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Israeli helicopters carry out Gaza raids
Jul 14 2005 11:21PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli helicopters carried out air raids against four targets in Gaza early Friday, retaliating for a Palestinian rocket attack that killed a young Israeli woman. The surge in violence shook a five-month truce already threatened this week by a suicide bombing.
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Forces capture would-be bomber in Iraq
Jul 14 2005 10:08PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi and U.S. forces captured a suicide bomber before he could detonate his explosive belt Thursday, and announced a key suspect in the kidnap-slaying of Egypt's top envoy to Iraq had been arrested in what was hailed as a blow to the terror network.
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U.S. pushes Egypt to democratic reform
Jul 14 2005 8:25PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said Thursday he sought to persuade Egypt's leadership to accept international observers to monitor upcoming elections in a visit that reflected the delicacy of U.S. attempts to push democratic reform in its closest Mideast ally.
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Civilian deaths in Iraq exceed military
Jul 14 2005 3:52PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi government said Thursday far more civilians than soldiers or police were killed in violence over the first six months of this year. An Associated Press count found a similar trend.
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Poll: Support for bin Laden on decline
Jul 14 2005 3:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People in several heavily Muslim countries have lost some of their enthusiasm for Osama bin Laden and for violent acts like suicide bombings, especially in countries where there have been recent terrorist acts, international polling found.
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Mashaal: Group committed to Israel truce
Jul 14 2005 2:39PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The political leader of the Hamas militant group said Thursday it and other Palestinian factions remained committed to a truce with Israel, despite recent violence.
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Israel on cutting edge of stopping bombers
Jul 14 2005 2:28PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel, on the forefront of nations fighting terrorist bombings, has decreased the number of suicide attacks by using methods ranging from employing Palestinian informants to asking guards to look each passenger directly in the eye.
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U.S. captures suspect in slaying of envoy
Jul 14 2005 1:18PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military on Thursday announced the capture of two key members of Iraq's most-feared terror group, including one suspected in the kidnap-slaying of an Egyptian envoy and attacks on senior diplomats from Pakistan and Bahrain.
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Some Sunni leaders urge community to vote
Jul 14 2005 8:10AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In mosques, conferences and on the street, some Sunni Arab leaders are rallying members of their once dominant minority community to join forces and participate in upcoming elections in a bid to find their place in the new Iraq.
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