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Militant site shows more al-Qaida videos
Sep 10 2006 10:38PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A videotape posted on the Internet late Sunday, purportedly by al-Qaida, showed previously unseen footage of a smiling Osama bin Laden and other commanders in a mountain camp apparently planning the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
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Blair seeks statesman's role in Mideast
Sep 10 2006 10:04PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Tony Blair says he came to push Mideast peace efforts ahead. But Britain's beleaguered prime minister may be hoping his success eases anger back home over his close ties with the U.S., animosity that led to a rebellion in his own Labour Party.
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Iran may consider enrichment suspension
Sep 10 2006 9:03PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran is ready to consider complying _ at least temporarily _ with a U.N. Security Council demand that it freeze uranium enrichment, which can be used in developing atomic weapons, diplomats told The Associated Press on Sunday.
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Iraq official calls for oil partnerships
Sep 10 2006 5:04PM (CT)
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A top Iraqi official called for partnerships with international companies to boost his country's oil industry on Sunday, saying Iraq's emergence as a "secure petro-democracy" could quell rampant sectarian violence.
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Blair wins commitment for Mideast talks
Sep 10 2006 3:34PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Prodded by Britain's visiting leader, the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president said Sunday they are ready to resume contacts without conditions _ a small step that many people hope could lead to resuming peace talks.
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Iraq again delays federalism bill debate
Sep 10 2006 2:28PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A boycott by several political groups Sunday caused parliament to again put off a rancorous debate on a federalism bill that Sunni Arabs fear will split Iraq apart and fuel sectarian bloodshed.
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Iraqi PM delays official trip to Iran
Sep 10 2006 11:57AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has postponed his first official visit to Tehran for "technical reasons," officials said Sunday.
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Yemen tribesmen kidnap 4 French tourists
Sep 10 2006 10:24AM (CT)
SAN`A, Yemen (AP) - Armed tribesmen kidnapped four French tourists in southeastern Yemen on Sunday, the latest in a series of such abductions that have embarrassed the Yemeni government.
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Blair supports Hamas unity goverment
Sep 10 2006 8:02AM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday the world should restore contacts with the Palestinians if the ruling Hamas group forms a government with more moderate factions.
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Abbas says he's ready to meet Olmert
Sep 10 2006 5:13AM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that he was ready to meet unconditionally with the Israeli leader, possibly paving the way for a resumption of long-stalled peace talks.
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Roadside bomb in Baghdad kills 5
Sep 10 2006 3:14AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A roadside bomb explosion near a mobile phone shop in central Baghdad killed at least five people and wounded 17 Sunday, police said.
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38 convicted in Iraq insurgency
Sep 10 2006 2:26AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi court has convicted 38 people of charges related to the insurgency, including kidnapping and murder, the U.S.-led coalition said. Their sentences ranged from six months to life.
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Israel's Peres pushes Palestinian talks
Sep 10 2006 1:52AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli plan to pull out of parts of the West Bank has "disappeared" in light of fighting with the Palestinians and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Sunday.
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U.S. journalist freed from Darfur prison
Sep 10 2006 1:16AM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - American journalist Paul Salopek was released from a prison in the war-torn Darfur region where he was held for more than a month on espionage charges.
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