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Iran seeks nuclear talks with more nations
Aug 25 2005 11:34PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran on Thursday called for more countries to join three European states in talks about its nuclear program, apparently hoping to bring in more sympathetic negotiators. The surprise call was part of Tehran's drive to win approval for what it says will be peaceful use of nuclear power.
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Iraqis miss third constitution deadline
Aug 25 2005 9:53PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The speaker of Iraq's parliament announced a one-day extension early Friday in talks on the new constitution _ a fourth attempt to win Sunni Arab approval. But he said that if no agreement is reached, the document would bypass parliament and be decided in an Oct. 15 referendum.
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Abbas urges militants to hold their fire
Aug 25 2005 9:47PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday denounced a deadly Israeli arrest raid that killed five Palestinians, calling it an intentional provocation aimed at undermining a six-month cease-fire, but he urged militant groups to hold their fire.
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Italy Red Cross may have hidden insurgents
Aug 25 2005 5:23PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Italy's Red Cross treated four Iraqi insurgents with the knowledge of the Italian government last year and hid them from U.S. forces in exchange for the freedom of two kidnapped aid workers, a top Italian Red Cross official said in an interview published Thursday.
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With clashes, al-Sadr proves he's a force
Aug 25 2005 4:01PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has again proved that he and his followers hold an important card in Iraq's future.
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Egypt officers killed during suspect hunt
Aug 25 2005 1:38PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Two senior Egyptian police officers were killed Thursday by land mines possibly rigged to explode during a search of the Sinai Peninsula's rugged mountains for terror suspects linked to recent tourist resort bombings, security officials said.
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Bodies of 36 men discovered in Iraq
Aug 25 2005 7:06AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The bodies of 36 men were discovered Thursday southeast of Baghdad on a road leading to Iran, police said.
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Israeli troops kill five Palestinians
Aug 25 2005 6:05AM (CT)
TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) - A group of young Palestinians sat outdoors on a warm night, snacking on sunflower seeds and chatting with a well-known militant leader when a group of white-shirted men jumped out of a Mercedes and fired, a witness said. The undercover Israeli troops killed five people, at least three of them armed.
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Japan scrubs Iraq marshland donor meeting
Aug 25 2005 4:11AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A donors conference to coordinate the revival of southern Iraq's once-lush marshlands has been canceled because of the ongoing stalemate in Baghdad over the country's constitution.
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