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Israelis kill 6 in attack on Hamas meeting
Jul 11 2006 11:47PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli warplanes killed six people in an attack early Wednesday on a Gaza City meeting of Hamas commanders, Israelis and Palestinians said, while Israel's military expanded an offensive in the region with an incursion in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Israeli president in spiraling sex scandal
Jul 11 2006 7:57PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's president is being dogged by allegations of sexual harassment in a spiraling scandal that has pushed the country's violent standoff with Hamas off the front pages.
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Sectarian violence kills about 60 in Iraq
Jul 11 2006 7:08PM (CT)
BAGHAD, Iraq (AP) - Suicide bombers struck Tuesday across the street from the heavily guarded Green Zone, killing up to 16 people _ the deadliest attack in a wave of bombings and shootings that threatened to shatter confidence in Iraq's new government.
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Improvements coming slowly to Fallujah
Jul 11 2006 5:21PM (CT)
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - Clean water should flow to 80 percent of Fallujah's homes this fall, and by summer's end a planned wireless network will provide phone service and Internet access to thousands, a technological leap unimaginable just months ago.
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Palestinians receive $50M from Arab League
Jul 11 2006 4:42PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - President Mahmoud Abbas' office said it had received $50 million from the Arab League on Tuesday, the most international aid Palestinians have gotten since the Islamic militant group Hamas won legislative elections.
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Iran rules out response to offer this week
Jul 11 2006 1:31PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Iran ruled out responding this week to international incentives to suspend its nuclear program, saying Tuesday that the offer contains too many "ambiguities."
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Saddam trial adjourned to resolve boycott
Jul 11 2006 1:11PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The judge called a two-week recess in the trial of Saddam Hussein on Tuesday, hoping to end a boycott of the trial by the former Iraqi leader and his lawyers. But he warned that if they won't come back, court-appointed lawyers will make Saddam's closing arguments.
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Abduction highlights U.S.-Syria tension
Jul 11 2006 12:57PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The abduction of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants close to Syria is highlighting the strained relations between Washington and Damascus.
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Clean water, Internet coming to Fallujah
Jul 11 2006 12:17PM (CT)
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - Clean water should flow to 80 percent of Fallujah's homes this fall, and by summer's end a planned wireless network will provide phone service and Internet access to thousands, a technological leap unimaginable just months ago.
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Group: Soldiers killed over rape-slaying
Jul 11 2006 10:44AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An al-Qaida-linked group posted a Web video Tuesday purporting to show the mutilated bodies of two U.S. soldiers, claiming it killed them in revenge for the rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by American troops from the same unit.
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Gunmen ambush minivan, kill 10 in Baghdad
Jul 11 2006 3:59AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen in Baghdad intercepted a minivan carrying a coffin to the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, police said. Another five people were killed in a double bombing at a restaurant near the Green Zone.
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Sunni bloc in Parliament to end boycott
Jul 11 2006 3:36AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The largest Sunni bloc in parliament will end its legislative boycott following a call for calm and unity by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the bloc said Tuesday.
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Signs of humanitarian crisis grow in Gaza
Jul 11 2006 3:35AM (CT)
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) - The United Nations warns of food shortages. Hospitals refuse all non-emergency care to avoid running out of medicine. Power outages are widespread, and a lack of fuel for generators threatens water supplies.
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Gunmen in Baghdad kidnap Iraqi diplomat
Jul 11 2006 1:31AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped an Iraqi diplomat who specializes in relations with Iran as he was driving near his home in Baghdad, the Foreign Ministry said.
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