Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
United Church of Christ OKs Mideast ruling
Jul 5 2005 11:34PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The United Church of Christ voted Tuesday to use "economic leverage" to promote peace between Israel and Palestinians and to call for the dismantling of the Jewish state's security fence.
|
|
|
Masked Palestinian gunmen stall rock show
Jul 5 2005 10:19PM (CT)
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Shooting into the air, dozens of masked gunmen cut short a rock concert by a popular Palestinian singer in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday night.
|
|
|
Gunmen mount attacks on diplomats in Iraq
Jul 5 2005 9:47PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen ambushed two more top diplomats from Muslim countries Tuesday in apparent kidnap bids that seemed aimed at scaring off foreign governments and isolating Iraq from the Arab world. Pakistan responded by announcing the withdrawal of its ambassador.
|
|
|
UAE bans underage riders in camel racing
Jul 5 2005 8:57PM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Under international pressure to stop child abuse in a traditional desert sport, the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday banned the use of underage riders in camel racing.
|
|
|
Al-Zarqawi denounces Iraq army as enemies
Jul 5 2005 8:20PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The reputed leader of al-Qaida in Iraq said the Iraqi army is as great an enemy as the Americans and announced the formation of a new terror command to fight Iraq's biggest Shiite militia, in an audiotape found Wednesday on the Internet.
|
|
|
Iran protests Austrian probe of new leader
Jul 5 2005 5:43PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Tehran leaders sharply protested Austria's investigation into claims that Iran's ultraconservative president-elect was involved in the assassination of a Kurdish opposition leader, warning Vienna on Tuesday not to damage ties between the two countries.
|
|
|
Israel commits large force for pullout
Jul 5 2005 5:17PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel plans to send 45,000 troops to evacuate 9,000 settlers from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday _ a massive deployment that reflects concern some resistance to the pullout might be violent.
|
|
|
Sandstorms disrupt daily life in Baghdad
Jul 5 2005 2:20PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Blinding sandstorms swept across the Iraqi capital Tuesday for a fourth straight day, disrupting air travel, slowing traffic and blanketing the city in a gritty film.
|
|
|
U.S. soldier killed, two wounded in Iraq
Jul 5 2005 1:59PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. soldier from Task Force Liberty was killed and two were wounded Tuesday by a roadside bomb northeast of Baghdad, the military said.
|
|
|
bin Laden reportedly in Afghanistan
Jul 5 2005 1:32PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's interior minister said Tuesday that Osama bin Laden could be hiding in southeastern Afghanistan, but he denied the al-Qaida chief was in Pakistan.
|
|
|
Pakistani envoy leaving Iraq after attack
Jul 5 2005 8:04AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A convoy carrying Pakistan's ambassador to Iraq back home after a day at work was attacked by gunmen Tuesday in Baghdad, but the diplomat was not injured. In Islamabad, the Foreign Ministry said it would pull the diplomat out of Iraq temporarily for security.
|
|
|
|
|
|