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Lebanon Christians divided ahead of vote
Aug 4 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's security forces were on high alert Saturday in anticipation of violence ahead of a vote to replace two assassinated lawmakers, an election that has deeply divided the nation's Christian community.
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Iran demands right to nuclear technology
Aug 4 2007 10:43PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Iran might eventually consider suspending uranium enrichment but Tehran's right to the technology must be recognized, Iran's top nuclear negotiator said in an interview released Saturday.
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Iraqi power grid nearing collapse
Aug 4 2007 10:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's power grid is on the brink of collapse because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provinces that are unplugging local power stations from the national grid, officials said Saturday.
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Iraqi power grid nearing collapse
Aug 4 2007 10:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's power grid is on the brink of collapse because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provinces that are unplugging local power stations from the national grid, officials said Saturday.
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Iraqi power grid nearing collapse
Aug 4 2007 10:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's power grid is on the brink of collapse because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provinces that are unplugging local power stations from the national grid, officials said Saturday.
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Iraqi power grid nearing collapse
Aug 4 2007 10:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's power grid is on the brink of collapse because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provinces that are unplugging local power stations from the national grid, officials said Saturday.
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Iraqi power grid nearing collapse
Aug 4 2007 10:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's power grid is on the brink of collapse because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provinces that are unplugging local power stations from the national grid, officials said Saturday.
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Report: No Sarkozy role in Libyan arms
Aug 4 2007 7:21PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy played no role in negotiating the sale of anti-tank missiles to Libya, a presidential aide and an executive from the European defense group EADS said Saturday.
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New Turkish parliament sworn in
Aug 4 2007 5:15PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A freshly elected parliament, still dominated by the Islamic-leaning ruling party, was sworn in Saturday and expected to quickly take up the highly contentious issue of picking a new president.
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Abbas, Olmert to meet Monday
Aug 4 2007 4:39PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian president and the Israeli prime minister are to meet Monday in the West Bank to try narrowing their differences ahead of a planned peace conference in the United States, a Palestinian official said Saturday.
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Iran, U.S. to meet in Baghdad Monday
Aug 4 2007 1:39PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran and the United States will meet in Baghdad on Monday to discuss ways to ease Iraq's security problems, Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad said.
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2 dead, 6 hurt in Israeli strike on Gaza
Aug 4 2007 1:30PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Two Palestinians were killed and six wounded in an Israeli air strike on two vehicles near the southern Gaza Strip's border with Egypt on Saturday evening, eyewitnesses and hospital staff said. The Israeli military confirmed it carried out an attack in the area, near the Rafah frontier crossing, but could not immediately give details.
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Israel officers reprimanded for shooting
Aug 4 2007 5:47AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military has reprimanded a brigade commander and two battalion commanders in the West Bank for an incident in which soldiers shot a Palestinian man and left him wounded on the ground.
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UN council troubled over Lebanon arms
Aug 4 2007 3:12AM (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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Israel: Plans for nuke power plant
Aug 4 2007 3:10AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel is reviving plans for a nuclear power plant in the southern Negev Desert, Israel Army Radio quoted the infrastructure minister as saying.
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