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Israel begins historic Gaza withdrawal
Aug 14 2005 10:17PM (CT)
KISSUFIM CROSSING, Israel (AP) - Israel lowered a road barrier sealing the Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians at midnight Sunday _ signaling the start of a historic withdrawal that will end its 38-year occupation, redraw borders and reshape prospects for Mideast peace.
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Sunnis want federalism shelved for now
Aug 14 2005 9:57PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - With one day left to finish Iraq's new constitution, Sunni Arabs asked Sunday that the divisive issue of federalism be put off until next year so the draft can be completed on time, warning they would not accept provisions for federated states.
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Survey: Iraqis support women's rights
Aug 14 2005 9:42PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A survey conducted by Iraq's constitutional drafting committee showed that the majority of those responding supported full rights for women _ as long as the freedoms are in accordance with Islam.
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Iran says U.S., Britain encouraging unrest
Aug 14 2005 9:39PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran accused the United States and Britain on Sunday of stoking the unrest that has broken out among its Kurdish and Arab minorities.
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Iran seeks talks with Europe on uranium
Aug 14 2005 7:37PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An increasingly defiant Iran called Sunday for Europe to open talks on Tehran's intention to enrich uranium, and dismissed a veiled Bush administration warning of military action against Iranian nuclear operations as psychological warfare.
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U.S.: Iraq facility could have made bombs
Aug 14 2005 5:57PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Early tests of chemicals seized at a suspected insurgent hideout in northern Iraq indicate they included substances that could be used in explosives, the U.S. military said Sunday.
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Pakistan's leaders vow to defeat terrorism
Aug 14 2005 5:51PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan celebrated national independence day Sunday as its leaders pledged to defeat terrorism, saying militancy and religious extremism were threatening both sovereignty and development.
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Six U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq bombings
Aug 14 2005 3:35PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Six U.S. soldiers died in roadside bombings and a shooting, the military said Sunday, as lawmakers rushed to persuade Sunni Arabs to accept federalism provisions in the draft constitution that is due in one day.
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Fight expected at hard-line Gaza outpost
Aug 14 2005 2:26PM (CT)
KFAR DAROM, Gaza Strip (AP) - There are no packing boxes, no containers, no deserted homes. Not even precious photo albums have been packed or taken away for safekeeping.
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Iran says it won't stop uranium conversion
Aug 14 2005 12:36PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran will never again suspend conversion of uranium ore, but it is willing to pursue talks with the European Union about its uranium enrichment program, Tehran officials said Sunday.
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Some of Iran's new top Cabinet ministers
Aug 14 2005 12:11PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The top Cabinet ministers nominated by Iran's new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad include conservative hard-liners and pragmatists, including one educated in the United States and another who studied in France.
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Ahmadinejad fills Cabinet with hard-liners
Aug 14 2005 9:39AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's new pre TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Iran's new president named a government Sunday replete with hard-liners in key ministries, nominations seen as likely to insure more confrontation with the West over the country's nuclear program.
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Al-Sadr aides say Shiite cleric freed
Aug 14 2005 8:32AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A Shiite cleric whose arrest last year triggered the bloody uprising led by radical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr was released Sunday after more than a year in jail on murder charges, two al-Sadr aides said.
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U.N. Hariri investigator seeks more time
Aug 14 2005 6:38AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The chief U.N. investigator into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is seeking more time to complete his work, a U.N. spokesman said Saturday.
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List of Iranian Cabinet ministers
Aug 14 2005 4:06AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented to parliament the following nominees for ministries in his Cabinet:
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Israeli soldiers said hurt in Gaza mishap
Aug 14 2005 4:04AM (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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