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14 U.S. soldiers killed in chopper crash
Aug 22 2007 11:58PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Fourteen U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime mission in northern Iraq, but the military said it appeared the aircraft was lost by mechanical problems and not from hostile fire.
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14 U.S. soldiers killed in chopper crash
Aug 22 2007 11:58PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Fourteen U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime mission in northern Iraq, but the military said it appeared the aircraft was lost by mechanical problems and not from hostile fire.
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14 U.S. soldiers killed in chopper crash
Aug 22 2007 11:58PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Fourteen U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime mission in northern Iraq, but the military said it appeared the aircraft was lost by mechanical problems and not from hostile fire.
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Egypt makes Muslim Brotherhood arrests
Aug 22 2007 8:10PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Two lawmakers from the banned Muslim Brotherhood were arrested Wednesday, officials said, in an intensifying crackdown on the nation's most powerful opposition movement.
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Report: Iraq welcomes French role
Aug 22 2007 6:03PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani brushed off a reported French proposal for reconciling Iraq's rival factions, saying in an interview published Wednesday that he would prefer French oil investment or reconstruction help.
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Iraqi woman testifies at trial
Aug 22 2007 5:41PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - An Iraqi woman testified Wednesday about losing her husband and unborn child during the brutal suppression of a 1991 Shiite uprising in the second day of a trial of former regime officials charged with crimes against humanity for their roles in the crackdown.
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Israel told to ease Palestinian movement
Aug 22 2007 5:12PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel must provide more freedom of movement in the West Bank and open crossings into Gaza to avoid driving even more Palestinians into poverty after Hamas seized the coastal strip two months ago, the United Nations Mideast envoy said Wednesday.
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Israel told to ease Palestinian movement
Aug 22 2007 5:12PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel must provide more freedom of movement in the West Bank and open crossings into Gaza to avoid driving even more Palestinians into poverty after Hamas seized the coastal strip two months ago, the United Nations Mideast envoy said Wednesday.
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Egypt activist fears arrest, stays in US
Aug 22 2007 2:59PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - One of Egypt's most outspoken government critics, an Egyptian-American academic, said he has been warned not to return to his native country for fear of arrest "or worse" amid a crackdown on dissidents.
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Egypt activist fears arrest, stays in US
Aug 22 2007 2:59PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - One of Egypt's most outspoken government critics, an Egyptian-American academic, said he has been warned not to return to his native country for fear of arrest "or worse" amid a crackdown on dissidents.
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Freed Iranian-American cannot leave Iran
Aug 22 2007 2:45PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian-American scholar released after months of imprisonment in Iran has no passport and cannot leave the country where she still faces charges of endangering national security, her lawyer said Wednesday.
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Freed Iranian-American cannot leave Iran
Aug 22 2007 2:45PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian-American scholar released after months of imprisonment in Iran has no passport and cannot leave the country where she still faces charges of endangering national security, her lawyer said Wednesday.
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Freed Iranian-American cannot leave Iran
Aug 22 2007 2:45PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian-American scholar released after months of imprisonment in Iran has no passport and cannot leave the country where she still faces charges of endangering national security, her lawyer said Wednesday.
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Iraqi PM lashes out at U.S. critics
Aug 22 2007 11:26AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iraq's prime minister lashed out Wednesday at U.S. criticism, saying no one has the right to impose timetables on his elected government and that his country "can find friends elsewhere."
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Iraqi PM lashes out at U.S. critics
Aug 22 2007 11:26AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iraq's prime minister lashed out Wednesday at U.S. criticism, saying no one has the right to impose timetables on his elected government and that his country "can find friends elsewhere."
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U.S.: Iran cooperation insufficient
Aug 22 2007 6:06AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A senior U.S. envoy dismissed increased Iranian willingness to answer questions about its nuclear program as a smoke screen on Wednesday and said it would not prevent the U.N. Security Council from imposing additional sanctions on Tehran.
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Power back on in Gaza as EU sends fuel
Aug 22 2007 2:57AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The European Union resumed crucial fuel aid to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, ending days of darkness and stifling heat for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
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