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U.S. military pounds insurgents in Iraq
Aug 5 2005 10:00PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Marines and Iraqi troops pounded insurgents with bombs and tank cannons Friday during a major offensive along a stretch of the Euphrates River valley where 22 Marines were killed this week.
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Israel orders ships away from Turkey
Aug 5 2005 7:56PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Friday ordered four of its cruise ships carrying thousands of tourists not to dock at the Turkish port of Alanya after receiving warnings of a possible terrorist attack, officials said.
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Sudanese gather to honor dead leader
Aug 5 2005 5:37PM (CT)
JUBA, Sudan (AP) - Southern Sudanese gathered by the thousands Friday at the Episcopal cathedral in this southern city where their leader John Garang is to be buried in a granite-and-mud-brick tomb.
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EU offers to back Iran nuclear energy
Aug 5 2005 4:16PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - European diplomats on Friday sought to entice Iran into a binding commitment not to build atomic arms by offering to provide fuel and other long-term support to help Iranians generate electricity with nuclear energy.
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Cheney, ex-President Bush visit Saudi king
Aug 5 2005 3:26PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A U.S. delegation led by Vice President Dick Cheney paid respects Friday to King Abdullah, a visit intended to show the importance Washington attaches to close ties with oil power Saudi Arabia.
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Mourners grieve four Israeli Arabs slain
Aug 5 2005 3:12PM (CT)
SHFARAM, Israel (AP) - Thousands joined funeral processions Friday for four residents of this Arab-Israeli town killed by a Jewish soldier opposed to the Gaza Strip pullout, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sought to calm the nation's angry Arab minority.
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Israelis miss extremist warning signs
Aug 5 2005 3:11PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The 19-year-old who killed four Israeli Arabs on a bus deserted the army to protest Israel's impending withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and took refuge in a militant Jewish settlement with his military-issued rifle.
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General: Iran influence only speculation
Aug 5 2005 11:35AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The commander of British-led forces in southeastern Iraq said Friday that concerns about Iranian efforts to influence events in Iraq are based more on speculation than on facts.
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Cleric hopes Islam basis for law in Iraq
Aug 5 2005 10:04AM (CT)
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi prime minister said Friday that the country's leading Shiite Muslim cleric hopes the constitution being drawn up will enshrine Islam as the main source of legislation _ something opposed by Kurds and some Iraqi women activists.
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Europe offers Iran civilian nuke support
Aug 5 2005 7:24AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - European negotiators have offered Iran long term support for its civilian nuclear program but want the country to make a binding commitment not to develop nuclear weapons, according to proposals obtained by The Associated Press.
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Kurdish rebels kill five Turkish soldiers
Aug 5 2005 3:14AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Kurdish rebels killed five Turkish soldiers in a rocket attack in southeastern Turkey early Friday, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported.
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