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At least 15 killed in Hamas truck blast
Sep 23 2005 11:03PM (CT)
JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) - A truck filled with masked militants and homemade weapons exploded at a Hamas rally Friday, killing at least 15 Palestinians and wounding 80 _ including children _ bringing a grisly and terrifying end to one of the last gatherings by armed groups celebrating Israel's Gaza pullout.
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At least 15 killed in Hamas truck blast
Sep 23 2005 11:01PM (CT)
JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) - A truck filled with masked militants and homemade weapons exploded at a Hamas rally Friday, killing at least 15 Palestinians and wounding 80 _ including children _ bringing a grisly and terrifying end to one of the last gatherings by armed groups celebrating Israel's Gaza pullout.
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Scholars in Turkey change conference venue
Sep 23 2005 10:57PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A group of academics planning to hold a conference on the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire has decided to skirt a court order banning the event by changing the venue, an academic official said Friday.
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Israeli aircraft launch missiles in Gaza
Sep 23 2005 10:45PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli air force attacked three buildings in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, the first airstrikes since Israel withdrew from Gaza last week after 38 years of occupation, the army said.
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Fighting surges in Iraq; 2 U.S. troops die
Sep 23 2005 9:23PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Heavy fighting surged Friday in the Euphrates River city of Ramadi, police and hospital officials said, and the U.S. military reported the deaths of two more soldiers around the militant stronghold, scene of nearly one-quarter of 29 American deaths this month.
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U.N. council extends Sudan peace mission
Sep 23 2005 8:48PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday extended the peacekeeping mission in Sudan by six months, a widely expected move as the United Nations tries to help the shattered country attain lasting peace.
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EU submits Iran motion to U.N. agency
Sep 23 2005 8:19PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The European Union submitted a motion on Friday that sets Iran up for referral to the U.N. Security Council, and pushed for a decision Saturday when the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency reconvenes.
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U.N. envoy: 'Road map' only viable option
Sep 23 2005 7:24PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Israel's recent withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was encouraging, but mutual steps laid out in the U.N.-backed "road map" remain the only realistic way to achieve peace with the Palestinians, the top U.N. Mideast envoy said Friday.
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Simon Wiesenthal laid to rest in Israel
Sep 23 2005 1:15PM (CT)
HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) - Simon Wiesenthal, who spent half a century tirelessly tracking down Nazis hiding throughout the world, was laid to rest Friday in Israel, the nation that sprang from the ashes of the Holocaust.
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Blast at Hamas rally said to kill 4
Sep 23 2005 11:28AM (CT)
JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) - A large explosion went off Friday at a Hamas rally where group members paraded with homemade weapons and explosives, killing four Palestinians and wounding 25, hospital officials said.
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Syria said aims to thwart Iraq democracy
Sep 23 2005 11:00AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Syria is refusing to stop insurgents and foreign fighters from entering Iraq because it is frightened of efforts to build a democratic nation in the heart of the Middle East and wants them to fail, Iraq's foreign minister says.
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Saudi foreign minister chides U.S. policy
Sep 23 2005 4:57AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says the Bush administration did not heed some Saudi warnings on occupying Iraq and that he doesn't believe a new constitution and elections will solve the emerging nation's problems.
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