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U.S. seeks to exhume Iraqi girl's remains
Jul 8 2006 11:42PM (CT)
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - U.S. investigators have asked Iraqi authorities to help them navigate cultural sensitivities to exhume the body of a teenager allegedly raped and murdered with her family by American soldiers, a military official said Saturday.
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Israel rejects Hamas' bid for cease-fire
Jul 8 2006 8:39PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The head of the Hamas-led Palestinian government called Saturday for a truce to halt the Israeli offensive in Gaza, but Israel demanded that Hamas first free a captured Israeli soldier and halt rocket attacks on its southern towns.
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Yemen acquits 19 suspected al-Qaida members
Jul 8 2006 5:49PM (CT)
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Nineteen alleged al-Qaida members accused of plotting to assassinate Westerners and blow up a hotel used by Americans were acquitted Saturday by a judge who also exonerated some of fighting U.S. troops in Iraq.
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Baghdad water plant OK but delivery hard
Jul 8 2006 5:44PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - After nearly three years and $45 million, a treatment plant in northern Baghdad is pumping enough drinking water for a quarter of Baghdad's people. But the trick is getting it to them because of losses to broken pipes and scavengers.
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3 GIs killed in western Iraq province
Jul 8 2006 5:06PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi woman translator were killed in separate incidents Saturday, while the country's largest Sunni Arab party appealed to authorities to end a military crackdown in Sunni villages northeast of Baghdad.
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Guggenheim to build museum in Abu Dhabi
Jul 8 2006 3:04PM (CT)
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Guggenheim announced plans Saturday for a Frank Gehry-designed art museum in Abu Dhabi, a coup for the small Persian Gulf nation and the latest international franchise for the ambitious foundation.
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7 suspected terrorists flee Saudi prison
Jul 8 2006 12:31PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Seven suspected terrorists escaped from a prison in the Saudi capital, officials said Saturday _ a rare jailbreak in the tightly controlled kingdom and U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
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U.S. commander finishes Haditha review
Jul 8 2006 6:37AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A top U.S. commander who reviewed an investigation into whether the Marines tried to cover up the Haditha case agreed that errors were made, a U.S. military official said.
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3 U.S. soldiers killed in Anbar province
Jul 8 2006 5:35AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three American soldiers assigned to a Marine unit were killed Saturday in fighting in the western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.
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Iraqi, U.S. officials free 368 detainees
Jul 8 2006 3:23AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi and U.S. authorities released 368 prisoners on Saturday as they continue to whittle down the number of inmates, the Justice Ministry said.
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