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Amnesty wants Egypt trial monitored
Aug 3 2007 7:51PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Amnesty International said Friday it has urged Egypt's president to allow independent monitoring of a trial of 40 opposition movement members.
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UN council troubled over Lebanon arms
Aug 3 2007 7:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council expressed "grave concern" Friday at reports of arms smuggling to Lebanon, but dropped a direct call to Syria and Iran to enforce a U.N. arms embargo.
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Ahmadinejad criticizes U.S. arms deal
Aug 3 2007 5:17PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president criticized the U.S. on Friday for its plan to increase weapons sales to several Arab countries and step up military aid to Israel, saying Washington was trying to impose its dominance on the Middle East.
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Iraq soccer team returns without captain
Aug 3 2007 3:30PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - There were no cheering crowds or ticker tape parade Friday along the dangerous airport road to greet Iraq's Asian Cup soccer champs. And the team's captain, a Sunni who scored the winning goal, didn't even return because he feared for his life.
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Iraq soccer team returns without captain
Aug 3 2007 3:30PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - There were no cheering crowds or ticker tape parade Friday along the dangerous airport road to greet Iraq's Asian Cup soccer champs. And the team's captain, a Sunni who scored the winning goal, didn't even return because he feared for his life.
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Village gives sons to Lebanon army
Aug 3 2007 2:14PM (CT)
BIBNEEN, Lebanon (AP) - In the unkempt cemetery of this hilltop town lie six of Lebanon's young soldiers, killed in battles with Islamist militants in a Palestinian refugee camp not far away.
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Archive not ready for digital age
Aug 3 2007 12:07PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The climate-controlled room whirrs with electronics. A digital recorder copies a 46-year-old video of the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Other machines digitize audio testimonies taped by Holocaust survivors. Microfilmed war documents flash across a digital scanner at two images per second, or 5 million a month.
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Pakistani opposition leader to be freed
Aug 3 2007 9:36AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of a senior opposition leader who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for trying to incite an army mutiny, a defense lawyer and officials said.
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Pakistani opposition leader to be freed
Aug 3 2007 9:36AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of a senior opposition leader who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for trying to incite an army mutiny, a defense lawyer and officials said.
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Pakistani opposition leader to be freed
Aug 3 2007 9:36AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of a senior opposition leader who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for trying to incite an army mutiny, a defense lawyer and officials said.
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Pakistani opposition leader to be freed
Aug 3 2007 9:36AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of a senior opposition leader who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for trying to incite an army mutiny, a defense lawyer and officials said.
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Iraqi PM to visit Turkey, Iran next week
Aug 3 2007 5:32AM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will visit Iran and Turkey next week to discuss security issues and the need for cooperation amid tensions with both countries.
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Olmert to revise survivors plan
Aug 3 2007 5:30AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli government will revise a widely criticized plan to grant needy Holocaust survivors a monthly stipend of $20, officials said Friday, after survivors said the plan was laughable.
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Former soldiers protest in Yemen
Aug 3 2007 12:53AM (CT)
ADEN, Yemen (AP) - Security forces fired tear gas and water cannons at former soldiers protesting Thursday in this port city demanding to be allowed back in the military and one person was reported killed, eyewitnesses and reporters at the scene said.
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