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Saddam grilled about 1991 Shiite crackdown
Jul 29 2005 11:40PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Investigators grilled Saddam Hussein about his role in the brutal suppression of a Shiite uprising in 1991 as they sought to build another criminal case against the ousted dictator, Iraqi officials said Friday.
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Palestinian gunmen free U.N. contractors
Jul 29 2005 9:57PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian gunmen on Friday abducted two U.N. contractors, including an Australian woman, holding the pair for three hours before authorities secured their release.
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Gaza farmers said set to sell greenhouses
Jul 29 2005 9:54PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A U.S. government agency is in talks with Israeli settlers in Gaza to buy their greenhouses and leave them in place for Palestinian use after Israel's upcoming withdrawal from the area, a leader of the farmers said Friday.
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Suicide bomber kills Iraqi army volunteers
Jul 29 2005 9:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber wearing a belt of explosives blew himself up among Iraqi army volunteers in a town near the Syrian border Friday, killing as many as 25 people. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility.
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Mubarak, rival fight over election symbol
Jul 29 2005 9:22PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's election campaign kicked off Friday with bickering between President Hosni Mubarak and his main rival over who was first to register as a candidate _ and to snap up a valuable campaign symbol: the Islamic crescent.
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U.N.: Sudan forces commit rape in Darfur
Jul 29 2005 7:01PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Sudanese police and soldiers still rape helpless civilians in Darfur _ and often are tacitly protected by authorities despite government promises to punish those responsible for sexual violence, the United Nations said Friday.
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Egypt's top cleric rails against terrorism
Jul 29 2005 3:45PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's top Islamic cleric delivered a fierce sermon against terrorism Friday at the main mosque in Sharm el-Sheik, the Red Sea resort struck in deadly bombings a week ago.
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U.N. expands sanctions against al-Qaida
Jul 29 2005 10:53AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday that expands U.N. sanctions against al-Qaida terrorists and Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers to affiliates and splinter groups.
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Suicide bomb kills 25 near Syria border
Jul 29 2005 7:11AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide attacker detonated an explosives belt Friday among a crowd of Iraqi army recruits in a town near the Syrian border, killing at least 25 and wounding 35, a police general said.
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Iraq affecting mental health of troops
Jul 29 2005 6:32AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thirty percent of U.S. troops surveyed have developed stress-related mental health problems three to four months after coming home from the Iraq war, the Army's surgeon general said Thursday.
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Farmers in Gaza settlements near U.S. deal
Jul 29 2005 5:05AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A U.S. government agency is in talks with Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip to buy 1,000 acres of their greenhouses for $15 million, the farmer leading the negotiations said Friday.
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Two U.S. Marines killed in clash in Iraq
Jul 29 2005 4:00AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two U.S. Marines were killed by insurgent gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in western Iraq, U.S. military said Friday. The clash ended when Marine jets dropped high-tech bombs insurgent positions.
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Egypt resort tries to keep party spirit
Jul 29 2005 1:18AM (CT)
SHARM EL-SHEIK (AP) - In his Old market coffee house, Mohammed Kamal serves up tea to his clients despite shrapnel in his thigh. Disc jockey Adham el-Mistekawi spun tunes in a club where locals turned out, determined to dance, drink and keep the energy alive in this resort stunned by terror attacks.
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Group: Iran execution of teens a violation
Jul 29 2005 1:08AM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's executions of two teenagers last week violated international law, a New York-based human rights group has said.
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