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Turkish writer faces charges over comments
Aug 31 2005 10:27PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish novelist has been charged with insulting his country's national character and could face prison, his publisher said Wednesday.
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Baghdad stampede kills 800 Shiite pilgrims
Aug 31 2005 10:18PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, thousands of Shiite pilgrims broke into a stampede on a bridge during a religious procession Wednesday, crushing one another or plunging 30 feet into the muddy Tigris river. About 800 died, mostly women and children, officials said.
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World leaders deplore Baghdad stampede
Aug 31 2005 8:28PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - World leaders deplored the catastrophe in Baghdad where hundreds of people were trampled to death on a bridge or drowned in the Tigris river.
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Israel OKs Egyptian troops on Gaza border
Aug 31 2005 5:56PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's parliament on Wednesday approved a plan to post Egyptian troops on the Gaza border, setting the stage for an Israeli military pullout from the sensitive coastal frontier it has held for 38 years.
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Hariri probe focuses attention on Syria
Aug 31 2005 5:52PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The U.N. probe into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri _ in which four pro-Syrian generals and a lawmaker were named as suspects _ has increased pressure on Syria by stoking suspicions that government members played a role in the killing.
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640 killed in Iraq bridge stampede
Aug 31 2005 5:06AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - At least 640 Shiite pilgrims were killed Wednesday when a railing on a bridge collapsed during a religious procession, sending scores into the Tigris River, Iraqi Deputy Interior Minister Hussein Ali Kamal said.
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Gaza withdrawal creates new refugees
Aug 31 2005 1:58AM (CT)
YAD MORDECHAI, Israel (AP) - When Arik Harpaz was forced to leave his home in the Gaza Strip, his baggage was heavier than most. It included a stone monument to his daughter who was killed by Palestinian gunmen.
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