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Reports: Turkey land mine blasts kill 3
Jul 9 2005 11:54PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A land mine believed to have been planted by Kurdish rebels killed three soldiers in southeastern Turkey, and two other land mines injured seven people in separate explosions, reports and officials said Saturday.
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Sudan leader, ex-rebel chief join forces
Jul 9 2005 11:47PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Two former enemies joined forces Saturday to sign into being Sudan's new constitution while pledging to promote peace and renewal in a nation scarred by two decades of civil war.
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U.S. Marines, Iraq soldiers launch raids
Jul 9 2005 11:12PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Hundreds of U.S. Marines and Iraqi soldiers have launched new raids against insurgent strongholds in a volatile Sunni province, officials said Saturday.
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Lawyer: American held in Iraq to be freed
Jul 9 2005 7:45PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. military has agreed to release an aspiring American filmmaker who had been detained in Iraq since May, when potential bomb parts were found in a taxi he was riding in, his lawyer said Saturday.
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Envoy begins talks with Mideast leaders
Jul 9 2005 4:48PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A special Mideast envoy on Saturday began a series of meetings with Palestinian and Israeli leaders as part of his effort to put together a three-year plan for Palestinian economic recovery to be funded by the international community.
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Ex-rebel sworn in as Sudan vice president
Jul 9 2005 4:35PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The former rebel leader who spent 21 years fighting Khartoum's government was sworn in Saturday as first vice president, pledging to unite Africa's largest nation.
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Iraq constitution drafters short on time
Jul 9 2005 2:21PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi lawmakers and politicians drafting a new constitution face an abundance of tough issues: the structure of government, federalism and the role of religion _ and only five weeks to resolve them.
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Official of largest Shiite group wounded
Jul 9 2005 1:50PM (CT)
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - Masked gunmen opened fire at the an official with the country's largest Shiite Muslim group Saturday in Mosul, wounding him and three of his bodyguards, hospital officials said.
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Iraq karate official kidnapped
Jul 9 2005 9:05AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The head of Iraq's karate union has been kidnapped south of Baghdad, sports officials said Saturday.
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U.S. launches Operation Scimitar in Iraq
Jul 9 2005 3:10AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - About 600 U.S. Marines and Iraqi soldiers launched a fourth counterinsurgency operation in less than a month in a volatile western province in Iraq, this time near Fallujah, the military said Saturday.
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