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Sunnis pressured to OK Iraq constitution
Aug 13 2005 9:51PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - American and U.N. diplomats stepped up pressure Saturday on Sunni Arabs to accept a new constitution with only two days before the deadline for its approval. A top Sunni official said his group would never accept terms that would lead to the division of the country.
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Israeli soldiers said hurt in Gaza mishap
Aug 13 2005 9:50PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Several Israeli soldiers were hurt by friendly fire in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, witnesses in a Jewish settlement said.
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Hamas begins fight for influence over Gaza
Aug 13 2005 9:23PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The militant group Hamas came out of hiding Saturday to hold a mass news conference, distributing the phone numbers of 34 multilingual spokesmen in a fight for influence over the Gaza Strip ahead of Israel's withdrawal next week.
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Group: 17 protesters killed in Iran
Aug 13 2005 8:57PM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - At least 17 people have been killed and many more wounded during anti-government protests in the western province of Kurdistan, a human rights group said.
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Turkish official's convoy misses bomb
Aug 13 2005 7:03PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded in southeast Turkey on Saturday moments after the convoy of local governor passed, in what appeared to be an attack by Kurdish rebels, an official said.
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Many in Aceh skeptical of peace accord
Aug 13 2005 5:15PM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Like many people in Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province, Kat Cut is yearning for peace. Members of her family have been kidnapped, imprisoned and left for dead during the decades-long conflict that has claimed nearly 15,000 lives.
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U.S. raids suspected chem facility in Iraq
Aug 13 2005 5:03PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops raided a suspected insurgent chemical weapons factory in northern Iraq, finding about 1,500 gallons of dangerous substances, the U.S. military said Saturday.
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Gaza pullout heats Israeli emotions
Aug 13 2005 4:01PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Once again an Arab-Israeli border is about to change, in a watershed event that is reshuffling Mideast peace prospects in unpredictable ways.
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Iran pushes ahead on nuclear path
Aug 13 2005 11:37AM (CT)
KHONDAB, Iran (AP) - As the U.S. and Europe struggle to stop Iran's uranium development, the Iranians are pushing ahead on another track _ construction of a heavy-water reactor that Iran says will be used only for peaceful purposes but which could also produce plutonium for a nuclear bomb.
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Iraqis: Constitution will beat deadline
Aug 13 2005 8:16AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Most points of disagreement on the country's new constitution have been overcome and will be ready before the deadline, President Jalal Talabani said Saturday.
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Settlers observe bittersweet last Sabbath
Aug 13 2005 3:18AM (CT)
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip (AP) - Across Gaza, Jewish settlers were observing a bittersweet last Sabbath, before their forcible removal by Israeli troops next week. There was the dread of being uprooted, the rush of making a last stand and the desperate hope for a miracle.
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How Gaza withdrawal is expected to occur
Aug 13 2005 1:21AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - During the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements next week, security forces will politely ask settlers to leave and, if that fails, drag them out by force.
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