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Top Sunnis criticize draft constitution
Aug 27 2005 11:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Five of the top Sunni Arabs in Iraq's government spoke out Saturday against the draft constitution, delivering a major blow to last-minute efforts to craft a document that can win the backing of all ethnic and political groups.
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Bombmaker calls for eradication of Israel
Aug 27 2005 10:52PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Hamas militants released a videotape Saturday purportedly showing a bombmaker believed to top Israel's most-wanted list celebrating the Gaza Strip pullout as a victory for armed resistance.
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Nearly 1,000 released from Abu Ghraib
Aug 27 2005 10:52PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military announced Saturday that it released nearly 1,000 prisoners from Abu Ghraib prison over the past few days in response to a request by Iraqi authorities.
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Egypt turns down nuclear treaty request
Aug 27 2005 6:08PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's foreign minister on Saturday turned down a request from the world's nuclear watchdog to sign a treaty banning the testing of nuclear weapons, saying Israel should first join a separate agreement calling for a halt to the spread of atomic bombs.
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Jordan seeks arrest in Aqaba rocket attack
Aug 27 2005 5:24PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan wants Iraq to arrest three suspected al-Qaida-linked militants who purportedly fled to the neighboring country after staging a rocket attack that narrowly missed a U.S. warship in Aqaba, the interior minister said in remarks published Saturday.
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Suspected Egypt militants use land mines
Aug 27 2005 4:49PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Suspected Islamic militants hiding in rugged mountains of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and under intense pressure from 5,000 security forces sweeping through the region have begun mining the approaches to their hideouts, authorities said.
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Mubarak's campaign aim to reinvent image
Aug 27 2005 4:02PM (CT)
NUBARIYA, Egypt (AP) - With cameras rolling, President Hosni Mubarak strolled down a dirt road to a reed shack by a lush field, sat with a farmer and his wife and chatted over a glass of tea about life in the country and getting crops to market.
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Kirkuk's ethnic divide laid bare
Aug 27 2005 2:34PM (CT)
KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) - Sworn into office after January's historic elections in Iraq, the new members of the local provincial council were expected to usher the ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk into a new era of political cooperation.
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Iranian daredevil dies in motorcycle stunt
Aug 27 2005 2:03PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian daredevil died while attempting to break the world record for jumping over buses on a motorcycle, state television reported Saturday.
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Sunni politicians urge calm response
Aug 27 2005 1:52PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arab politicians warned their community Saturday not to resort to violence if their demands on constitutional amendments are not met, and urged them to vote against the draft in the upcoming referendum.
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Iraqi president to visit U.S. next month
Aug 27 2005 8:23AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - President Jalal Talabani will visit the United States next month to meet with President Bush and lead Iraq's delegation at the U.N. General Assembly, Talabani's spokesman said Saturday.
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West Bank settlers fear more withdrawals
Aug 27 2005 7:47AM (CT)
HERMESH, West Bank (AP) - Jewish settler Eitan Halperin is living in limbo. He doesn't work in his garden or fix his house anymore as he waits to see whether an Israeli government that just evacuated 25 settlements in Gaza and the northern West Bank will ask him and his neighbors to leave as well.
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Tourists flock back to Sharm el-Sheik
Aug 27 2005 4:26AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A month ago, terror bombings blasted the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, killing at least 64 people, devastating a four-star hotel, and sending hundreds of tourists fleeing on the next plane home. But now visitors are returning to Sharm, and Egypt's tourist industry in general _ the country's No. 1 source of foreign currency _ has not collapsed as it did in 1997 when Islamic terrorists shot dead 58 people at a Pharaonic temple in the southern town of Luxor.
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Assembly may see Iraq constitution Sunday
Aug 27 2005 4:23AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The head of Iraq's parliament said Saturday that Shiite and Kurdish leaders drafting a constitution have reached agreement on Sunni Arab proposals and would send an amended text to the National Assembly on Sunday. But the Sunnis denounced the document and called on people to reject it.
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