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Bullet hits Japanese envoy's car in Iraq
Sep 14 2006 10:06PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An official vehicle carrying Japan's acting ambassador to Iraq was hit by a bullet on Thursday in Baghdad, but there were no injuries, the Foreign Ministry said.
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IAEA: U.S. report on Iran 'dishonest'
Sep 14 2006 9:50PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A recent House of Representatives committee report on Iran's nuclear capability is "outrageous and dishonest" in trying to make a case that Tehran's program is geared toward making weapons, a senior official of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has said.
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Israel faults maps for fatal attack
Sep 14 2006 8:31PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Four U.N. observers killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon in July were mistakenly targeted because of inaccurate military maps, Israel said in a report released Thursday.
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Opposition: Iran using laser enrichment
Sep 14 2006 7:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iran has secretly revived a program to enrich uranium using laser technology, reportedly with favorable results, an Iranian opposition figure said Thursday citing information from members of the resistance inside the country.
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Jordan lawmakers limit religious edicts
Sep 14 2006 6:31PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Lawmakers have approved a measure that would only allow a state-appointed council to issue religious edicts, a move aimed at denying Islamic hard-liners a forum for disseminating extremist ideology.
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U.S. says sectarian killings up in Iraq
Sep 14 2006 5:35PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sectarian killings have surged in parts of Baghdad not yet included in a security offensive, the U.S. military said Thursday, while bombings and other insurgent attacks killed four American soldiers and wounded 25 in the capital region.
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Egyptian activists turn against Israel
Sep 14 2006 3:49PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's best-known democracy movement has switched causes and is now focused on demanding an end to the country's peace treaty with Israel.
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Palestinian PM accuses U.S. of meddling
Sep 14 2006 3:00PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Thursday accused the United States of undermining efforts to form a new coalition government and he called on Europe to take the lead in lifting international sanctions against the Palestinians.
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Judge appears to defend Saddam in court
Sep 14 2006 2:23PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial said Thursday that he does not believe Saddam was a dictator. Judge Abdullah al-Amiri made the remark in a friendly exchange with the deposed leader, a day after the prosecution said the judge should step down because he is biased toward the defense.
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Turkish police given powers in manhunt
Sep 14 2006 2:19PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Police in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir were granted extraordinary powers Thursday to search for the bomber or bombers who killed 10 people, security officials said.
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Lebanon PM warns army will seize weapons
Sep 14 2006 1:49PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The Lebanese prime minister warned Thursday that his army will seize all weapons shown publicly in southern Lebanon, offering a sharp retort to a boast from Hezbollah's leader that his fighters are on the border with Israel and won't leave.
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Turkish cleric criticizes pope comments
Sep 14 2006 1:01PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's top Islamic cleric asked Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday to take back recent remarks he made about Islam and unleashed a string of counteraccusations against Christianity, raising tensions before the pontiff's November visit _ his first to a Muslim country.
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Amnesty condemns Hezbollah for rockets
Sep 14 2006 11:36AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Hezbollah militants broke international law by firing thousands of rockets into Israel and killing dozens of civilians during the recent conflict with Israel, Amnesty International charged Thursday.
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U.S. touts strikes against Iraq group
Sep 14 2006 11:11AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A senior member of al-Qaida in Iraq was killed during an operation in Baghdad this week carrying letters for Osama bin Laden and the new leader of the terror group's Iraqi offshoot, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday.
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Top Iranian envoy praises early EU talks
Sep 14 2006 8:22AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A senior Iranian envoy on Thursday called contacts between Tehran and the European Union a "step in the right direction" in resolving the standoff over his country's refusal to freeze uranium enrichment and accused the U.S. of trying to sabotage the talks.
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Ex-Israel army chief: Olmert must resign
Sep 14 2006 1:26AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A former Israeli army chief of staff said in comments published Thursday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert must resign for not stopping a final, ill-fated battle in the Lebanon war.
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