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Deadline Palestinian militants set passes
Jul 3 2006 11:29PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The spokesman for one of the Hamas-linked groups holding an Israeli soldier said Tuesday that because Israel ignored a deadline to release Palestinian prisoners, the militants won't release any information about the soldier.
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Iran has until July 12 to stop enrichment
Jul 3 2006 9:37PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Western powers will reactivate efforts to punish Iran through possible U.N. Security Council sanctions unless it suspends uranium enrichment and agrees to talks on its nuclear program by July 12, diplomats said Monday.
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Market bombings kill 5 people in Iraq
Jul 3 2006 4:31PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Bombs exploded for a second straight day Monday in the public market of a religiously mixed town south of Baghdad, killing five people, as Sunni lawmakers boycotted parliament to demand the release of a colleague they suspect was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen.
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Mahmoudiya mayor says death probe started
Jul 3 2006 4:25PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The mayor of the town where U.S. soldiers allegedly raped an Iraqi woman and then killed her and her family said Monday that local authorities have started their own investigation into the case. A neighbor said the rape victim was a 14-year-old girl.
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Al-Zarqawi's death fails to stop bloodshed
Jul 3 2006 2:32PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Deaths among Iraq civilians, police and soldiers dropped slightly last month but the number of wounded rose, indicating little easing of violence since the killing of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, government figures showed Monday.
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Shiite insurgent group makes Iraq debut
Jul 3 2006 6:12AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A self-styled Shiite Muslim insurgent group made its public debut in a videotape aired by a Lebanese TV station, pledging to fight U.S., British and other coalition forces but to spare Iraqi civilians and soldiers.
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Car bomb strikes market in Iraq, kills 7
Jul 3 2006 5:14AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded in a market in the northern city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding 22, police said.
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Sectarian divides change Baghdad's image
Jul 3 2006 2:33AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Imad Talib lived in a Shiite-dominated district for many years until threats by Shiite militiamen forced the Sunni Arab to move across town. Ahmed Khazim left a mostly Sunni suburb for Sadr City, where his Shiite sect forms the majority.
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Soldier's captors set deadline for Israel
Jul 3 2006 2:23AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The three Palestinian militant groups that captured an Israeli soldier gave Israel until Tuesday morning to start releasing Palestinian prisoners or "bear all the consequences."
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Egyptian mediator said to visit soldier
Jul 3 2006 1:45AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian security team has visited the kidnapped Israeli soldier in Gaza as part of an attempt to mediate a solution between Israel and the Palestinian militants holding him, the pan-Arab newspaper Al Hayat reported Monday.
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