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Iran leader warns U.N. not to follow U.S.
Sep 14 2005 11:36PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iran's new hard-line president skirted the nuclear dispute with Europe and the United States on Wednesday in his General Assembly debut.
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At least 160 die in Iraq al-Qaida bombings
Sep 14 2005 9:57PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - More than a dozen highly coordinated bombings ripped through Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 160 people and wounding 570 in the capital's bloodiest day since the end of major combat. Many of the victims were day laborers lured by a suicide attacker posing as an employer.
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Egypt's culture minister resigns over fire
Sep 14 2005 5:08PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's culture minister resigned Wednesday over a fire last week that killed 42 people at a state-run theater in a Nile River farming town south of Cairo.
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Gunrunners smuggle weapons into Gaza
Sep 14 2005 4:05PM (CT)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian gunrunners smuggled hundreds of assault rifles and pistols across the Egyptian frontier into Gaza, dealers and border officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The influx confirmed Israeli fears about giving up border control and could further destabilize Gaza.
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Palestinians urged to form peaceful gov't
Sep 14 2005 1:44PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Bush said Wednesday the Palestinians should follow through on Israel's withdrawal from Gaza by establishing a peaceful government in the area as a starting point toward coexistence with the Jewish state.
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Terror leader in Iraq declares war on tape
Sep 14 2005 1:22PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida's leader in Iraq purportedly declared all out war on Shiite Muslims, Iraqi troops and the country's government in audio tape released on Internet on Wednesday.
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Iraq prime minister condemns bombings
Sep 14 2005 1:16PM (CT)
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday condemned the latest round of bombings that left scores of his countrymen dead, and vowed that his government's "rational, political struggle" would prevail over "criminal acts."
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Egypt discovers tunnel under Gaza border
Sep 14 2005 8:34AM (CT)
El-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Egypt said Wednesday it had found an arms-smuggling tunnel under the Gaza border, and Palestinians crossing the frontier were warned to return by sunset when passport controls will be reimposed.
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Syria rejects charges on lax Iraq border
Sep 14 2005 7:43AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria challenged Washington on Wednesday to provide evidence of its claims that Damascus has failed to stop anti-American militants from sneaking into Iraq, rejecting accusations of lax border control.
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Suicide bomber targets military convoy
Sep 14 2005 5:41AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. convoy on Wednesday, sending a plume of billowing black smoke from an area several hundred yards from a hotel that houses foreign contractors.
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Abbas wants all armed groups disbanded
Sep 14 2005 3:42AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will demand that all armed groups in the Gaza Strip represented in the new parliament disband immediately after Palestinian elections in January, a top aide said Wednesday, outlining what he described as a new security plan.
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Iraqi constitution to be sent to U.N.
Sep 14 2005 3:10AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's draft constitution has been finalized and will be sent to the United Nations to be printed, a leading Shiite lawmaker said Wednesday.
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