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Lebanese laud troops' win over militants
Sep 4 2007 7:46PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Thousands of Lebanese on Tuesday lined roads and cheered troops triumphant after crushing al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants in a three-month-long battle that became the country's worst internal fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.
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Lebanese laud troops' win over militants
Sep 4 2007 7:46PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Thousands of Lebanese on Tuesday lined roads and cheered troops triumphant after crushing al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants in a three-month-long battle that became the country's worst internal fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.
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Lebanese laud troops' win over militants
Sep 4 2007 7:46PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Thousands of Lebanese on Tuesday lined roads and cheered troops triumphant after crushing al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants in a three-month-long battle that became the country's worst internal fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.
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U.S. general: Next few months crucial
Sep 4 2007 7:39PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that the next three to four months will be crucial in determining whether the United States can start to withdraw troops from Iraq without sacrificing security gains since the troop buildup began early this year.
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U.S. general: Next few months crucial
Sep 4 2007 7:39PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that the next three to four months will be crucial in determining whether the United States can start to withdraw troops from Iraq without sacrificing security gains since the troop buildup began early this year.
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More demonstrations in Yemen
Sep 4 2007 6:48PM (CT)
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Riot police fired bullets and used tear gas and water cannons Tuesday to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the release of more than 200 veterans and their sympathizers detained for protesting earlier this month, a police official said.
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Rafsanjani to head Iranian clerical body
Sep 4 2007 5:22PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and longtime Machiavellian figure in Iranian politics, was picked Tuesday to head a powerful clerical body _ another defeat for the current president's hard-line faction.
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Rafsanjani to head Iranian clerical body
Sep 4 2007 5:22PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and longtime Machiavellian figure in Iranian politics, was picked Tuesday to head a powerful clerical body _ another defeat for the current president's hard-line faction.
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Rafsanjani to head Iranian clerical body
Sep 4 2007 5:22PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and longtime Machiavellian figure in Iranian politics, was picked Tuesday to head a powerful clerical body _ another defeat for the current president's hard-line faction.
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Rafsanjani to head Iranian clerical body
Sep 4 2007 5:22PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and longtime Machiavellian figure in Iranian politics, was picked Tuesday to head a powerful clerical body _ another defeat for the current president's hard-line faction.
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Rafsanjani to head Iranian clerical body
Sep 4 2007 5:22PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and longtime Machiavellian figure in Iranian politics, was picked Tuesday to head a powerful clerical body _ another defeat for the current president's hard-line faction.
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Rafsanjani to head Iranian clerical body
Sep 4 2007 5:22PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and longtime Machiavellian figure in Iranian politics, was picked Tuesday to head a powerful clerical body _ another defeat for the current president's hard-line faction.
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Negotiators praise Iraqi talks
Sep 4 2007 3:39PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Iraqi Sunni and Shiite delegates made progress at secret peace talks in Finland, negotiators said Tuesday, cautioning that their Northern Ireland-inspired agreement would have to be endorsed by top leaders in Baghdad to have any chance of succeeding.
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Iraqi crude oil flowing through Turkey
Sep 4 2007 3:31PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Iraq's oil minister said Tuesday that crude oil began to flow from his country's northern oil-rich Kirkuk to a Turkish export terminal last week _ for the first time since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
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Egypt strives to quell Mubarak rumors
Sep 4 2007 3:28PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A prosecutor plans to question the editor of a newspaper that raised questions about the health of Egypt's leader, a judicial official said Tuesday in the latest step by the government to quash rumors that President Hosni Mubarak is ill.
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Egypt strives to quell Mubarak rumors
Sep 4 2007 3:28PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A prosecutor plans to question the editor of a newspaper that raised questions about the health of Egypt's leader, a judicial official said Tuesday in the latest step by the government to quash rumors that President Hosni Mubarak is ill.
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Blair visits Israel in new role as envoy
Sep 4 2007 2:42PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Tony Blair dined with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday, beginning his first working visit as the international community's new envoy to the Middle East.
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Blair visits Israel in new role as envoy
Sep 4 2007 2:42PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Tony Blair dined with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday, beginning his first working visit as the international community's new envoy to the Middle East.
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Change ordered in West Bank barrier
Sep 4 2007 2:26PM (CT)
BILIN, West Bank (AP) - The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to re-route a section of its West Bank separation barrier, a defeat for the state after a 2 1/2-year legal battle that turned this village into a flashpoint of opposition to the contentious structure.
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Change ordered in West Bank barrier
Sep 4 2007 2:26PM (CT)
BILIN, West Bank (AP) - The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to re-route a section of its West Bank separation barrier, a defeat for the state after a 2 1/2-year legal battle that turned this village into a flashpoint of opposition to the contentious structure.
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Change ordered in West Bank barrier
Sep 4 2007 2:26PM (CT)
BILIN, West Bank (AP) - The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to re-route a section of its West Bank separation barrier, a defeat for the state after a 2 1/2-year legal battle that turned this village into a flashpoint of opposition to the contentious structure.
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US-funded radio reporter can leave Iran
Sep 4 2007 1:51PM (CT)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - An Iranian-American journalist held in her native country for months and accused of security-related offenses was permitted to leave Iran, her employer said Tuesday.
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3,000-year-old beehives found in Israel
Sep 4 2007 11:51AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.
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3,000-year-old beehives found in Israel
Sep 4 2007 11:51AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.
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U.S. troop buildup felt in Iraq hotspots
Sep 4 2007 9:40AM (CT)
PATROL BASE MURRAY, Iraq (AP) - From this base in insurgent country south of Baghdad, there are no doubts that the U.S. decision to pour 30,000 additional troops into the fight has had an effect.
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Death sentence upheld for 'Chemical Ali'
Sep 4 2007 8:17AM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld death sentences imposed against "Chemical Ali" al-Majid and two other Saddam Hussein lieutenants convicted of crimes against humanity for their roles in a massacre of Kurds, a judge said.
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Court: Israel must re-route barrier
Sep 4 2007 5:38AM (CT)
BILIN, West Bank (AP) - In an embarrassing blow to Israel, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the state to redraw the route of its West Bank separation barrier near a Palestinian village that has come to symbolize opposition to the enclosure.
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