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Iran leader denies interference in Iraq
Sep 12 2007 11:24PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday rejected the congressional testimony of the top U.S. officials in Iraq accusing Iran of interfering in its war-torn neighbor.
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Israelis face New Year with new concerns
Sep 12 2007 10:20PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening amid new fears of war, following fresh rocket attacks from Gaza and reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
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Israelis face New Year with new concerns
Sep 12 2007 10:20PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening amid new fears of war, following fresh rocket attacks from Gaza and reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
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Israelis face New Year with new concerns
Sep 12 2007 10:20PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening amid new fears of war, following fresh rocket attacks from Gaza and reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
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Israelis face New Year with new concerns
Sep 12 2007 10:20PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening amid new fears of war, following fresh rocket attacks from Gaza and reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
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Israel stages limited Gaza incursion
Sep 12 2007 9:38PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli ground troops entered the central Gaza Strip Wednesday night, a day after rocket fire from the Palestinian territory wounded dozens of Israeli soldiers. But the military described the incursion as routine and said it was not part of a large-scale mission.
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Palestinians bicker over Ramadan sermons
Sep 12 2007 5:13PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza argued over mosque sermons and collection of donations during Ramadan, but agreed to start observance together on Thursday in a rare note of unity for the holiest period for Muslims.
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Palestinians bicker over Ramadan sermons
Sep 12 2007 5:13PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza argued over mosque sermons and collection of donations during Ramadan, but agreed to start observance together on Thursday in a rare note of unity for the holiest period for Muslims.
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Palestinians bicker over Ramadan sermons
Sep 12 2007 5:13PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza argued over mosque sermons and collection of donations during Ramadan, but agreed to start observance together on Thursday in a rare note of unity for the holiest period for Muslims.
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Palestinians bicker over Ramadan sermons
Sep 12 2007 5:13PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza argued over mosque sermons and collection of donations during Ramadan, but agreed to start observance together on Thursday in a rare note of unity for the holiest period for Muslims.
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Palestinians bicker over Ramadan sermons
Sep 12 2007 5:13PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza argued over mosque sermons and collection of donations during Ramadan, but agreed to start observance together on Thursday in a rare note of unity for the holiest period for Muslims.
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In Iraq, little pressure for reforms
Sep 12 2007 4:51PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - The debate in Washington over troop numbers is intense. But in Baghdad, there's been little sense of alarm or urgency among the Iraqi politicians who would have the most to lose if the United States decides to begin a major pull back.
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U.S. official: Israel targeted weapons
Sep 12 2007 4:43PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Israeli warplanes targeted weapons destined for Hezbollah guerrillas in a strike last week in northeastern Syria, a U.S. government official said Wednesday. Syria's envoy to the United Nations called the claim "nonsense."
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Gunmen in police uniforms steal $550,000
Sep 12 2007 3:45PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Gunmen wearing police commando uniforms waylaid an armored truck Wednesday on a major Baghdad street, overpowered the guards and made off with about a half-million dollars in Iraqi currency, police said.
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Gunmen in police uniforms steal $550,000
Sep 12 2007 3:45PM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Gunmen wearing police commando uniforms waylaid an armored truck Wednesday on a major Baghdad street, overpowered the guards and made off with about a half-million dollars in Iraqi currency, police said.
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Saudis may skip Mideast peace conference
Sep 12 2007 3:00PM (CT)
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia will probably skip a Mideast peace conference called by President Bush if it doesn't tackle substantive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, the kingdom's foreign minister said Wednesday.
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Palestinians long to get back into camp
Sep 12 2007 2:47PM (CT)
MOHAMMARA, Lebanon (AP) - A Lebanese flag waves victoriously over a caved-in roof at Nahr el-Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp that is now a maze of crumpled buildings and mangled concrete. Explosions echo as soldiers set off unexploded ordnance in the rubble.
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Palestinians long to get back into camp
Sep 12 2007 2:47PM (CT)
MOHAMMARA, Lebanon (AP) - A Lebanese flag waves victoriously over a caved-in roof at Nahr el-Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp that is now a maze of crumpled buildings and mangled concrete. Explosions echo as soldiers set off unexploded ordnance in the rubble.
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Palestinians long to get back into camp
Sep 12 2007 2:47PM (CT)
MOHAMMARA, Lebanon (AP) - A Lebanese flag waves victoriously over a caved-in roof at Nahr el-Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp that is now a maze of crumpled buildings and mangled concrete. Explosions echo as soldiers set off unexploded ordnance in the rubble.
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Palestinians long to get back into camp
Sep 12 2007 2:47PM (CT)
MOHAMMARA, Lebanon (AP) - A Lebanese flag waves victoriously over a caved-in roof at Nahr el-Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp that is now a maze of crumpled buildings and mangled concrete. Explosions echo as soldiers set off unexploded ordnance in the rubble.
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Turkish troops kill 4 Kurdish rebels
Sep 12 2007 1:49PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish troops killed four Kurdish guerrillas in a southeastern province Wednesday, a day after police defused a bomb in the capital that authorities believe may have been planted by separatist rebels.
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$550,000 stolen from Iraqi armored truck
Sep 12 2007 11:29AM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - Robbers dressed as police commandos hijacked an armored truck in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, bound and gagged its guards, and made off with about $550,000 in Iraqi currency, police said.
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Iraq cholera outbreak still contained
Sep 12 2007 9:57AM (CT)
BAGHDAD (AP) - A cholera outbreak in northern Iraq has so far been limited to three provinces but could spread south, a Health Ministry official said Wednesday.
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Official: Saudis to open embassy in Iraq
Sep 12 2007 6:30AM (CT)
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Wednesday that the kingdom soon will open an embassy in Baghdad for the first time since Saddam Hussein's 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, a step the U.S. has pressed the Saudis to take.
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Soldiers in Iraq back Petraeus testimony
Sep 12 2007 4:05AM (CT)
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq (AP) - At this wind-swept base near the Iranian border, the main points of Gen. David Petraeus' testimony to Congress were met with widespread agreement among soldiers: The American troop buildup is working, but the military needs more time.
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New video raises questions on bin Laden
Sep 12 2007 12:59AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Two messages from Osama bin Laden in a matter of days have revived the game of questions over his health and whereabouts, but they also made clear he is al-Qaida's propaganda "top gun," able to draw attention in the West and strike a chord among sympathizers.
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