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65 tortured bodies found around Baghdad
Sep 13 2006 10:26PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The leader of Iraq's biggest Sunni Arab group demanded Wednesday that the beleaguered Shiite-led government take steps to disarm militias after police said the bodies of 65 tortured men were dumped in and around Baghdad.
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Israelis asked to take down barbed wire
Sep 13 2006 10:14PM (CT)
KFAR KILA, Lebanon (AP) - U.N. peacekeepers asked Israel's army on Wednesday to pull down a new barbed-wire barrier that Lebanon said encroached on its territory, but Israel denied it was on Lebanese soil _ a test of the month-old cease-fire.
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Iran and European Union postpone talks
Sep 13 2006 10:13PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The European Union's foreign policy chief and Iran's top nuclear negotiator on Wednesday abruptly postponed talks on easing tensions over the refusal of the Tehran regime to suspend uranium enrichment.
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Annan backs bid to revive Mideast talks
Sep 13 2006 7:08PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday backed a U.N. ministerial meeting next week to help revive the Middle East peace process, saying almost every leader he met recently in the region viewed Lebanon as "a wake up call" to deal with all Arab-Israeli conflicts.
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Palestinians ready new unity government
Sep 13 2006 6:05PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian Cabinet resigned Wednesday to clear the way for a new unity government, and President Mahmoud Abbas said he plans to send a delegation to the U.N. to try to revive a Mideast peace plan.
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Iran says U.S. departure would calm Iraq
Sep 13 2006 3:19PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Supreme Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the visiting Iraqi prime minister Wednesday that the way to end instability in Iraq is for U.S. forces to withdraw.
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Syrian dies of wounds after embassy raid
Sep 13 2006 3:19PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The bold attack on the U.S. Embassy has thrown new light on what President Bashar Assad calls the growing threat in Syria from Islamic extremists. But some critics say the regime is exaggerating the problem for its own political gain.
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Khatami offers moderate vision of Iran
Sep 13 2006 2:07PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Iran's former President Mohammed Khatami could be found munching seared salmon and Caesar salad last weekend with Harvard professors on the last leg of a five-city U.S. tour.
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Mideast sees Iraq 'disaster,' Annan says
Sep 13 2006 1:12PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that most leaders in the Middle East believe the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and its aftermath "a real disaster" for the region.
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Judge in Saddam trial deflects criticism
Sep 13 2006 1:11PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's trial brushed aside prosecution demands to step down for letting the ousted president make political statements, as more witnesses on Wednesday told of chemical attacks against Kurds.
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Turkish hostage threatened in Iraq
Sep 13 2006 11:16AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi militant group threatened in an Internet posting Wednesday to kill a Turkish hostage if his government did not close down the company that employs him.
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Death toll in Turkey bombing rises to 10
Sep 13 2006 9:23AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - The death toll from a bomb explosion in a predominantly Kurdish city in southeastern Turkey rose to 10 Wednesday after three victims died of their wounds.
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4th militant dies of his wounds in Syria
Sep 13 2006 8:52AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The only Islamic militant arrested in the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Damascus has died from his wounds, and authorities were unable to question him, a Syrian official and the government media said Wednesday.
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10 convicted in Jordan terrorism plots
Sep 13 2006 7:30AM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A military court convicted 10 suspected militants Wednesday in two separate terrorism cases that included conspiracies to kill Americans in Jordan.
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U.S. envoy meets with Turkish leaders
Sep 13 2006 5:09AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A special U.S. envoy assured skeptical Turks on Wednesday that the United States was determined to help counter Iraq-based Kurdish guerrillas waging an escalating battle for an autonomous homeland.
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Lebanese fishermen return to the sea
Sep 13 2006 4:54AM (CT)
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - The fishermen in this southern Lebanese port city are back at work now that the Israeli sea embargo has been lifted. But so far their catch has been disappointingly small, and some of them contend their nets are often filled with bombs and missile parts.
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Israeli general announces resignation
Sep 13 2006 4:29AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli general pushed aside in the middle of the recent war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon announced his resignation on Wednesday, the army said.
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60 bodies found scattered around Baghdad
Sep 13 2006 1:53AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Police said Wednesday that they had found 60 bodies dumped around Baghdad, the majority in predominantly Sunni Arab areas.
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Car bomb kills 8, injures 48 in Baghdad
Sep 13 2006 1:09AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 8 people and wounding another 48, police said.
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Annan meets with Iran President Khatami
Sep 13 2006 12:14AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday to help foster dialogue with the United States, as the moderate cleric wound down an unprecedented U.S. tour, the United Nations said.
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