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Iraq cleric urges unity against violence
Sep 16 2005 10:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A leading Sunni cleric called for religious and ethnic groups to take a stand against violence as Iraq endured a third consecutive day of sectarian killings _ the worst, a suicide car bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed at least 12 worshippers as they left Friday prayers.
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Vote seen as breakthrough for Saudi women
Sep 16 2005 9:54PM (CT)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi women will be able to fully participate in an election for the first time in this ultraconservative Islamic kingdom, after the government ordered a local chamber of commerce to allow female voters and candidates.
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Iran said reassured Turkey on nuke plans
Sep 16 2005 9:12PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Turkey's prime minister said Friday that Iran's president reassured him that Tehran wants a nuclear program only to produce energy, and rejected the notion that Turkey would accept nuclear know-how from its eastern neighbor.
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Official: Iraq political process on track
Sep 16 2005 8:57PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iraq's foreign minister said Friday the political process is on track following completion of the hotly debated draft constitution that will be put to a referendum next month.
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Lebanon bombing leaves 1 dead, 23 injured
Sep 16 2005 7:29PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A powerful bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of eastern Beirut late Friday, killing at least one person and wounding 23, officials said. It was the latest in a series of bomb attacks to rock Lebanon's capital.
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Saudi says Israel should yield more land
Sep 16 2005 6:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan said Friday that Israel should withdraw from more conquered Arab lands after Gaza, indicating there can be no change in the collective Arab stand on Israel unless occupation ends.
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Hamas rallies pose new challenge to Abbas
Sep 16 2005 4:20PM (CT)
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip (AP) - Thousands of masked Hamas gunmen marched in formation through abandoned Jewish settlements Friday, firing in the air and trampling an Israeli flag in the Islamic militant group's largest military-style victory parade since the Gaza withdrawal.
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Exiled dissident: Iran hiding nukes
Sep 16 2005 4:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Iranian exile who opposes the Islamic regime said Friday that Iran's military is building secret tunnels around the country to conceal materials for a nuclear weapons program.
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Newsview: Gaza puts Egypt in dilemma
Sep 16 2005 3:57PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt faces a dilemma over how to deal with the flood of joyous Palestinians climbing over the walls that Israel left behind at the Gaza border.
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Newsview: Chaos, lawlessness plague Gaza
Sep 16 2005 3:25PM (CT)
JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Gaza withdrawal is earning Israel rare accolades _ with several Muslim countries opening a line to the Jewish state _ and a renewed peace process looks more likely now than at any time in the past five years.
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Some Arabs condemn closer Israel ties
Sep 16 2005 3:20PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - While some Arab and Muslim governments may be ready to reward Israel with improved ties for its Gaza withdrawal, many in the Arab world scorned the idea Friday.
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U.S. Marine killed in explosion in Iraq
Sep 16 2005 2:05PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. Marine was killed in an explosion in the volatile western province of al-Anbar, the military said Friday.
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Sharon has rare meeting with Abdullah
Sep 16 2005 12:03PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met Friday with Jordan's King Abdullah II, their first talks in months and a further sign of warming relations between the Jewish state and the Arab world after Israel's Gaza withdrawal.
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Iran may offer nukes for supervision
Sep 16 2005 11:32AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran may offer to put its nuclear activities under broader international supervision when its president addresses the U.N. General Assembly this weekend, European officials and diplomats said Friday.
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