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Palestinian police, workers demonstrate
Sep 5 2006 11:13PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian security officers went on the rampage in Gaza City Tuesday to demand back pay from the cash-strapped Hamas-led government, while Israel pressed ahead with its offensive against Hamas militants, killing four.
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Jordanian seeks to succeed Annan
Sep 5 2006 10:21PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Jordan's U.N. Ambassador Prince Zeid al Hussein announced his candidacy on Tuesday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, becoming the fifth hopeful and the first Muslim to enter the race to succeed Kofi Annan.
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Turkey pledges peacekeepers for Lebanon
Sep 5 2006 7:19PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Turkey on Tuesday became the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties to Israel to pledge troops to an expanding international peacekeeping force that will monitor a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Former Iranian president criticizes Bush
Sep 5 2006 6:56PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami criticized President Bush in interviews published Tuesday, as he joined Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other leaders at the U.N. for a meeting of a group that promotes understanding between Western and Islamic states.
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France toughening U.N. peacekeeping role
Sep 5 2006 6:22PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France is quietly preparing to play a tougher role in the strengthened U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, rolling out hefty tanks, powerful artillery, and sophisticated radar systems to pinpoint artillery launch sites.
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Iran head wants liberal teachers ousted
Sep 5 2006 5:50PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line president urged students Tuesday to push for a purge of liberal and secular university teachers, another sign of his determination to strengthen Islamic fundamentalism in the country.
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Iraq militants praise attack in Amman
Sep 5 2006 5:43PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A Web statement purportedly from an Iraq-based extremist group praised a Jordanian gunman Tuesday for shooting foreign tourists at a popular Roman ruin in Amman and urged young Muslims to follow in the attacker's steps.
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U.S. officials press for Iran sanctions
Sep 5 2006 4:54PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - U.S. officials pressed their case Tuesday for sanctioning Iran over its defiance on uranium enrichment, calling for punishment even ahead of a meeting billed as a last-ditch effort to persuade Tehran to freeze its nuclear program.
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Three killed in Gaza car explosions
Sep 5 2006 3:58PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Three Gaza Palestinians were killed and 12 wounded late Tuesday in explosions, at least one of them the result of an Israeli airstrike, Palestinians and the Israeli military said.
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Iraq extends state of emergency
Sep 5 2006 3:25PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's parliament reopened Tuesday after a summer recess and voted to extend a state of emergency for a month because of unrelenting sectarian violence, while the president predicted bloodshed will be quelled by the end of next year.
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Israelis to shun Sinn Fein leader Adams
Sep 5 2006 3:07PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli officials will boycott Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams' first trip to the Holy Land because he plans to meet with leaders of the Hamas militant group, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
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Israeli security service seeks recruits
Sep 5 2006 2:49PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Normally shrouded in secrecy, the Israeli Shin Bet security service launched its first-ever public recruitment drive Tuesday, unveiling a slick Web site and buying online ads in Israel and abroad in a campaign aimed at attracting topflight computer programmers to its cutting-edge tech division.
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Turkey agrees to send troops to Lebanon
Sep 5 2006 2:27PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey agreed Tuesday to send troops to Lebanon to monitor a tense cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, becoming the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties with Israel to do so.
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Hariri investigator wounded in Lebanon
Sep 5 2006 2:25PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A leading investigator in the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister was wounded by a roadside bomb that killed four other people Tuesday. Lt. Col. Samir Shehade, deputy head of the intelligence department in the national police force, was hospitalized in stable condition in the southern port of Sidon.
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Iraq lawmaker tells colleagues of ordeal
Sep 5 2006 2:01PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A Sunni Arab lawmaker held hostage for two months by Shiite militants told parliament Tuesday that the ordeal showed her the agony Iraqis are experiencing at a time of rising sectarian tensions.
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Lebanon rebuilding aid will take time
Sep 5 2006 12:03PM (CT)
SIDDIQINE, Lebanon (AP) - The rubble is starting to be carted away, but no money to rebuild has trickled into this part of south Lebanon. For now, the mayor of this village says he can do little but divide the 700 buildings and homes needing attention into three categories: totally, partially or slightly destroyed.
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Turkey to vote on Lebanon peacekeepers
Sep 5 2006 5:52AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish leaders worked to shore up support among skeptical lawmakers for a Turkish contribution to an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon before a parliamentary vote Tuesday.
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Peres: Israel may invite Abbas for talks
Sep 5 2006 5:26AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume long-stalled peace talks after Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Tuesday.
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GIs face court martial in Iraq rape case
Sep 5 2006 5:21AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. Army investigator has recommended that four American soldiers accused of raping a a 14-year-old girl and of killing her and her family face a court-martial, a lawyer in the case confirmed on Monday.
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Iran to meet with EU official over nukes
Sep 5 2006 4:54AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The European Union's foreign policy chief and Iran's senior nuclear negotiator tentatively agreed to meet Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to bridge differences over Tehran's atomic program, U.N. and European officials said.
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Iraq to extend state of emergency
Sep 5 2006 4:05AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to extend the country's state of emergency for 30 more days.
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