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Iraqis vow to meet constitution deadline
Jul 20 2005 10:15PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Framers of Iraq's new constitution said Wednesday they will meet an August deadline despite a move by Sunni Arabs to suspend work after the killings of two colleagues. Some Shiites are pushing a proposal that could erode women's rights.
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Longest-serving Saudi ambassador resigns
Jul 20 2005 9:22PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Saudi Arabia's bon vivant ambassador to the United States announced Wednesday he was stepping down, ending more than two decades of unusual Oval Office access _ including huddling with presidents at moments of crisis and even once looking over battle plans.
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Opponents of Gaza pullout admit defeat
Jul 20 2005 7:24PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Opponents of Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip abandoned their efforts to stage a thousands-strong protest march in support of Jewish settlers late Wednesday. As the demonstrators headed home, the anti-pullout movement appeared increasingly chaotic with the withdrawal less than a month away.
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Egyptian demonstrators demand reforms
Jul 20 2005 5:29PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - About 5,000 demonstrators, some waving copies of the Quran, rallied Wednesday to demand democratic change in Egypt in their biggest show of force in more than two months.
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U.S. Embassy in Riyadh warns Americans
Jul 20 2005 5:11PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The U.S. Embassy warned Americans on Wednesday that terror attacks were being planned in Saudi Arabia, and Saudi security forces said they had uncovered a cache of bomb-making materials including chemicals and more than two tons of fertilizer.
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Iraq holds moment of silence for victims
Jul 20 2005 3:46PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqis stepped from their cars, emerged from shops and stood under the blazing sun Wednesday in a moment of silence to honor victims of suicide attacks, the first such memorial in this war-ravaged nation.
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Official: Disarming Hezbollah hurts Syria
Jul 20 2005 2:34PM (CT)
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Disarming Hezbollah in Lebanon, as the United States demands, will turn that country into a playground for Israeli intelligence and threaten Syria's national security, the Syrian prime minister said in comments published Wednesday.
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Shiites push ideas for Iraq constitution
Jul 20 2005 2:19PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Shiite members of the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution said Wednesday they are pushing for a greater role for Islam in civil law _ a proposal that could erode women's rights in such matters as marriage, divorce and inheritance.
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Saudi Arabia's ambassador to U.S. resigns
Jul 20 2005 1:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Saudi Arabia's U.S. ambassador, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, is resigning for what the Saudi foreign ministry said Wednesday were "private reasons."
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At least eight killed in Yemen protests
Jul 20 2005 11:18AM (CT)
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Protesters raged in the capital and other Yemeni cities Wednesday, pelting troops with stones, setting tires afire and ripping down billboards to protest a cut in government subsidies that nearly doubled gasoline prices. At least eight Yemenis were killed.
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Orange stirs up controversy in Israel
Jul 20 2005 10:49AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Orange may be one of summer's hot colors, but in Israel it now sends such a strong political message that some Israeli fashion labels are considering pulling orange merchandise off the shelves.
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9 dismissed from tribunal trying Saddam
Jul 20 2005 6:38AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Nine staff members of the Iraqi Special Tribunal preparing to try Saddam Hussein have been dismissed because of links to the ousted dictator's Baath Party, an official said Wednesday.
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Suicide attacker kills 10 in Baghdad
Jul 20 2005 1:42AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide attacker wearing an explosives belt detonated himself Wednesday outside an army recruiting center in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, police and army officials said.
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