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Death toll in Iraq blasts rises to 250
Aug 15 2007 10:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly as many as 500 members of an ancient religious sect in the deadliest attack of the Iraq war.
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Death toll in Iraq blasts rises to 250
Aug 15 2007 10:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly as many as 500 members of an ancient religious sect in the deadliest attack of the Iraq war.
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Death toll in Iraq blasts rises to 250
Aug 15 2007 10:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly as many as 500 members of an ancient religious sect in the deadliest attack of the Iraq war.
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Death toll in Iraq blasts rises to 250
Aug 15 2007 10:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly as many as 500 members of an ancient religious sect in the deadliest attack of the Iraq war.
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Death toll in Iraq blasts rises to 250
Aug 15 2007 10:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly as many as 500 members of an ancient religious sect in the deadliest attack of the Iraq war.
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Strong earthquake strikes Peru
Aug 15 2007 7:39PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook the central coast of Peru Wednesday evening, causing alarm in the capital and damaging some buildings, according to an Associated Press photographer and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Petraeus prepares troop reduction plan
Aug 15 2007 6:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - The top American commander in Iraq said Wednesday he was preparing recommendations on troop reductions before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Congress. He predicted the U.S. footprint in Iraq would have to be "a good bit smaller" by next summer.
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Petraeus prepares troop reduction plan
Aug 15 2007 6:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - The top American commander in Iraq said Wednesday he was preparing recommendations on troop reductions before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Congress. He predicted the U.S. footprint in Iraq would have to be "a good bit smaller" by next summer.
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Petraeus prepares troop reduction plan
Aug 15 2007 6:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - The top American commander in Iraq said Wednesday he was preparing recommendations on troop reductions before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Congress. He predicted the U.S. footprint in Iraq would have to be "a good bit smaller" by next summer.
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Japan launches West Bank initiative
Aug 15 2007 5:42PM (CT)
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) - Japan's foreign minister launched plans Wednesday for a joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial park in the West Bank that he said would promote peace in the region through prosperity.
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Japan launches West Bank initiative
Aug 15 2007 5:42PM (CT)
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) - Japan's foreign minister launched plans Wednesday for a joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial park in the West Bank that he said would promote peace in the region through prosperity.
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Japan launches West Bank initiative
Aug 15 2007 5:42PM (CT)
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) - Japan's foreign minister launched plans Wednesday for a joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial park in the West Bank that he said would promote peace in the region through prosperity.
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Turkey's PM warns opponents
Aug 15 2007 5:05PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's prime minister issued thinly veiled warnings to the military and secular opposition Wednesday not to interfere in upcoming presidential elections and defended the ruling party's choice of a presidential candidate who has already caused a political crisis.
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U.S. terror listing would squeeze Iran
Aug 15 2007 3:59PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A Bush administration move to blacklist Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group would ratchet up pressure on businesses from construction to oil that the military corps is thought to control, analysts said Wednesday.
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PETA critiques Hamas TV for animal abuse
Aug 15 2007 2:42PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An animal rights group on Wednesday criticized a program on a Hamas-run television station in which a man swings cats by their tails and throws stones at lions in a zoo to teach children not to abuse animals.
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Iran: 2 Chinese held on spying charges
Aug 15 2007 7:39AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has detained two Chinese nationals on charges of spying on its military and nuclear facilities, state radio reported Wednesday.
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Netanyahu wins Likud race, eyes PM role
Aug 15 2007 3:27AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Benjamin Netanyahu, fresh off a commanding election win as leader of Israel's hardline Likud Party, vowed Wednesday to shift his efforts toward reclaiming his old job as prime minister.
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Netanyahu wins Likud race, eyes PM role
Aug 15 2007 3:27AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Benjamin Netanyahu, fresh off a commanding election win as leader of Israel's hardline Likud Party, vowed Wednesday to shift his efforts toward reclaiming his old job as prime minister.
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