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Netanyahu quits over Israeli Gaza pullout
Aug 7 2005 8:42PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Benjamin Netanyahu stepped down as Israel's finance minister Sunday in a last-minute protest against next week's Gaza pullout, but his stunned Cabinet colleagues pushed ahead and approved the first stage of the withdrawal plan just moments later.
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U.S. Embassy in Saudi closes over threat
Aug 7 2005 8:28PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The U.S. Embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia will close Monday and Tuesday because of a threat against U.S. government buildings, the embassy said Sunday.
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Egypt hopeful vows to end emergency laws
Aug 7 2005 7:43PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - One of two main challengers to President Hosni Mubarak in next month's elections said Sunday that if elected, he would abolish Egypt's emergency laws and release all political prisoners.
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New Iran leader meets Syrian president
Aug 7 2005 7:11PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received his Syrian counterpart Sunday, the first head of state to pay an official visit to the newly-inaugurated Iranian leader, and reiterated that the two countries should unite against their opponents.
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Sunni neighborhood becomes island of peace
Aug 7 2005 4:40PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In the soft glow of twilight, vendors fire up their kebab grills, crowds gather along shopping streets festooned with decorative red-and-white lights and cafes bustle with the sounds of laughter and conversation.
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Iraq leaders work on draft consitution
Aug 7 2005 3:36PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - With only a week until the deadline for a new constitution, Iraqi political leaders launched marathon negotiations Sunday seeking to overcome formidable obstacles blocking agreement on the draft.
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Israeli soldiers train for pullout
Aug 7 2005 2:22PM (CT)
TSEELIM ARMY BASE, Israel (AP) - Israeli troops are practicing at a base called "Chicago" for a mission that is as close to warfare as this desert locale is to the Windy City: dragging protesting Jewish settlers from their homes.
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Israeli finance minister resigns over Gaza
Aug 7 2005 12:16PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigned from his post Sunday to protest next week's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, saying the plan will create a "base for Islamic terror" in Gaza.
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Another Marine killed west of Baghdad
Aug 7 2005 12:08PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. Marine was killed in a suicide car bombing in a village west of Baghdad, the military said Sunday.
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Suicide bomber detonates tanker in Iraq
Aug 7 2005 3:07AM (CT)
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber driving an empty fuel tanker detonated his vehicle Sunday near a provincial police headquarters in Tikrit, killing at least two people, police said.
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