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Troops, extremists face off in West Bank
Aug 22 2005 11:59PM (CT)
SANUR, West Bank (AP) - Thousands of troops pushed into two West Bank settlements Tuesday to clear out some 2,000 extremists determined to foil the last stage of Israel's historic "disengagement" from the West Bank and Gaza.
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Iraqi parliament delays constitution vote
Aug 22 2005 10:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In another dramatic last-minute standoff, Iraqi leaders put off a vote on a draft constitution Monday, adjourning parliament at a midnight deadline in a bid for three more days to win over the Sunni Arab minority whose support is key to stopping the insurgency.
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Jordan arrests suspect in rocket attack
Aug 22 2005 9:30PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A Syrian linked to an Iraqi-based terrorist group has been arrested as the prime suspect in the rocket attack that barely missed U.S. warships docked in the port of Aqaba, the Jordanian government said Monday.
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Powerful blast hits Beirut shopping center
Aug 22 2005 5:46PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A powerful explosion late Monday rocked a shopping center and hotel in the Zalka neighborhood in north Beirut, injuring at least three people and causing extensive damage, security officials said.
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Sudan asks U.N. to probe Garang death
Aug 22 2005 5:19PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Sudan has asked the United Nations to help the investigation into the July 30 helicopter crash that killed a rebel leader who had just become the country's first vice president, a U.N. spokesman said Monday.
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Egypt detains Briton over manuscripts
Aug 22 2005 4:37PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Airport authorities detained a British man for questioning Monday after they allegedly found valuable Islamic and Coptic manuscripts in his luggage, officials said.
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Jewish family of 13 is last one in Gaza
Aug 22 2005 4:31PM (CT)
NETZARIM, Gaza Strip (AP) - The last Jewish family in the Gaza Strip spent Monday night alone in their house after the army overlooked them while evacuating every one of their neighbors.
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Palestinian groups jostle for Gaza control
Aug 22 2005 3:23PM (CT)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - In a military training camp run by the ruling Fatah movement, hundreds of young Palestinians marched in formation Monday and sprinted across a sandy lot.
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Power outage disrupts Iraqi oil exports
Aug 22 2005 2:38PM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saboteurs triggered a cascade of blackouts that halted Iraq's entire oil export capacity for most of Monday, a move that cost the country almost $60 million in lost exports and rattled already jittery world markets.
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Greek Orthodox clergy elect new patriarch
Aug 22 2005 11:59AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land elected a new patriarch Monday to succeed their ousted leader, who fell from grace over a controversial east Jerusalem land deal.
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Hamas details past attacks in Gaza Strip
Aug 22 2005 7:05AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas militants, jockeying to take credit for Israel's Gaza Strip pullout, said they were involved in 54 percent of 400 attacks on Israeli targets in Gaza in the past five years.
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Israeli army, settlers fighting media war
Aug 22 2005 5:51AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - As Israeli soldiers dragged Jewish settlers from their homes, one settler walked in front of about a dozen television cameras and wailed: "How could they do this? This the land of Israel." When the cameras were turned off, he stopped crying and walked away.
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International flight lands in Basra
Aug 22 2005 4:50AM (CT)
BASRA, Iraq (AP) - The first international flight to land in this southern city in 15 years arrived here Monday, receiving a warm welcome from local officials.
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Troops enter last Gaza settlement
Aug 22 2005 1:57AM (CT)
NETZARIM, Gaza Strip (AP) - Evacuating troops entered Netzarim on Monday in a historic operation to dismantle the last remaining Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.
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In letter, Saddam casts self as martyr
Aug 22 2005 1:36AM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein said in a letter that he would sacrifice himself for the Arab cause, seeking to cast himself as a martyr ahead of his trial this fall and possible execution for the massacre of fellow Muslims.
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