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Americans held as Iraq insurgent suspects
Jul 6 2005 10:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military in Iraq has detained five Americans for suspected insurgent activity, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. The five have not been charged or had access to a lawyer, and face an uncertain legal future.
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Sharon orders speedup in building barrier
Jul 6 2005 6:12PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered quicker work to finish Israel's contentious West Bank separation barrier, a senior official said Wednesday, setting off Palestinian accusations that he's undermining peace prospects.
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Iraq abductors threaten to kill diplomat
Jul 6 2005 5:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Kidnappers linked to al-Qaida's branch in Iraq threatened Wednesday to kill Egypt's top envoy here, as Iraq's prime minister called on other countries to stay the course and keep their diplomats in Baghdad.
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Egypt protesters urge Mubarak to resign
Jul 6 2005 4:15PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Around 300 activists from various political groups protested Egypt's rising unemployment on Wednesday and called on President Hosni Mubarak to resign.
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Fate of Iran nuke negotiator questioned
Jul 6 2005 2:46PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The fate of Iran's top negotiator in nuclear talks with Europe was thrown into question Wednesday with conflicting reports on whether he had resigned or would stay in his post.
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Trial of Egyptian candidate is postponed
Jul 6 2005 2:03PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A court on Wednesday postponed the forgery trial of Egypt's most prominent opposition presidential candidate until late September, almost certainly after the country's first contested election.
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Al-Zarqawi mentor arrested in Jordan
Jul 6 2005 11:56AM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - The spiritual mentor of al-Qaida's reputed leader in Iraq is back in a Jordanian jail Wednesday, days after being let out, and his supporters accused Washington of pressuring Jordan to imprison him.
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Sudan's legislature passes constitution
Jul 6 2005 11:07AM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan's National Assembly passed a new constitution Wednesday that steps away from complete Islamic rule and paves the way for a Christian former rebel leader to be inaugurated as first vice president later this week.
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Iraq kidnappers threaten to kill Egyptian
Jul 6 2005 9:44AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Kidnappers of Egypt's top diplomat here threatened to kill him because Egypt has allied with "the Jews and Christians," according to a statement posted Wednesday on a Web site associated with al-Qaida in Iraq.
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Egyptian envoy's ID cards shown on Web
Jul 6 2005 8:00AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Pictures of identification cards of a kidnapped Egyptian diplomat were posted Wednesday on an Islamic Web site in the name of al-Qaida in Iraq, which said it had taken the diplomat captive.
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Iraqis say security forces use torture
Jul 6 2005 4:28AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - As she tells it, security forces put her in solitary confinement for days on end, whipped her with electric cables and accused her of having sex with a stranger. Humiliated and fearful for her life, the 46-year-old Iraqi housewife went before a TV camera and "confessed" to helping insurgents.
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Syria may face problem with extremists
Jul 6 2005 3:20AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's recent clashes with militants have raised the prospect that the country _ under U.S. pressure to keep insurgents out of Iraq _ might also be facing a resurgence of Islamic extremists within its own borders.
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