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Rapid-fire attacks in Iraq kill 47
Aug 31 2006 10:37PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A barrage of coordinated bomb and rocket attacks on eastern Baghdad neighborhoods killed at least 47 people and wounded more than 200 within half an hour on Thursday, police and hospital officials said.
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Iran defies U.N.; sanctions possible
Aug 31 2006 10:04PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran defied a U.N. deadline Thursday to stop enriching uranium, opening the door for sanctions, but U.S. and other officials said no action would be sought before a key European diplomat meets with Tehran's atomic chief next week to seek a compromise.
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Israelis rally for captured soldiers
Aug 31 2006 9:44PM (CT)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Tens of thousands of Israelis thronged a central square in Tel Aviv on Thursday night, calling for the release of three Israeli soldiers being held by Arab militants in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
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Symbolic transfer underway in Lebanon
Aug 31 2006 7:54PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army turned over a small border area in south Lebanon to Lebanese and foreign troops Thursday, a symbolic move paving the way for U.N. peacekeepers to go into the volatile area.
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U.N. force in Lebanon getting weaponry
Aug 31 2006 6:19PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The U.N. force in Lebanon will soon receive the first real boost in weapons and manpower: one battalion each of Italian and French troops with heavy armor, including tanks and artillery, officials said Thursday.
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Violent deaths in Iraq dropped in August
Aug 31 2006 6:05PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Preliminary Health Ministry figures released Thursday show violent deaths in Iraq dropped substantially in August from record levels the previous month, despite a surge of killings in Baghdad in the past week.
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Israelis capture man at British Embassy
Aug 31 2006 6:04PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Police commandos stormed the British Embassy in Tel Aviv late Thursday and captured a Palestinian man who had been holed up inside for eight hours, claiming to have a gun and demanding political asylum. There were no injuries.
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Lebanon receives $940 million in pledges
Aug 31 2006 6:02PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - The United States, Europe and the Gulf states pledged nearly $1 billion Thursday to help Lebanon recover from a crippling war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas, doubling the amount sought by an international donors' conference.
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Al-Qaida group dismisses Iraq offer
Aug 31 2006 4:09PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An al-Qaida-affiliated group Thursday branded the Iraqi government offers of reconciliation as "futile" and called on Sunnis to fight those who "legalized the shedding of Muslim blood."
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Palestinians fire rockets; defy Abbas
Aug 31 2006 4:00PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian militants fired five homemade rockets into Israel on Thursday, defying the calls by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to halt the attacks.
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Garbage rots in Gaza as workers walk out
Aug 31 2006 2:12PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The smell of festering garbage, dead animals and burning trash hung over Gaza City on Thursday, the result of the latest strike by civil servants demanding that the Hamas-led government pay them their long-overdue salaries.
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Unexploded Israeli bombs menace Lebanese
Aug 31 2006 11:51AM (CT)
YUHMOUR, Lebanon (AP) - The fighting stopped two weeks ago, but it's still too dangerous for Abdullah Ziaeddine to move back into his war-blasted home, much less start to rebuild. Like hundreds of fields, houses and roads across Lebanon, his yard is littered with unexploded bomblets from an Israeli cluster bomb attack that spewed the small and deadly metal canisters.
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Iraqi security taking over 2nd province
Aug 31 2006 10:30AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi forces will take over security of a southern province from coalition troops next month, and will have control of most of the country by the end of the year, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday.
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Prayers held for Egyptian writer Mahfouz
Aug 31 2006 9:50AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The country's leading Muslim clerics led mourners in special prayers Thursday for Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz, some of whose work was condemned by Islamic extremists as sacrilegious.
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Germany expected to send troops to Lebanon
Aug 31 2006 5:27AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Germany will likely contribute more than 1,200 service personnel to the U.N. peacekeeping force for Lebanon, its defense minister said in remarks published Thursday.
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