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Middle East News Archives for August 27, 2006

Hezbollah head says he didn't expect war
Aug 27 2006 11:51PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war.
 
Iraq bomb attacks, shootings kill dozens
Aug 27 2006 11:49PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A wave of bomb attacks and shootings swept Iraq Sunday, killing dozens of people despite a massive security operation in the capital and appeals from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for an end to sectarian fighting.
 
21 wounded as blasts hit Turkish resort
Aug 27 2006 11:47PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A bomb blast blew apart a minibus in a Turkish tourist resort late Sunday injuring 21 people including 10 British tourists, the local police chief said.
 
4 Palestinian militants killed in Gaza
Aug 27 2006 11:40PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Four Palestinian militants were killed early Monday in an Israeli airstrike on central Gaza, Palestinian doctors said.
 
Olmert said illegally appointed allies
Aug 27 2006 11:29PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert illegally named political allies to a business authority when he was minister for industry and trade, officials said Monday.
 
Jordan parliament OKs terrorism law
Aug 27 2006 10:04PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan's parliament on Sunday endorsed the country's first anti-terrorism law despite objections by some lawmakers that the bill curtails freedoms.
 
Egypt's Mubarak shuffles cabinet
Aug 27 2006 9:28PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak made minor adjustments to his cabinet Sunday, topping the changes with the reassignment of the justice portfolio.
 
Fox News journalists describe captivity
Aug 27 2006 9:25PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Two Fox News journalists freed by militants Sunday described a harrowing two weeks of captivity during which they were blindfolded, tied in painful positions and forced at gunpoint to say on a video that they converted to Islam.
 
Group calls for release of journalist
Aug 27 2006 9:11PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Journalism watchdog groups called on Sudan's government to release a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist who was in custody Sunday on charges of espionage and other crimes.
 
Olmert puts off decision on war inquiry
Aug 27 2006 8:47PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday put off a decision on launching an inquiry into the handling of the recent fighting in Lebanon, officials said.
 
Hamas official criticizes government
Aug 27 2006 8:44PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - In a rare case of self-criticism, a senior official in the Hamas-led government said the Palestinians have bungled the aftermath of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and called on residents to stop blaming Israel for all their woes.
 
Abu Ghraib empty, Iraqi official says
Aug 27 2006 8:18PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Abu Ghraib prison, whose name became synonymous with abuse, has been emptied of detainees, a senior Iraqi justice ministry official said Sunday.
 
Fighting in Gaza kills 4 Palestinians
Aug 27 2006 6:27PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed three Palestinians and wounded two television cameramen, Palestinian officials and residents said.
 
Turkey torn on joining U.N. mission
Aug 27 2006 5:31PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - The European Union and the United Nations are pushing for Muslim participation in the expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but a growing public chorus in Turkey opposes sending troops who could be seen as supporting Israel against fellow Muslims.
 
Iran tests submarine-to-surface missile
Aug 27 2006 4:52PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran tested a new anti-ship missile fired by a submarine during war games Sunday, raising worries it could disrupt vital oil tanker traffic in the Gulf amid its standoff with the West over its suspect nuclear activities.
 
Trickle of supplies reaches Lebanon
Aug 27 2006 2:51PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hospitals dipped deep into emergency stockpiles, lines grew at gas stations and grocers complained of shortages of foreign goods Sunday as an Israeli air and sea blockade kept all but a trickle of supplies out of Lebanon.
 
Gunmen kill 12, wound 25 in Iraqi market
Aug 27 2006 1:51PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen in three cars opened fire on a busy market in a predominantly Shiite town north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 25 others, police said.
 
Hope, cynicism shadows U.N. peacekeepers
Aug 27 2006 1:03PM (CT)
MARWAHEEN, Lebanon (AP) - It was the fourth day of the war, and an Israeli army loudspeaker boomed a warning across the border to this village: "You have two hours to leave."
 
U.S. soldier killed by bomb near Baghdad
Aug 27 2006 11:23AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday.
 
French troops aid in Lebanon rebuilding
Aug 27 2006 10:50AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Dozens of French soldiers arrived Sunday to help the Lebanese army rebuild bridges that were destroyed or damaged by Israeli airstrikes during the 34-day fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas.
 
Gaza hostage sorry for worrying family
Aug 27 2006 10:07AM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The first thing Olaf Wiig told his family after militants released him in the Gaza Strip Sunday was that he was sorry he'd worried them, relatives said.
 
Bomb blast kills 6 outside Baghdad hotel
Aug 27 2006 4:00AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb planted in a mini van detonated Sunday outside a hotel in downtown Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring 16, police and witnesses said.
 
1 dead in car bomb attack on Iraqi paper
Aug 27 2006 2:58AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a government-run newspaper in Iraq's capital Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 30, police said.
 
   

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