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Hamas militia gets paid by mistake
Aug 8 2007 9:26PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government inadvertently paid one month's salary to 3,500 members of the Hamas militia he outlawed, Finance Ministry officials said Wednesday.
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Jordanian court: Bush won't testify
Aug 8 2007 7:09PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A military court Wednesday rejected a request for President Bush to testify in the trial of three suspected Islamic militants accused of plotting to assassinate him during a Jordan visit last year.
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Fatah Islam No. 2 killed in Lebanon
Aug 8 2007 6:48PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The No. 2 commander of al-Qaida-inspired militants battling Lebanese troops was killed in the fighting in recent days, the group said in a statement posted Wednesday on an Islamic Web site.
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Shiite pilgrims under security watch
Aug 8 2007 4:07PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - There is now only one way to reach Baghdad's holiest Shiite shrine _ on foot through layer after layer of security cordons and checkpoints.
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U.S. raids hit suspected Iraqi militias
Aug 8 2007 3:49PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. aircraft and soldiers attacked Shiite militia bomb makers accused of links to Iran in raids Wednesday that coincided with a visit to Tehran by Iraq's prime minister. The U.S. military said 32 suspected militants were killed and 12 were captured.
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Gen. Petraeus readies Sept. war report
Aug 8 2007 3:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - If Gen. David Petraeus is feeling the heat as he readies his momentous Iraq war report to Congress, it is hard to tell by the cool confidence with which he discusses the toughest mission of his career.
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Gen. Petraeus readies Sept. war report
Aug 8 2007 3:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - If Gen. David Petraeus is feeling the heat as he readies his momentous Iraq war report to Congress, it is hard to tell by the cool confidence with which he discusses the toughest mission of his career.
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Gen. Petraeus readies Sept. war report
Aug 8 2007 3:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - If Gen. David Petraeus is feeling the heat as he readies his momentous Iraq war report to Congress, it is hard to tell by the cool confidence with which he discusses the toughest mission of his career.
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Holocaust museum honors Romanian
Aug 8 2007 2:58PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Holocaust museum on Wednesday posthumously honored a Romanian reserves officer who blocked the deportation of Romanian Jews to Nazi death camps.
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Iraqi leader talks security in Iran
Aug 8 2007 2:36PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to Iran on Wednesday for greater cooperation in easing his country's violence, even as the United States has stepped up accusations that Tehran is arming Iraqi Shiite militants.
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Iraqi leader talks security in Iran
Aug 8 2007 2:36PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to Iran on Wednesday for greater cooperation in easing his country's violence, even as the United States has stepped up accusations that Tehran is arming Iraqi Shiite militants.
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Iraqi leader talks security in Iran
Aug 8 2007 2:36PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to Iran on Wednesday for greater cooperation in easing his country's violence, even as the United States has stepped up accusations that Tehran is arming Iraqi Shiite militants.
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Iraqi leader talks security in Iran
Aug 8 2007 2:36PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to Iran on Wednesday for greater cooperation in easing his country's violence, even as the United States has stepped up accusations that Tehran is arming Iraqi Shiite militants.
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Plight deepens for Baghdad's last Jews
Aug 8 2007 1:20PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - They number only eight, but are caretakers of a story stretching back 2,600 years. Now, it's up to the last Jews of Baghdad to decide whether to remain or flee their ancient home.
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Official: Israel needs rocket defense
Aug 8 2007 11:26AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Israel must have a missile defense system in place to protect it from Palestinian rocket fire before it could carry out a large-scale pullback in the West Bank, an official said Wednesday.
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Official: Israel needs rocket defense
Aug 8 2007 11:26AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Israel must have a missile defense system in place to protect it from Palestinian rocket fire before it could carry out a large-scale pullback in the West Bank, an official said Wednesday.
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Official: Israel needs rocket defense
Aug 8 2007 11:26AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Israel must have a missile defense system in place to protect it from Palestinian rocket fire before it could carry out a large-scale pullback in the West Bank, an official said Wednesday.
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Saudis absent from Iraq security meeting
Aug 8 2007 10:20AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iraq's deputy foreign minister urged neighboring countries to support its efforts to bolster security, and said he hoped a new regional body meeting for the first time Wednesday would produce real results.
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Saudis absent from Iraq security meeting
Aug 8 2007 10:20AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iraq's deputy foreign minister urged neighboring countries to support its efforts to bolster security, and said he hoped a new regional body meeting for the first time Wednesday would produce real results.
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Saudis absent from Iraq security meeting
Aug 8 2007 10:20AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iraq's deputy foreign minister urged neighboring countries to support its efforts to bolster security, and said he hoped a new regional body meeting for the first time Wednesday would produce real results.
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Britain to consider Iraqi asylum appeals
Aug 8 2007 5:06AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Iraqis told they will not get automatic asylum in Britain despite braving death threats to work alongside British troops will now have their cases reviewed, government officials said Wednesday.
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Israelis kill 2 Palestinian gunmen
Aug 8 2007 12:48AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the army and Palestinian doctors said.
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