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Saddam to face trial; attacks kill 22
Jul 17 2005 10:38PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Suicide bombers killed 22 people in the Baghdad area Sunday, as insurgents stepped up a relentless campaign that claimed more than 90 lives a night before in a bombing near a Shiite mosque south of the capital.
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Israel threatens to invade Gaza Strip
Jul 17 2005 8:29PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel threatened Sunday to invade Gaza if Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas does not control militants who have stepped up rocket and mortar attacks ahead of Israel's planned pullout from the coastal strip next month. Abbas pledged to do his utmost to stop the barrages but warned that an invasion of Gaza would "sabotage everything."
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Radical Shiite calls for Iraqi restraint
Jul 17 2005 6:10PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A radical Shiite cleric who led two major uprisings against American forces in Iraq last year called for his countrymen to exercise self-restraint and avoid violence, according to a BBC interview to be broadcast Monday.
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Egypt demands return of pharaonic reliefs
Jul 17 2005 5:16PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt demanded that institutions in Britain and Belgium return two pharaonic reliefs it says were chipped off tombs and stolen 30 years ago, threatening Sunday to end their archaeological work here if they refuse.
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Official: Iraq wants to end its monopolies
Jul 17 2005 3:58PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Iraq wants to launch a privatization program that would end state monopolies over industry, an Iraqi official said Sunday on the eve of an international meeting to assess reconstruction activities.
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Opposition leader criticizes Sudan law
Jul 17 2005 3:57PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Hassan Turabi, the one-time power behind attempts to bring an Islamic regime to Sudan and now an opposition leader, criticized the country's new constitution Sunday, warning that it doesn't guarantee democracy and freedom.
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Yemeni president won't seek new term
Jul 17 2005 3:35PM (CT)
SAN`A, Yemen (AP) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, leader of this Arab nation for more than a quarter-century, said Sunday he will not run in next year's elections, and he urged political parties to nominate "young blood" to lead the country.
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Townspeople happy Saddam will stand trial
Jul 17 2005 2:56PM (CT)
DUJAIL, Iraq (AP) - For more than 20 years, Khamisa Youssef has dreamed of the day when Saddam Hussein would pay for the deaths of her husband and six sons. Now, she believes that day is coming soon.
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Lebanese-Syrian border crisis sparks clash
Jul 17 2005 2:09PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese police traded gunfire with smugglers on the border, while Syria arrested Lebanese fishermen Sunday in new tensions that reflect increasing acrimony between the countries since Damascus was forced to end its domination of its neighbor.
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Iran's leader vows to aid Iraq stability
Jul 17 2005 1:41PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran promised Sunday to help curb raging violence in Iraq, saying it has been cracking down on al-Qaida militants on its soil and agreeing on closer security cooperation with Iraq's visiting Shiite prime minister.
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Abbas pledges effort to halt attacks
Jul 17 2005 12:55PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged Sunday to do all he can to stop rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian militants against Israeli settlements in Gaza and towns just outside.
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Families hope to block West Bank pullout
Jul 17 2005 12:47PM (CT)
SANUR, West Bank (AP) - Freshly pitched tents line the dusty outskirts of the West Bank settlement of Sanur. Newcomers put in refrigerators, stoves and communal bathrooms. Children frolic in a makeshift playground. A synagogue is going up. The buzz of activity belies a looming reality: Sanur is one of four West Bank settlements slated to be dismantled this summer, along with the 21 in the Gaza Strip as Israel moves to retrench the major Jewish population blocs in the territories it captured in t
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First criminal case filed against Saddam
Jul 17 2005 12:01PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The first criminal case has been filed against Saddam Hussein, stemming from the 1982 massacre of dozens of Shiite villagers in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt against the former leader, the head of the tribunal overseeing his prosecution said Sunday.
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Official: Turkish bomb not suicide attack
Jul 17 2005 10:45AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - The bomb that destroyed a minibus in a popular Aegean beach resort town, killing five people, was placed under a seat and detonated by timer or remote control, not by a suicide bomber, a regional governor said Sunday.
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Witnesses: Israeli missiles fired at car
Jul 17 2005 9:44AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli air force fired missiles Sunday at a car in a region of northern Gaza used by Palestinian militants to launch rockets and mortars, witnesses said.
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Sharon: No limitations on army operations
Jul 17 2005 4:47AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday he ordered the security establishment to put down a recent round of Palestinian violence, saying there are no restrictions on the army's operations.
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Israeli army prepares broad Gaza operation
Jul 17 2005 2:26AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli forces are preparing a broad ground operation into the Gaza Strip and will decide in the coming hours on when to launch it, Israel's deputy defense minister said Sunday.
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