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Iraqis fail to agree on constitution
Aug 15 2005 10:09PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi leaders failed to meet a key deadline Monday to finish a new constitution, stalling over the same fundamental issues of power-sharing _ including federalism, oil wealth and Islam's impact on women _ that have bedeviled the country since Saddam Hussein's ouster.
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Israeli troops hand out eviction notices
Aug 15 2005 10:08PM (CT)
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip (AP) - On the first day of Israel's Gaza pullout, soldiers handed out eviction notices to sobbing Jewish settlers and helped some pack, but troops also scuffled with protesters who barricaded their communities with burning tires and locked arms.
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Iran appoints hard-liner for nuke talks
Aug 15 2005 8:22PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A hard-liner who once said Iranian negotiators had traded "a pearl for a lollipop" when they agreed to suspend nuclear activities was appointed Monday to lead the agency that oversees nuclear talks with the European Union.
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Israeli soldiers mark first day of pullout
Aug 15 2005 5:20PM (CT)
GAN OR, Gaza Strip (AP) - Squads of the Israeli army's best and brightest rose before dawn Monday with a mission to gently give Gaza settlers formal notice they must get out within 48 hours.
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Egypt explosion injures two Canadians
Aug 15 2005 2:05PM (CT)
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - A crude roadside bomb blasted a vehicle belonging to international peacekeepers in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday, lightly wounding two Canadians in an already tense area near the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Egyptian officials said.
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Abbas sets date for legislative elections
Aug 15 2005 1:14PM (CT)
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday set Jan. 21 as the date for long-overdue legislative elections in what senior officials said was an attempt to give militants a strong incentive not to disrupt Israel's Gaza withdrawal.
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Settlers prepare children for evacuation
Aug 15 2005 11:57AM (CT)
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip (AP) - With Israel's evacuation of the Gaza Strip under way, Elazar and Orit Cohen were huddling with their six children at home, preparing them for what could be one of the most traumatic experiences of their lives.
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Abbas sets date for legislative elections
Aug 15 2005 10:32AM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday set a date for long-overdue legislative elections in what senior officials said was an attempt to give militants an incentive not to disrupt Israel's Gaza withdrawal.
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Egypt court hears resort blasts testimony
Aug 15 2005 7:45AM (CT)
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - An emergency court heard testimony from three witnesses in the case of two Egyptians on trial for their alleged involvement in last year's bombings at Sinai peninsula resorts that killed 34 people.
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Survey: Iraqis support women's rights
Aug 15 2005 12:50AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A survey conducted by Iraq's constitutional drafting committee showed that the majority of those responding supported women's rights _ as long as the freedoms are in accordance with Islam.
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