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Israel expands military operations in Gaza
Jul 5 2006 9:30PM (CT)
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel expanded its military operation in Gaza early Thursday, sending in tanks and troops to pressure Hamas militants firing rockets into southern Israel and holding a soldier captive.
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Talks between Iran, EU official delayed
Jul 5 2006 4:38PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Iran postponed for a day crucial talks aimed at easing its standoff with the West over its nuclear program, citing annoyance over the activities of exiled opposition groups, EU officials said Wednesday.
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Marines gain control of Iraq hospital
Jul 5 2006 4:37PM (CT)
RAMADI, Iraq (AP) - Hundreds of U.S. Marines stormed through dimly lit hallways of the largest hospital in western Iraq on Wednesday, taking control of a facility allegedly used by insurgents _ and encountering a regional health infrastructure in serious decay.
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Iraqi PM demands inquiry of rape-slaying
Jul 5 2006 4:07PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's prime minister Wednesday demanded an independent inquiry of the rape-slaying of a girl and the killing of her family, saying the immunity from Iraqi prosecution enjoyed by U.S. forces "encouraged them to commit such crimes."
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Quiet Israeli city now on the front line
Jul 5 2006 1:37PM (CT)
ASHKELON, Israel (AP) - For months, the 110,000 residents of this southern Israeli backwater have watched the Palestinian rocket attacks on their rural neighbors and the Israeli reprisal strikes from a distance.
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Iraqi lawmaker's kidnappers issue demands
Jul 5 2006 1:23PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Kidnappers of a Sunni woman lawmaker have demanded a timetable for withdrawing coalition troops, release of all detainees and a halt to attacks on Shiite mosques, an Iraqi vice president said Wednesday.
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Iraq's PM calls for probe into rape case
Jul 5 2006 6:42AM (CT)
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday he wants an independent Iraqi investigation, or at least a joint investigation with coalition forces, into the alleged rape and murder of an Iraqi girl by U.S. troops.
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Kidnappers of Iraq lawmaker make demands
Jul 5 2006 6:03AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Kidnappers of a Sunni legislator have demanded the release of all detainees, a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and an end to attacks on Shiite mosques in exchange for her freedom, an Iraqi vice president said Wednesday.
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Former regime said at core of insurgency
Jul 5 2006 3:33AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi government's list of the 41 most wanted fugitives suggests that former members of Saddam Hussein's regime form the backbone of the insurgency despite attention paid to the role of religious extremists such as al-Qaida in Iraq.
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U.S.-led forces raid Ramadi hospital
Jul 5 2006 1:56AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. and Iraqi forces on Wednesday raided a hospital in Ramadi that they suspect is a base for insurgents.
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