bombings in Iraqi cities kill 25
Jul 2 2005 11:48PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Suicide bombers struck Saturday in Baghdad and a Shiite city south of the capital in attacks that killed 25 people and injured nearly 50, Iraqi officials said. One of the attackers targeted bystanders and police who had rushed to the scene of an earlier blast.
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Ex-Iranian agent: Photo not Ahmadinejad
Jul 2 2005 11:46PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A top Iranian former secret agent said Saturday the hostage-taker in a 1979 photograph that has come under intense scrutiny is not President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but a former militant who committed suicide in jail.
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Egyptian judges accuse gov't of forgery
Jul 2 2005 11:43PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A judicial report released Saturday alleged the government forged turnout figures and forced state employees to fabricate results in a May referendum to allow Egypt's first-ever multiparty presidential elections.
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Marines to help Iraqi troops police Iraq
Jul 2 2005 9:51PM (CT)
HIT, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi army battalion backed by U.S. Marines will be stationed in Hit, making it the first deployment to regularly police a city in the volatile western Anbar province, military commanders said Saturday.
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Gladiators battle in revived Jordan games
Jul 2 2005 9:30PM (CT)
JERASH, Jordan (AP) - After a 2,000-year lull, games have again hit the sands of Jordan's famed Roman-ruin city of Jerash, 30 miles north of the capital, Amman, as a group of Jordanian investors and a Swedish history buff are re-creating gladiator matches and chariot racing at Jerash's 2nd Century hippodrome.
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Hamas mulls offer to join Abbas gov't
Jul 2 2005 6:34PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has asked his most formidable rival, the militant Islamic Hamas, to join his Cabinet ahead of Israel's Gaza pullout, and the group is considering the offer, officials on both sides said Saturday.
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Israelis, Arabs see groundbreaking film
Jul 2 2005 6:17PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - In a groundbreaking cooperative venture, Israeli and Arab TV stations on Saturday simultaneously broadcast the first part of a documentary exploring possible solutions to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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Two suicide attackers in Iraq kill six
Jul 2 2005 3:51PM (CT)
HILLAH, Iraq (AP) - Suicide bombers struck twice Saturday in this Shiite city south of Baghdad, killing six policemen and injuring 26 people, including police and bystanders who had rushed to the scene of the first attack, police said.
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Deadly attack puts focus on women soldiers
Jul 2 2005 1:54PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - When Holly Charette enlisted in the Marine Corps after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, her family was uneasy about her decision _ and told her so.
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Kurdish rebels derail 2 trains in Turkey
Jul 2 2005 11:31AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Kurdish guerrillas set off bombs Saturday in eastern Turkey, derailing two trains and killing six soldiers, officials said. The second train was bombed as it rushed to help the first.
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Shiite leader warns against Iraq violence
Jul 2 2005 11:21AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The leader of Iraq's biggest Shiite political group warned on Saturday against sectarian strife and called on the Iraqi government to exert more efforts in their fight with militants.
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U.S. Marines accused of killing Iraq man
Jul 2 2005 7:13AM (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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Abbas invites Hamas to join Cabinet
Jul 2 2005 3:16AM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has invited members of the Hamas militant group to join his Cabinet and help ensure a peaceful handover of the Gaza Strip after Israel withdraws this summer, Abbas' office confirmed Saturday.
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Suicide bomber kills 20 in Baghdad
Jul 2 2005 1:54AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber strapped with explosives killed 20 people waiting outside a police recruiting center in Iraq's capital on Saturday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
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Iraqi TV producer kidnapped, killed
Jul 2 2005 12:52AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A media watchdog organization has condemned the killing of an Iraqi television producer in northern Iraq.
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