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Lebanese army crushes militants at camp
Sep 2 2007 11:45PM (CT)
MOHAMMARA, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's army crushed the last remnants of a militant group in a ferocious gunbattle Sunday that killed 39 of the fighters, ending a bloody three-month siege at a Palestinian refugee camp that was the country's worst internal violence in years.
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Lebanese army crushes militants at camp
Sep 2 2007 11:45PM (CT)
MOHAMMARA, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's army crushed the last remnants of a militant group in a ferocious gunbattle Sunday that killed 39 of the fighters, ending a bloody three-month siege at a Palestinian refugee camp that was the country's worst internal violence in years.
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Lebanese army crushes militants at camp
Sep 2 2007 11:45PM (CT)
MOHAMMARA, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's army crushed the last remnants of a militant group in a ferocious gunbattle Sunday that killed 39 of the fighters, ending a bloody three-month siege at a Palestinian refugee camp that was the country's worst internal violence in years.
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British troops leave Basra base in Iraq
Sep 2 2007 11:40PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British soldiers began withdrawing Sunday from their last base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, paving the way for fresh troop cuts and fueling worries about the security of the country's second-largest city and the surrounding region.
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British troops leave Basra base in Iraq
Sep 2 2007 11:40PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British soldiers began withdrawing Sunday from their last base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, paving the way for fresh troop cuts and fueling worries about the security of the country's second-largest city and the surrounding region.
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British troops leave Basra base in Iraq
Sep 2 2007 11:40PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British soldiers began withdrawing Sunday from their last base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, paving the way for fresh troop cuts and fueling worries about the security of the country's second-largest city and the surrounding region.
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Iraqi PM: Criticism 'signals' militants
Sep 2 2007 10:30PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's embattled prime minister defended his government Sunday against American critics, saying they underestimate the problems facing this country and fail to appreciate his achievements "such as stopping the civil and sectarian war."
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Former Israeli official may be charged
Sep 2 2007 8:35PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police recommended Sunday that former Finance Minister Avraham Hirchson be indicted on charges of stealing millions from a union he headed in 2003.
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Official: 2 killed in Yemen protests
Sep 2 2007 8:26PM (CT)
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Riot police opened fire on a demonstration by retired officers and soldiers, killing two people and wounding more than 20 on the second day of protests demanding the right to rejoin the army, the head of an opposition party said.
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Abbas overhauls Palestinian election law
Sep 2 2007 6:28PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - President Mahmoud Abbas revised Palestinian election laws on Sunday to favor his moderate Fatah Party, his latest attempt to sideline Hamas since the Islamic militant group seized control of the Gaza Strip in June.
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Iran: Uranium centrifuge goal reached
Sep 2 2007 2:32PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president claimed Sunday that his country is now running 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for its nuclear program, reaching an Iranian goal that could add momentum to efforts to impose new U.N. sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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Aides: Al-Sadr wants to heal Shiite rift
Sep 2 2007 1:38PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Muqtada al-Sadr's surprise decision to stand down his Mahdi Army for up to six months was designed to stop a Shiite-Shiite rift from spiraling out of control and to weed out infiltrators in his militia's ranks, according to aides of the radical Shiite cleric.
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Felix strengthens to Category 2 storm
Sep 2 2007 8:44AM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Hurricane Felix strengthened to a Category 2 storm and shifted away from Curacao on Sunday, taking an unpredictable path that left Caribbean islands over a stretch of hundreds of miles fearful of the winds and rain to come.
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Iraq PM complains about US critics
Sep 2 2007 6:21AM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's beleaguered prime minister lashed out Sunday at his U.S. critics, saying they don't appreciate the country's achievements and fail to understand how difficult it is to rebuild after decades of war and dictatorship.
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2nd retired British general slams US
Sep 2 2007 4:19AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A second retired British general slammed the United States over its Iraq policy, saying in a newspaper interview published Sunday that it had been "fatally flawed."
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