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4 more charged with rape, murder in Iraq
Jul 9 2006 11:36PM (CT)
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - Four more U.S. soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fifth with dereliction of duty in the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman and the killings of her relatives in Mahmoudiya, the military said Sunday.
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Shiite-Sunni violence kills dozens in Iraq
Jul 9 2006 11:32PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Masked Shiite gunmen roamed through west Baghdad's Jihad neighborhood Sunday, dragging Sunnis from their cars, picking them out on the street and killing them in a rampage that police said killed 41 people in a dramatic escalation of sectarian violence.
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Palestinians blame Israel for missile hit
Jul 9 2006 9:04PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Homebound during an Israeli military offensive, the Hajaj family was passing the time drinking tea and roasting corn in the backyard when a missile hit, killing 46-year-old Amna Hajaj and two of her 15 children.
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Israel vows to press Gaza offensive
Jul 9 2006 8:54PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday he would push ahead with the army's widescale offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the fight to free an abducted soldier and stop militant rocket fire would last for a "long time."
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Plans found on NYC plot suspect's computer
Jul 9 2006 6:10PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese authorities found maps and bombing plans on the personal computer of an al-Qaida suspect accused of plotting to attack New York train tunnels, a senior Lebanese official said.
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Jordan prosecutor demands death for bomber
Jul 9 2006 1:43PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A military prosecutor demanded the death penalty Sunday against an Iraqi woman charged in last year's suicide bombings at three Amman hotels.
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Iraq's troubled pipeline shut for repairs
Jul 9 2006 11:52AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's sabotage-prone northern pipeline has been shut down for maintenance, halting crude oil exports from Kirkuk oil fields to Turkey's Ceyhan port, the oil minister said Sunday.
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Iran asks IAEA to remove chief inspector
Jul 9 2006 9:11AM (CT)
BETINA, Croatia (AP) - Iran has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove the head of the inspection team probing Tehran's nuclear program, U.N. officials said Sunday.
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4 GIs charged in Iraq rape-slaying case
Jul 9 2006 7:44AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three U.S. soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fourth for dereliction of duty in the March 12 rape-slaying of an Iraqi teenager in Mahmoudiya, the U.S. military said Sunday.
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Afghan fighting kills coalition officer
Jul 9 2006 4:33AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A coalition officer died Sunday of wounds suffered in fighting near an opium-rich insurgent stronghold, the military said.
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Gunmen attack security forces in Iraq
Jul 9 2006 3:50AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen killed an Iraqi intelligence officer in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, one of several deadly shootings targeting security forces on Sunday.
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