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Gunmen kill at least 24 in Iraq
Jul 18 2005 10:09PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen killed at least 24 police, soldiers and government workers in Iraq on Monday, and an Iraqi general said about 50 suspected insurgents were captured in the first days of a new security operation in Baghdad.
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Egyptian presidential candidate withdraws
Jul 18 2005 9:59PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A prominent Egyptian-U.S. sociologist announced Monday that he was dropping out of Egypt's first open presidential elections, becoming the second aspirant for the nation's top job to withdraw in three days.
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Israel forces stop settlers from marching
Jul 18 2005 8:38PM (CT)
NETIVOT, Israel (AP) - Security forces blocked thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters from marching Monday night in protest of Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip next month.
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Lebanon approves motion to pardon warlord
Jul 18 2005 6:39PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lawmakers approved motions Monday to pardon a notorious anti-Syrian warlord serving a life term for killing a prime minister and to free nearly three dozen Muslim militants, some with alleged links to al-Qaida.
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Iran leaders support Iraq quest for peace
Jul 18 2005 6:21PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's top leaders on Monday backed fellow Shiite Muslim-dominated Iraq's quest for stability and peace, but its supreme leader also criticized the U.S. presence in Iran's war-ravaged neighbor.
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Iraq aims to stop insurgent recruits
Jul 18 2005 4:30PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Iraq's interior minister said Monday that capturing insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is not important: Instead, the key to fighting his al-Qaida movement is to cut off the flow of his recruits.
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Iraq criticizes lack of foreign donations
Jul 18 2005 2:56PM (CT)
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) - Iraq's planning minister on Monday criticized the massive shortfall in foreign donations to rebuild the country he described as a "devastated waste plant," saying most of the money coming in has gone for security.
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Lawyer: Saddam trial should be relocated
Jul 18 2005 2:15PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A lawyer for Saddam Hussein said Monday that Iraq's insurgency has made Baghdad far too dangerous a venue for the former leader's trial, and that the proceedings should be moved to another country.
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Abbas: Truce with Israel can be salvaged
Jul 18 2005 2:01PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that a five-month-old truce with Israel can still be salvaged though negotiations with the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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Fire at Baghdad market damages 10 shops
Jul 18 2005 1:18PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Fire broke out Monday in a main Baghdad market, setting several shops ablaze before firefighters managed to bring it under control after two hours, witnesses said.
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Iraq locals, troops straddle uneasy calm
Jul 18 2005 1:04PM (CT)
BASRA, Iraq (AP) - As a British patrol pulled over to the shoulder of a road to make a village "courtesy call," Iraqi drivers passed by, some waving from behind their steering wheels.
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U.S. aims to speed up Iraq reconstruction
Jul 18 2005 12:56PM (CT)
BASRA, Iraq (AP) - The United States has yet to spend almost 60 percent of its pledged $21 billion in reconstruction money for Iraq, even as the country struggles through a third summer of sporadic electricity and limited clean water.
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Jailed Iran journalist said hospitalized
Jul 18 2005 12:25PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A jailed Iranian journalist was hospitalized Monday after he went on a hunger strike for more than a month, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
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Lawyer wants Saddam trial moved from Iraq
Jul 18 2005 11:28AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A lawyer for Saddam Hussein said Monday that Iraq's insurgency has made Baghdad far too dangerous a venue for the former leader's trial, and that the proceeding should be moved to another country.
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Egypt lawyer extends detention of Muslims
Jul 18 2005 1:51AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian prosecutor has extended the detention of four leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood arrested in a government crackdown sparked by a wave of pro-reform protests by the banned Islamic movement.
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