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King Abdullah assumes Saudi throne
Aug 1 2005 9:44PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - King Abdullah quickly assumed the Saudi throne Monday after the death of his long-ailing half brother, giving a smooth transition to the leadership of this key U.S. ally and oil giant already grappling with extremists and debating the need for reform.
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Iran to delay reopening nuclear plant
Aug 1 2005 9:43PM (CT)
ISFAHAN, Iran (AP) - Iran threatened to reopen its nuclear processing plant here Monday but later agreed to a two-day delay after receiving a request from the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency.
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Leaders call Garang death a loss to Sudan
Aug 1 2005 9:00PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Sudanese exiles wept and wailed Monday as they mourned the death of John Garang, the formal rebel leader whose peace deal with the government he fought for two decades raised hopes they could finally return home.
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Riots follow death of former Sudan leader
Aug 1 2005 7:13PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Grief-stricken supporters of a former Sudanese rebel leader tore through the capital in riots that left 36 people dead Monday, smashing cars and shops and angrily blaming the government for their hero's death in a helicopter crash.
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Iraq leaders urged to draft constitution
Aug 1 2005 6:58PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The head of the committee writing Iraq's constitution appealed Monday to the country's political leaders to help reach compromises on key issues so framers can finish the document by the Aug. 15 deadline.
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Israel warns of Iran nuclear plans
Aug 1 2005 6:33PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli officials expressed alarm Monday over Iran's decision to resume uranium processing, warning that unless the international community steps up pressure on the Islamic state, Iran will develop nuclear weapons.
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Settlers easing Gaza march rhetoric
Aug 1 2005 5:32PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Settlers appeared to back down Monday from plans to defy a police ban against a mass march to protest the uprooting of settlements, a sign that resistance to Israel's pullout from Gaza and part of the West Bank in less than three weeks may be crumbling.
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Turkey's Kurdish language schools to close
Aug 1 2005 5:06PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The directors of Turkey's eight privately owned Kurdish language schools announced Monday they were closing them due to bureaucratic hurdles and Kurdish demands for the language to be part of the regular school curriculum.
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Saudis jockey for power after Fahd's death
Aug 1 2005 4:13PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - King Fahd, who moved Saudi Arabia closer to the United States but ruled the nation in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, died Monday, and his half brother was quickly named to replace him. The first change in the throne in 23 years uncorked a jockeying for position in the world's largest oil producer.
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Leaders offer condolences for Fahd's death
Aug 1 2005 3:26PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Arab leaders announced mourning periods, postponed a summit and prepared Monday to attend the funeral of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, whose close ties with the United States and control over the world's largest oil supplies made him one of the Mideast's most influential figures.
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Suspect in Sharm attacks killed by police
Aug 1 2005 2:42PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian police cornered a main suspect in the Sharm el-Sheik bombings in his mountain hideout Monday and killed him in a shootout that also fatally wounded his wife, authorities said.
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Syria eases restrictions on transit trucks
Aug 1 2005 2:22PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Trucks loaded with produce and other merchandise Monday began crossing into Syria from Lebanon on their way to Gulf countries after Syria eased restrictions that left them stranded them for nearly four weeks in the border area.
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King Fahd to be buried in simple grave
Aug 1 2005 1:59PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - King Fahd will be buried Tuesday in a simple grave marked without name or inscription, a spot indistinguishable from those of nearby commoners and past monarchs in keeping with the traditions of conservative Saudi Arabia.
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Late Saudi King Fahd modernized kingdom
Aug 1 2005 1:49PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's King Fahd sought to modernize his desert kingdom while balancing change against tribal tradition and orthodox Islam, but a stroke a decade ago left him a ruler in name only during tumultuous times for the world's biggest oil producer. His death Monday came as the Saudi government pursues an aggressive clampdown on Islamic terrorism and unprecedented reforms.
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As war drags on, perception of Iraq mixed
Aug 1 2005 1:24PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Ear-piercing blasts from mortar fire into the Green Zone have almost ceased, and security is better along some highways around the capital. But civilian deaths are running high, and U.S. troops face more attacks than they did this time last year.
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Iraq's oil exports rise in July
Aug 1 2005 8:53AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's oil exports rose to an average of 1.6 million barrels a day during July, and has invited bids to build new refineries to cope with fuel shortages hitting the country, the oil minister said Monday.
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King Abdullah: An effective reformer
Aug 1 2005 6:28AM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - King Abdullah, who succeeded his half brother King Fahd on Monday, is a popular leader who has been the kingdom's effective ruler for 10 years and is the main force behind an unprecedented reform drive.
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Israel to use sand bullets during riots
Aug 1 2005 4:59AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said it is changing riot control methods, replacing its sometimes-lethal rubber-coated steel pellets with compressed sand bullets.
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Sudanese VP killed in aircraft crash
Aug 1 2005 4:41AM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudanese Vice President John Garang, a former rebel leader who is a key figure in the country's fledgling peace deal, died when the aircraft he was traveling in crashed into a southern Sudan mountain range in bad weather, Sudan's government said Monday.
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U.S. relies on local leaders in rural Iraq
Aug 1 2005 2:53AM (CT)
QAYYARAH, Iraq (AP) - Last fall, insurgents overran police stations and Iraqi army bases in this northern rural region, scaring off nearly all 2,000 Iraqi troops and keeping people locked inside their homes at night.
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