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Abbas decrees settlements for public use
Aug 20 2005 11:28PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree Saturday appropriating Jewish settlement land for public use once Israel's evacuation of Gaza is complete, and he scheduled postponed Palestinian legislative elections for Jan. 25.
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Several arrested in Jordan rocket attacks
Aug 20 2005 11:15PM (CT)
AQABA, Jordan (AP) - Police detained several suspects on Saturday as the hunt widened for the attackers who fired and supplied the rockets that narrowly missed a U.S. Navy ship anchored in the bay of this Red Sea port best known for beach vacations and Mideast summits.
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Sunnis say they've been left out of talks
Aug 20 2005 10:28PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arabs complained Saturday they were being sidelined in talks on the new constitution only two days before the deadline and warned that their community will reject the document if it is submitted to parliament without Sunni consent.
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Mubarak warns against isolating Gaza
Aug 20 2005 8:30PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minster Ariel Sharon is the only Israeli leader who can make peace, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in an interview with an Israeli newspaper.
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Egypt Islamist group won't back Mubarak
Aug 20 2005 6:54PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The leader of Egypt's biggest Islamic group said Saturday its members would not back President Hosni Mubarak in next month's elections, denying reports that the Muslim Brotherhood might strike a deal with Egypt's ruling party.
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Tariq Aziz gets prison visit from kin
Aug 20 2005 6:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The family of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz visited him in detention for the first time Saturday and remains confident he did nothing wrong during his years in the Iraqi leadership, his daughter said.
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Saudis try to cut polio spread during hajj
Aug 20 2005 2:36PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - As millions of Muslims prepare to make the annual hajj to Mecca this January, Saudi Arabia is adopting stricter measures to stop a new and startling spread of polio across the region, Saudi and U.N. officials said Saturday.
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Uniting Iraqi army seen as big challenge
Aug 20 2005 1:40PM (CT)
KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) - In the ethnic melting pot of this northern Iraqi city, the challenges of creating a new, unified Iraqi army are clear. Half the recruits speak Kurdish, the other half Arabic. Loyalties are complicated by regional ties to Kurdistan, the autonomous region to the north.
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U.N. agency findings back up Iran claim
Aug 20 2005 11:30AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - U.N. nuclear agency tests have concluded that traces of highly enriched uranium on centrifuge parts were from imported equipment _ rather than from any enrichment activities by Iran, a senior Western diplomat said Saturday.
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Young Catholics gather in Baghdad
Aug 20 2005 8:46AM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - More than 1,000 Roman Catholic youths gathered in Baghdad to celebrate World Youth Day and ask for the pontiff's blessing "at this most difficult time for our country," the Vatican said Saturday.
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Khamenei: Iran won't stop nuke enrichment
Aug 20 2005 5:45AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran does not intend to build nuclear weapons, but it will continue to enrich uranium because it does not want to be dependent on others for its nuclear fuel needs, the country's supreme ruler said Friday.
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Hamas vows to continue attacks on Israel
Aug 20 2005 5:04AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - In a challenge to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, dozens of masked Hamas gunmen took over Gaza City's central square on Saturday and announced they would not stop attacks on Israel, despite Israel's ongoing withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian elections to be held Jan. 25
Aug 20 2005 4:11AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian parliamentary elections will be held Jan. 25, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced Saturday.
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U.N. demands justice on bomb anniversary
Aug 20 2005 12:20AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Two survivors from the terrorist bombing at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad joined colleagues in a tribute Friday to the 22 people who died, and the U.N. Staff Union demanded the killers be brought to justice.
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