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La. Guardsmen depart Iraq to find families
Sep 8 2005 10:49PM (CT)
CAMP VICTORY, Kuwait (AP) - A plane carrying 100 Louisiana National Guardsmen left this U.S. base in the desert late Thursday, most returning to damaged homes and families-turned-refugees by Hurricane Katrina.
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Syrian forces kill Islamic militant, hold 3
Sep 8 2005 10:33PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Security forces clashed with Islamic militants in northeastern Syria on Thursday, killing one and arresting three others in the country's latest move against a group accused of planning bomb attacks, the official news agency said. One security member was also wounded.
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Arab nations say Iraq unrest halts envoys
Sep 8 2005 10:13PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Faced with Iraqi criticism, Arab foreign ministers said Thursday that their nations should send ambassadors to Baghdad, but several explained that continuing bloodshed in the country was preventing them.
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200 suspected militants arrested in Iraq
Sep 8 2005 9:38PM (CT)
TAL AFAR, Iraq (AP) - A joint U.S.-Iraqi force punched deep into Tal Afar, a key insurgent staging ground near the Syrian border, and the Iraqi army said Thursday it arrested 200 suspected militants in the sweep _ three-fourths of them foreign fighters.
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Arafat's death remains a mystery
Sep 8 2005 9:37PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Newly revealed medical records have failed to solve the mystery of Yasser Arafat's death, although they do cast doubt on popular conspiracy theories about poisoning or rumors of AIDS.
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Kidnappers free slain Palestinian's son
Sep 8 2005 5:57PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The kidnapped son of slain ex-security chief Moussa Arafat was released early Friday, two days after he was seized by the attackers who killed his father.
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Mubarak sweeps contested race in Egypt
Sep 8 2005 4:21PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - President Hosni Mubarak swept Egypt's first contested race for his job, according to preliminary results Thursday, an expected victory in an election praised as progress toward democratic reform despite allegations of fraud.
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Saudi forces kill 5 al-Qaida militants
Sep 8 2005 2:07PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Security forces killed five of Saudi Arabia's most-wanted al-Qaida militants in a three-day battle in an eastern city earlier this week and arrested 11 other suspects, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.
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Israel closes Gaza-Egypt border crossing
Sep 8 2005 2:04PM (CT)
RAFAH CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel closed Gaza's border crossing with Egypt on Thursday, days before completing its pullout from the coastal strip. Palestinians said the move shut off Gaza from the world, but Israel promised to build a new gateway for the Palestinians.
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Saddam lawyer denies confessing to deaths
Sep 8 2005 12:53PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Saddam Hussein's lawyer denied Thursday that the former president has confessed to ordering the deaths of more than 180,000 Kurds in the late 1980s.
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Mubarak wins Egypt election in landslide
Sep 8 2005 12:03PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - President Hosni Mubarak won Egypt's first contested presidential race, according to a preliminary count Thursday, an expected victory in a vote that was crucial to his claims of democratic reform but was marred by allegations of irregularities.
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Suicide bomber strikes near Baghdad hotel
Sep 8 2005 5:35AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives-laden BMW in the center of the capital Thursday, targeting a passing convoy of private American security agents _ the second attack in a week near the heavily fortified Sadir Hotel.
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