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Iraqi president discusses U.S. troop needs
Sep 9 2005 11:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Friday that if Iraqis can control the country's main cities and roads, there would be no need for American forces to remain for more than two more years.
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Baghdad airport shuttered over pay dispute
Sep 9 2005 10:31PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An embarrassing pay dispute between Iraq's government and a British security firm came to a head Friday and caused the shutdown of Baghdad International Airport, the country's only reliable and relatively safe link to the outside world.
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Egypt's opposition sees democracy hope
Sep 9 2005 10:01PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Turnout was miserably low, voting irregularities were prevalent, and the result _ President Hosni Mubarak's re-election _ was known from the start. Still, some in the opposition said Friday that Egypt's flawed vote created momentum toward greater democracy.
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U.N. report condemns torture in Iraq
Sep 9 2005 5:00PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A new U.N. human rights report condemned continuing insurgent violence in Iraq while issuing a stinging indictment of alleged torture and summary executions by Interior Ministry forces.
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Apartments being built in the West Bank
Sep 9 2005 4:08PM (CT)
BETAR ILLIT, West Bank (AP) - Gravel-laden trucks rumbled up dirt roads and laborers plastered walls of apartments in this fast-growing Jewish settlement, one of several in the West Bank where Israel is building hundreds of homes in defiance of its obligation under a U.S.-backed peace plan to freeze expansion.
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Israel destroys Gaza military facilities
Sep 9 2005 1:27PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Powerful explosions ripped apart headquarters and sent water and communication towers crashing to the ground Friday as Israel destroyed the last of its military facilities in the Gaza Strip and prepared to hand over the territory to the Palestinians early next week.
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Rescued U.S. hostage flies home from Iraq
Sep 9 2005 1:01PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Former American hostage Roy Hallums left Iraq for the United States on Friday, two days after he was rescued from an isolated farmhouse near Baghdad, the military said.
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Arafat's death remains a mystery
Sep 9 2005 5:50AM (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. But the main question _ what led to the massive stroke that killed the longtime Palestinian leader _ may never be answered.
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Iraqi troops to take over airport security
Sep 9 2005 4:25AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi troops will take control of security at Baghdad Airport, replacing a British company that stopped working Friday in a pay dispute, a top Iraqi official said.
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