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Saddam's defense team balks at Oct. trial
Sep 4 2005 9:25PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein's defense team complained Sunday it will not have enough time to prepare for his trial as the government officially set Oct. 19 for the start of proceedings that could end with the execution of Iraq's former dictator.
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Katrina aid pours in from around the world
Sep 4 2005 7:53PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Donations to Hurricane Katrina relief poured in from around the world Sunday, with Kuwait offering $500 million and other Mideast countries offering aid and condolences despite widespread opposition to U.S. policies in the area.
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2 militants, officer die in Saudi clashes
Sep 4 2005 7:52PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Police fought running gun battles with al-Qaida militants in an eastern Saudi Arabian city on Sunday in clashes that killed two extremists and a police officer, a Saudi official said.
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Turkish nationalists attack Kurdish bus
Sep 4 2005 6:44PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A group of nationalist Turks attacked dozens of buses carrying pro-Kurdish demonstrators with stones on Sunday, following violent clashes between Kurdish demonstrators and police in Istanbul, reports said.
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U.S. urged to help resume Mideast talks
Sep 4 2005 5:31PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan urged the United States and its diplomatic partners on Sunday to help resume talks aimed at achieving Palestinian statehood now that Israel has pulled Jewish settlers out of the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation.
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Lebanese president faces isolation
Sep 4 2005 4:42PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - With close former aides accused of complicity in the assassination of a former prime minister, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud is finding himself increasingly isolated amid calls for his resignation.
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Iran rejects European threat of sanctions
Sep 4 2005 2:38PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran will continue uranium reprocessing despite Europe's threat to refer it to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions if it does not freeze the work within two weeks, a Foreign Ministry official said Sunday.
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Egyptians cautiously welcome historic vote
Sep 4 2005 2:16PM (CT)
TANTA, Egypt (AP) - Opposition supporters banged drums and waved orange flags, but many people in this teeming Nile Delta town are so unused to real election campaigns that they thought the march was the circus come to town.
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Iraq to reopen embassy in Kuwait
Sep 4 2005 11:19AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Iraq will within weeks reopen its embassy in Kuwait for the first time since it closed after Saddam Hussein ordered the 1990 invasion of the tiny country, Iraq's foreign minister said Sunday.
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Kuwait pledges $500M for hurricane relief
Sep 4 2005 10:26AM (CT)
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - The oil-rich Persian Gulf state of Kuwait said Sunday it will donate $500 million in aid to U.S. relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
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Abbas aims for border crossing solution
Sep 4 2005 10:19AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that he has not been able to resolve a dispute with Israel over Gaza's vital border crossing with Egypt, but he hoped a deal will be reached "very soon."
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Abbas looks for peace talks to resume
Sep 4 2005 5:34AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said Mideast peace talks should resume immediately after Israel completes its Gaza withdrawal and expressed hope that a Palestinian state will be established by next year.
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Saddam Hussein trial will start Oct. 19
Sep 4 2005 3:14AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi government announced Sunday that the trial of Saddam Hussein will open on Oct. 19. The statement by government spokesman Laith Kubba confirmed widespread speculation that the former strongman and several of his closest aides would face trial immediately after the national referendum on Iraq's constitution on Oct. 15.
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U.N. invited to Syria in Hariri probe
Sep 4 2005 2:38AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Under intense pressure to cooperate with a U.N. probe, Syria on Saturday invited the chief U.N. envoy investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri to visit Damascus and meet with Syrian authorities.
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300 airmen leaving Mideast for Gulf Coast
Sep 4 2005 2:34AM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - While the Army ordered its Louisiana-based troops to stay and fight in Iraq, the Air Force said Saturday it would send 300 airmen home from Iraq and Afghanistan to handle emergencies on a Mississippi air base devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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