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U.S. envoy: Iraq constitution may change
Aug 30 2005 10:16PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In a dramatic shift, the U.S. ambassador raised the possibility Tuesday of further changes to Iraq's draft constitution, signaling that the Bush administration has not given up its campaign to push through a charter that will be broadly accepted.
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Netanyahu to challenge Sharon in Israel
Aug 30 2005 7:37PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that he would challenge Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for leadership of the ruling Likud Party and replace him as premier, setting off a bitter fight that could shake up Israeli politics and paralyze Mideast peacemaking.
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U.N. names Lebanon assassination suspects
Aug 30 2005 7:33PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The United Nations named four pro-Syrian generals and a former legislator as suspects Tuesday in the February assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri _ the first major break in a crime that transformed Lebanon.
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TV reporter 67th journalist killed in Iraq
Aug 30 2005 6:44PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi television journalist who was killed covering a demonstration east of Baghdad became the 67th journalist to die in the Iraq war, a media advocacy group said Tuesday.
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Egyptian envoy pledges Palestinian support
Aug 30 2005 6:30PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A senior Egyptian envoy told the Palestinian parliament Tuesday that Egypt will not rest until the Palestinians have established a state on land captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast War.
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U.N. agencies to pay oil-for-food proceeds
Aug 30 2005 6:20PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The nine U.N. agencies involved in the oil-for-food program have agreed to pay Iraq about $40 million in oil proceeds they received in 2003 to finish their work but never spent, United Nations officials said Tuesday.
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Harsher term in activist's killing sought
Aug 30 2005 5:47PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army has appealed the eight-year prison term given to a soldier convicted of killing a British pro-Palestinian activist, saying in a statement Tuesday that it is seeking a harsher sentence.
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Damage from Katrina stuns troops in Iraq
Aug 30 2005 2:00PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Ever since Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, National Guard troops from Gulf coast states serving in Iraq have followed the disaster unfolding on television sets, worried about families and friends back home.
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U.S. launches airstrikes near Syria border
Aug 30 2005 6:18AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. warplanes launched airstrikes Tuesday near the Syrian border, destroying what the military described as three terrorist safe houses. Iraqi officials said fighting was underway there between tribes that support and oppose foreign fighters.
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Heavy fighting erupts in western Iraq
Aug 30 2005 4:52AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Heavy fighting broke out in western Iraq between pro and anti-government tribes Tuesday, leaving at least 35 people dead from both sides, hospital officials said.
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3 ex-pro-Syrian security chiefs detained
Aug 30 2005 4:49AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Police detained three former Lebanese security chiefs Tuesday at the request of the U.N. investigation into the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, security officials said. Lebanon's former justice minister and the commander of the presidential guards were also summoned.
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