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Iraqi political crisis grows
Aug 6 2007 11:32PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's political crisis worsened Monday as five more ministers announced a boycott of Cabinet meetings _ leaving the embattled prime minister's unity government with no members affiliated with Sunni political factions.
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Iraqi political crisis grows
Aug 6 2007 11:32PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's political crisis worsened Monday as five more ministers announced a boycott of Cabinet meetings _ leaving the embattled prime minister's unity government with no members affiliated with Sunni political factions.
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Iraqi political crisis grows
Aug 6 2007 11:32PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's political crisis worsened Monday as five more ministers announced a boycott of Cabinet meetings _ leaving the embattled prime minister's unity government with no members affiliated with Sunni political factions.
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Israeli group decries Palestinian limits
Aug 6 2007 10:34PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Dozens of Israeli checkpoints and restrictions on motorists' travel on highways in the West Bank amount to illegal collective punishment of Palestinians on territory they claim for a future state, an Israeli human rights group said Tuesday.
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Lebanon police kill Fatah Islam's No. 2
Aug 6 2007 10:08PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Police have killed the deputy commander of al-Qaida inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, the government said Monday.
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Official: Iran producing fighter jet
Aug 6 2007 9:44PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has started industrial-scale production of its first domestically manufactured fighter jet, state television reported Monday, part of the country's effort to be militarily self-sufficient.
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UN chief urges extended Lebanon mandate
Aug 6 2007 8:08PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the U.N. Security Council to extend the mandate of the 13,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, praising the troops for helping establish security in the south following last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war.
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Israel warns against travel in Mideast
Aug 6 2007 7:53PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli security officials on Monday warned citizens traveling in Egypt, Jordan and other Muslim countries to leave immediately due to a "concrete and severe" threat of terror attacks.
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Israeli, Palestinian leaders meet
Aug 6 2007 6:19PM (CT)
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) - In their first meeting on Palestinian soil, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday he hopes to launch negotiations "soon" on establishing a Palestinian state, his clearest promise yet to tackle a final peace deal.
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Israeli, Palestinian leaders meet
Aug 6 2007 6:19PM (CT)
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) - In their first meeting on Palestinian soil, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday he hopes to launch negotiations "soon" on establishing a Palestinian state, his clearest promise yet to tackle a final peace deal.
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Israeli, Palestinian leaders meet
Aug 6 2007 6:19PM (CT)
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) - In their first meeting on Palestinian soil, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday he hopes to launch negotiations "soon" on establishing a Palestinian state, his clearest promise yet to tackle a final peace deal.
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Israeli, Palestinian leaders meet
Aug 6 2007 6:19PM (CT)
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) - In their first meeting on Palestinian soil, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday he hopes to launch negotiations "soon" on establishing a Palestinian state, his clearest promise yet to tackle a final peace deal.
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Vote leaves Lebanon's Christians divided
Aug 6 2007 4:39PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The deadlocked struggle between the pro-U.S. government and mainly Shiite opposition deepened Monday after a tense parliamentary election showed a sharp divide among Christians, a key swing bloc.
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4 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraqi blast
Aug 6 2007 3:20PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Four U.S. soldiers died Monday from wounds suffered in a combat explosion in restive Diyala province north of Baghdad, the American military reported. Twelve others had minor injuries and returned to duty.
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U.S., Iranian ambassadors hold talks
Aug 6 2007 3:04PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq met Monday for their third round of security talks in just over two months, a U.S. official said, despite renewed military claims that Tehran is fueling the violence.
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Hamas reduces sentences for Quran study
Aug 6 2007 1:33PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Inmates in the Gaza Strip's main prison can now reduce their sentences by one year if they memorize five chapters from the Quran, Islam's holy book, the governor announced Monday.
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Israeli army to prosecute soldiers
Aug 6 2007 1:19PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A group of religiously observant Israeli infantry soldiers on Monday refused an army order to evacuate Jewish squatters from the biblical city of Hebron, the traditional burial place of Abraham, saying they would not expel Jews from sacred land.
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Iran shuts leading reformist paper
Aug 6 2007 11:53AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's leading reformist newspaper was shut down Monday for the second time in a year after publishing an interview with a poet who called for greater gender equality, authorities said.
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Iran shuts leading reformist paper
Aug 6 2007 11:53AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's leading reformist newspaper was shut down Monday for the second time in a year after publishing an interview with a poet who called for greater gender equality, authorities said.
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Iran shuts leading reformist paper
Aug 6 2007 11:53AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's leading reformist newspaper was shut down Monday for the second time in a year after publishing an interview with a poet who called for greater gender equality, authorities said.
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5 more ministers boycott Iraqi Cabinet
Aug 6 2007 10:30AM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Five Cabinet ministers loyal to Iraq's first post-Saddam Hussein leader will boycott government meetings, further deepening the political crisis that threatens to swamp the administration of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, two lawmakers said Monday.
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IAEA team arrives in Iran for talks
Aug 6 2007 6:18AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A delegation from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran on Monday to discuss future inspections of Iran's uranium enrichment facilities, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
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Turkey PM to form new government
Aug 6 2007 4:29AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's president on Monday asked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to form a new government after the ruling party's resounding victory in July 22 elections, Erdogan said.
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Holocaust survivors protest $20 stipends
Aug 6 2007 1:05AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Holocaust survivors in Israel demanded Sunday that the Jewish state raise what they consider a laughable new offer of $20 monthly stipends.
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Holocaust survivors protest $20 stipends
Aug 6 2007 1:05AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Holocaust survivors in Israel demanded Sunday that the Jewish state raise what they consider a laughable new offer of $20 monthly stipends.
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