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Israel keeping tight hold on Gaza borders
Aug 8 2005 10:36PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel ruled out giving the Palestinians their own gate to the world, insisting Monday it will control traffic in and out of Gaza after Israeli settlers and soldiers leave. Palestinians complained Israel is unwilling to loosen its grip on the coastal strip.
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Sandstorm halts work on Iraqi constitution
Aug 8 2005 10:34PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Enveloping the capital in an eerie orange glow, a blinding sandstorm Monday reduced visibility in Baghdad to a few feet _ slowing traffic to a crawl, canceling a key meeting on the Iraqi constitution and sending hundreds of people to the hospital with breathing problems.
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Comrades remember U.S. soldier, just 19
Aug 8 2005 10:14PM (CT)
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - Pfc. Nils Thompson was scouting out possible voting sites for Iraq's scheduled constitutional referendum when he peered out from the hatch atop his armored vehicle. Seconds later a sniper's bullet killed him, one day after his 19th birthday.
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Iran defies West, resumes nuclear work
Aug 8 2005 10:00PM (CT)
ISFAHAN, Iran (AP) - Iran stepped up its confrontation with the West over its nuclear program, restarting work at a uranium conversion facility Monday in a move the United States and Europe have warned will prompt them to seek U.N. sanctions.
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Saudi King pardons activists, professor
Aug 8 2005 6:40PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - King Abdullah on Monday pardoned four prominent activists who were jailed after criticizing the strict religious environment in Saudi Arabia and the slow pace of democratic reform.
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Explosion in Istanbul apartment kills two
Aug 8 2005 4:50PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - An explosion blew through an Istanbul apartment building Monday, killing two people in what police suspect was a deadly mishap as Kurdish rebels mixed materials for a bomb.
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Saddam's family fires defense team
Aug 8 2005 3:15PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Saddam Hussein's family on Monday fired his defense team _ a squabbling assemblage of more than 1,500 Arab and Western lawyers _ with only about a month left before the former Iraqi dictator goes on trial.
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Two U.N. workers briefly kidnapped in Gaza
Aug 8 2005 3:10PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian militants briefly abducted two U.N. workers and their driver Monday in the Gaza town of Khan Younis before Palestinian security stormed the hideout, freeing them in a hail of gunfire.
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Marines find car bomb factory in Iraq
Aug 8 2005 12:17PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Marines discovered a car bomb factory Monday in a western Iraqi town near where 20 members of the American unit were killed last week, the U.S. military said.
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Sharon's war bandage is offered on eBay
Aug 8 2005 10:18AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The bloodstained bandage that wrapped Ariel Sharon's head after he was injured in fighting during the 1973 Middle East War has been offered for sale on eBay with the bidding starting at $10,000.
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U.S. Embassy will close Saudi offices
Aug 8 2005 8:45AM (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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Iraq leaders postpone constitution meeting
Aug 8 2005 5:18AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A meeting of Iraq's political leaders to discuss issues blocking agreement on a new constitution was postponed for a day Monday because of a severe sandstorm, President Jalal Talabani's office announced.
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U.S. troops see gains in Mosul
Aug 8 2005 4:33AM (CT)
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - There's one clear sign that life in the Sunni Arab-dominated western half of this city is changing for the better _ children are again playing soccer at night. The reason: fewer insurgent attacks.
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