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Iraqi envoy criticizes other Arab nations
Aug 23 2005 11:53PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Iraq's envoy to the Arab League criticized other Arab states Tuesday for being slow to send ambassadors to Baghdad, despite the kidnapping and killing of three Arab diplomats in the city last month.
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Sunnis set to resume constitution talks
Aug 23 2005 10:19PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arab leaders showed no sign of compromise Tuesday as they prepared to resume talks in yet another bid by the Shiite-led government to win approval of Iraq's new constitution.
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Israel completes Gaza Strip withdrawal
Aug 23 2005 10:19PM (CT)
SANUR, West Bank (AP) - Israeli forces armed with riot gear, saws and wire cutters evicted militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements Tuesday, completing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a corner of the West Bank.
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U.N.: Uranium brought to, not made in Iran
Aug 23 2005 9:04PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran claimed vindication Tuesday in a dispute over its nuclear program, while European officials canceled a round of talks with the Mideast nation because of its decision to resume operations at a uranium conversion plant.
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Iraq draft could sow seeds of conflict
Aug 23 2005 6:18PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - If the draft constitution becomes reality, the new Iraq would be a vastly different place: a multicultural, democratic oasis where torture victims can sue their oppressors, free speech is protected and women gain a big role in government.
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Al-Zarqawi claims Jordan al-Qaida attack
Aug 23 2005 6:12PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Tuesday it had reached across the border into Jordan again to carry out the weekend Katyusha rocket attack that narrowly missed a U.S. warship in the Red Sea port of Aqaba.
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Police, suspected militants clash in Egypt
Aug 23 2005 5:57PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Police clashed with gunmen east of the Suez Canal on Tuesday during a search operation that left one police officer and two suspected militants wounded, authorities said.
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Palestinian happy to see Israelis leave
Aug 23 2005 3:10PM (CT)
RAFAH REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian contractor Jamil Abu Saed made good money building houses in the Gaza Strip's Jewish settlements, and it was painful to watch his life's work demolished this week during the Israeli withdrawal.
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Israel says onus is now on Palestinians
Aug 23 2005 2:21PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Now that Israel has redrawn its borders before the world's eyes, completing with dazzling speed its pullout from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, it has this message for the Palestinians: We've dealt with our extremists, now you deal with yours.
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Settler home demolitions to take 10 days
Aug 23 2005 11:07AM (CT)
SHAKED, Israel (AP) - The demolition of homes the 25 evacuated Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will be completed in 10 days, the Israeli army chief said Tuesday.
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Seven killed by suicide bomber in Iraq
Aug 23 2005 10:40AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. soldier, an American contractor and five Iraqis were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a city north of Baghdad, the military said.
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Experts inspect Lebanese bomb site
Aug 23 2005 8:47AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Experts inspected the debris Tuesday of an overnight bombing that wounded five people and an investigating magistrate said the attack resembled a series of explosions in Lebanon's capital this year.
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Palestinian: Withdrawal helps state plan
Aug 23 2005 6:36AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip presents a historic opportunity for the Palestinians and could form the cornerstone of a future state, a senior Palestinian official said Tuesday.
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Iraq oil exports resume at reduced rate
Aug 23 2005 5:53AM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iraq resumed oil exports at half the normal rate Tuesday, a day after a power outage halted shipments most of the day, a tanker agent said.
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Gaza withdrawal highlights divisions
Aug 23 2005 5:19AM (CT)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - On Tel Aviv's hip Shenkin Street, with its sushi cafes and gelato shops, people speak of evacuated Jewish settlers with ambivalence, and no one mourns the loss of the Gaza Strip.
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Egypt eyes possibility of Islamist party
Aug 23 2005 4:32AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Nearly 10 years ago, Abu'l-Ela Madi was jailed when he first proposed creating an Islamist party in Egypt, and now he seems closer than ever to achieving his dream. If he does, it will further alter his country's already changing political landscape.
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Palestinian injured in West Bank town
Aug 23 2005 3:30AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Israeli troops patrolling an area near the site of Tuesday's West Bank pullback, sparking a gunbattle that left a Palestinian militant moderately wounded, Israeli and Palestinian security officials said.
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Kurdish returnees revive Iraqi village
Aug 23 2005 2:15AM (CT)
SHWAN, Iraq (AP) - Even a year ago, the dusty, rolling hills north of Kirkuk were largely barren. But the horizon has changed rapidly in recent months with a flurry of newly constructed cinderblock homes dotting the hillsides.
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