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5 Pakistanis sought in Egypt terror probe
Jul 25 2005 10:04PM (CT)
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - Security forces hunted through rugged desert mountains Monday for militants suspected in the bombings in this Red Sea resort, and investigators said attackers may have been killed in all three explosions _ either accidentally or as suicide bombers.
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Australian prime minister praises Iraq
Jul 25 2005 9:40PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Australia's prime minister held talks with Iraq's government leader Monday during a surprise visit, saying he wanted the new Iraq to be "independent and strong" and praising it for holding successful legislative elections.
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Embassy in Saudia Arabia warns Americans
Jul 25 2005 9:32PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The U.S. Embassy warned Americans in Saudi Arabia on Monday that militants are likely plotting new terror attacks in the kingdom.
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'Chemical Ali' questioned by Iraq tribunal
Jul 25 2005 6:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," two of Saddam's half-brothers and Iraq's former vice president were brought before a judge for questioning about the killing of Shiites, Kurds and other political opponents, a videotape showed Monday.
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Egyptian tells of escape from hotel blast
Jul 25 2005 6:30PM (CT)
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - The pickup truck sped down the driveway of the Ghazala Gardens hotel, smashed through the glass facade into the lobby and screeched to a halt six feet away from a dumbstruck hotel employee. About 10 seconds later, it unleashed a devastating blast.
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Iraq constitution draft links Islam, law
Jul 25 2005 6:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A chapter of Iraq's draft constitution obtained by The Associated Press on Monday gives Islam a major role in Iraqi civil law, raising concerns that women could lose rights in marriage, divorce and inheritance.
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Al-Qaida statement warns Muslims in Iraq
Jul 25 2005 5:59PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Internet statement posted Monday and purportedly issued by al-Qaida in Iraq warned Sunni Muslims to stay away from sites that militants in Iraq are likely to attack.
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Egyptians: Is global group behind blasts?
Jul 25 2005 4:49PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Deadly, sophisticated and unexpected, the Sharm el-Sheik bombings present investigators with the same questions as those in London's attacks: Is a worldwide network of al-Qaida-inspired operatives at work or is a new crop of homegrown militants plotting and carrying out terror on their own?
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Israeli officials want to hasten pullout
Jul 25 2005 4:13PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A top army general and Israel's vice premier said Monday that next month's evacuation of Gaza's 21 Jewish settlements should be sped up to impede violent resistance.
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Israel proficient at preventing attacks
Jul 25 2005 2:32PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has become increasingly successful at disarming suicide bombers with help from robots and bombproof rooms. But if all else fails, security forces have shoot-to-kill orders, and experts say London police acted within reason in killing an innocent man.
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Farmers prepare for Gaza pullout
Jul 25 2005 1:39PM (CT)
BEDOLAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - In the most concrete sign that Gaza's Jewish settlers have resigned themselves to Israel's planned pullout from the territory next month, many farmers have canceled summer plantings and begun dismantling their greenhouses.
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Musharraf: No al-Qaida center in Pakistan
Jul 25 2005 12:51PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Monday that al-Qaida was too weak to organize terrorist attacks from Pakistan, even as Egyptian police searched for five Pakistanis in connection with deadly bombings in the resort of Sharm el-Sheik.
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Israel upset pope did not condemn attacks
Jul 25 2005 10:53AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Vatican envoy to Israel was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Monday as Israel expressed its outrage that Pope Benedict XVI failed to condemn terror attacks against Israelis.
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Dad of American killed in Egypt mourns
Jul 25 2005 8:35AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The father of the only American known to have been killed in the Egypt bombings said Monday he last spoke with his daughter by phone hours before the attacks.
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Roadside bomb kills U.S. soldier in Iraq
Jul 25 2005 7:20AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. soldier was killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded under his vehicle near Samarra north of Baghdad, the U.S. command said.
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Sunni Arabs end boycott of constitution
Jul 25 2005 4:27AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arab members of a committee writing Iraq's new constitution ended their boycott Monday, the secretary to the committee chairman said.
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Two said detained in Algeria kidnappings
Jul 25 2005 3:16AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two people have been detained in connection with the kidnapping of two Algerian diplomats last week, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said Monday.
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Egypt expects quick recovery for tourism
Jul 25 2005 2:04AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's tourism industry will suffer a short-term blow in the wake of the bombings at a Red Sea resort but will bounce back quickly, the nation's tourism minister says.
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