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Iraqis hold talks to fine-tune charter
Sep 2 2005 10:07PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A week after the draft constitution was declared final, discreet talks were under way to refine language in a bid to win Sunni approval and ease fears of Iraq's Arab neighbors that the charter will loosen the country's ties to the Arab world, officials said Friday.
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3 generals questioned in Hariri slaying
Sep 2 2005 6:00PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A judge questioned three of four pro-Syrian generals Friday named by the United Nations as suspects in the slaying of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and calls for Lebanon's president to resign reached Cabinet level.
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Official: Saddam trial to begin in Oct.
Sep 2 2005 3:26PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi authorities have set Oct. 19 as the date for the start of the trial of Saddam Hussein, an official said Friday. A Western diplomat discounted the report as "posturing."
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Palestinians set to take over settlements
Sep 2 2005 3:15PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinians are preparing to take over abandoned Jewish settlements in Gaza _ drawing up plans for high-rise apartments and debating whether to name evacuated towns after deceased leaders or historical events.
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Israel freezes plans to expand settlement
Sep 2 2005 3:10PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel won't expand its largest West Bank settlement until it has U.S. approval for the project, Israel's vice premier said in an interview published Friday, an issue that touches on one of the thorniest problems for Jerusalem's future.
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Iraqis will handle security for elections
Sep 2 2005 2:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S.-trained Iraqi police and military forces will handle most of the security duties during nationwide voting in October and December, so the American military is likely to send only a few thousand extra troops to Iraq for that mission, a senior U.S. commander said Friday.
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Egyptians celebrate presidential election
Sep 2 2005 1:56PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - On one of Cairo's main Nile River bridges, the poster of opposition presidential candidate Ayman Nour promises "hope and change" for Egyptians. Almost opposite, a huge picture of President Hosni Mubarak declares "A leader's vision, and people's creativity."
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AU suspends Sudan peacekeeper deployments
Sep 2 2005 1:49PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The African Union is suspending peacekeeper deployments to Sudan's war-torn western Darfur region for nearly three weeks due to lack of jet fuel and heavy rains, an official said Friday.
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U.S.: Troops acted properly in shooting
Sep 2 2005 12:28PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military says American soldiers acted appropriately when they fired on a car last weekend, killing a Reuters sound technician and wounding a cameraman from the news agency.
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London bomber appears in al-Qaida tape
Sep 2 2005 10:47AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - One of the four suicide attackers who bombed London's transit system on July 7 made a dramatic farewell in a videotape that also included al-Qaida's No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri calling the subway attack "a slap to the face" of Britain and warning of more bloodshed.
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Two bombs rock central Baghdad
Sep 2 2005 1:49AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two bombs rocked central Baghdad early Friday, including a blast at a hotel used mainly by foreign contractors. One person was injured, police said.
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