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Assad meets with Palestinian militants
Sep 10 2005 10:19PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad met Saturday with leaders of 10 militant Palestinian groups based in Syria, defying U.S. pressure to crack down on these groups.
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Lawlessness in Gaza ahead of handover
Sep 10 2005 8:33PM (CT)
DEIR EL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian gunmen briefly abducted an Italian journalist and attacked government buildings Saturday in the Gaza Strip, signs of the lawlessness that threatens to intensify in the territory after Israel hands it over to the Palestinians early next week.
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Rights group sees less fraud in Egypt vote
Sep 10 2005 8:33PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The second-place finisher in Egypt's presidential election joined protesters demanding reform in Cairo on Saturday, while human rights groups said up to 15 percent of the vote may be questionable but it was marred by less fraud than past ballots.
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Iraq, U.S. move against rebel stronghold
Sep 10 2005 8:18PM (CT)
TAL AFAR, Iraq (AP) - More than 5,000 Iraqi army and paramilitary troops backed by U.S. soldiers swept into this insurgent stronghold near the Syrian border Saturday, conducting house-to-house searches and battering down stone walls in the narrow, winding streets of the old city.
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Italian journalist released in Gaza
Sep 10 2005 2:08PM (CT)
DEIR EL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Masked gunmen abducted an Italian journalist in the Gaza Strip town of Deir El-Balah on Saturday, but released him unharmed about four hours later, Palestinian security officials said.
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Iraq seals border crossing with Syria
Sep 10 2005 1:29PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi prime minister on Saturday sealed the northern border crossing into Syria and imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in the region around the Rabiaa frontier post.
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Iraq's rival groups head for showdown
Sep 10 2005 12:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's rival groups are heading for a showdown as the country girds for a landmark vote on a new constitution and a dramatic, televised trial of Saddam Hussein.
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Saddam's translator emerges from obscurity
Sep 10 2005 10:13AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A familiar face is a rarity in Iraq's newly installed political leadership, but at least one participant in the recent constitutional debates was recognizable to television viewers throughout the country.
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Jordan's prime minister visits Baghdad
Sep 10 2005 10:12AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Jordan's prime minister paid Baghdad a visit on Saturday, meeting with Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi in a symbolic show of support.
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Egyptian troops deploy along Gaza border
Sep 10 2005 9:03AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt deployed the first of 750 soldiers assigned to police its desert frontier with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, in line with an agreement with Israel to position border guards before the Israelis withdraw from the volatile Palestinian area.
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Baghdad International Airport reopens
Sep 10 2005 12:41AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Baghdad International Airport _ Iraq's only reliable and relatively safe link to the outside world _ reopened early Saturday after being closed for a day in a payments dispute between the government and a British security firm.
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