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Bomber kills at least 22 in Baghdad
Jul 24 2005 11:54PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives outside a Baghdad police station Sunday, killing at least 22 people in the country's deadliest attack in a week. Separate attacks killed a U.S. soldier and a Marine, the U.S. military said.
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Police drawing outlines of Egypt attacks
Jul 24 2005 11:33PM (CT)
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - The bombers who carried out Egypt's worst-ever terrorist attack appear to have entered this Red Sea resort in pickup trucks loaded with explosives that were hidden under vegetables, security officials said Sunday. Police were searching for three suspects believed to have survived the bombings.
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Iran acknowledges widespread prison abuses
Jul 24 2005 6:26PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - In an unprecedented report, Iran's hard-line judiciary acknowledged widespread human rights violations in prisons, including the use of torture, state-run media reported Sunday.
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Egypt's presidential vote set for Sept. 7
Jul 24 2005 5:51PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egyptians will vote in their first multi-candidate presidential election on Sept. 7, according to an official announcement Sunday.
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Iraqis prepares for referendum, elections
Jul 24 2005 5:16PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's electoral commission will begin registering voters Aug. 1 for this year's constitutional referendum and election, amid hopes Sunni leaders will succeed in their push for more participation, an elections official said Sunday.
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Sharm dream is crushed for Egypt workers
Jul 24 2005 4:42PM (CT)
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - Sameh Abdel Atti loved Sharm el-Sheik: the freedom, the beach _ and the money. The 19-year-old waiter from southern Egypt earned enough to build his own house. Like him, thousands of Egyptian workers saw the chance of a lifetime in this flourishing tourist playground.
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Sharon warns against Palestinian violence
Jul 24 2005 4:15PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military will resort to unprecedented measures if Palestinian militants attack Israeli soldiers and settlers during next month's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned on Sunday.
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Iraqi insurgency still strong after vote
Jul 24 2005 3:22PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Six months after Iraq's historic election, the country is on the verge of another political breakthrough, the successful writing of a new constitution. Yet there are growing worries the political momentum is doing nothing to calm a bloody insurgency.
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U.S. says American killed in Egypt blasts
Jul 24 2005 3:17PM (CT)
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - An American citizen was among the dozens of people killed in the bombings at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo said Sunday.
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Bombings cast Mubarak in familiar role
Jul 24 2005 2:36PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - In the wake of the Sharm el-Sheikh bombings and just two months before Egypt's elections, President Hosni Mubarak is projecting the image of a leader who may be the difference between safety and strife.
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Gaza pullout uncoordinated; deadline looms
Jul 24 2005 2:15PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Less than a month before Israel begins pulling out of Gaza, almost every major issue about the territory's future remains undecided. What will happen to the settlers' houses and greenhouses? Who will control the Gaza-Egypt border crossing? How will Gazans export goods, and will they be able to reopen their airport?
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Man holding bomb wounded by blast in Egypt
Jul 24 2005 11:10AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An explosive detonated as it was being carried by a man several miles from a tourist bazaar next the Pyramids of Giza on Sunday, police said. The man was severely injured.
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Rice warns against walled Gaza enclave
Jul 24 2005 8:18AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Israel that Palestinians must be able to move freely between the separate territories they will eventually hold.
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