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Video purportedly shows Americans burned
Sep 23 2006 10:38PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An al-Qaida-linked group posted a Web video Saturday purporting to show the bodies of two American soldiers being dragged behind a truck, then set on fire in apparent retaliation for the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by U.S. troops from the same unit.
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Officials skeptical of bin Laden report
Sep 23 2006 10:31PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - A leaked French intelligence document raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid, but President Jacques Chirac said Saturday the report was "in no way whatsoever confirmed" and officials from Kabul to Washington expressed skepticism about its accuracy.
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Bomb kills 37 in Iraq; 3 U.S. troops die
Sep 23 2006 9:21PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb claimed by a Sunni Arab extremist group killed at least 37 Shiites in Baghdad on Saturday as they stocked up on fuel for Ramadan, just days after the U.S. military warned that sectarian bloodshed could worsen during the Islamic holy month.
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Abbas says unity effort 'back to zero'
Sep 23 2006 8:18PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Accusing the Islamic militant group Hamas of backtracking, moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Saturday that his efforts to set up a national unity government that is acceptable to the West are "back to zero."
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Kurdish rebels suspected in Turkey blast
Sep 23 2006 8:17PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Suspected Kurdish guerrillas set off an explosive-laden minibus across from a police guest house in eastern Turkey Saturday, injuring 17 people, the governor's office said.
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Jerusalem tolerance museum sparks fight
Sep 23 2006 7:08PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Museum of Tolerance started off with good intentions, over $100 million in donations, an eye-catching design by architect Frank Gehry, a 2004 kickoff ceremony attended by Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a great piece of Jerusalem real estate.
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Yemen president survives tough election
Sep 23 2006 6:56PM (CT)
SAN`A, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's president was re-elected with more than 77 percent of votes in the face of the strongest challenge since he came to power 28 years ago from an opponent with a substantial popular following, officials said Saturday.
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Palestinians brace for a bleak Ramadan
Sep 23 2006 3:46PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza's children used to light colorful lanterns to mark Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. But this year, many parents can't afford those small $1 toys as the coastal strip sinks deeper into poverty amid an aid cutoff to punish the Hamas-led government.
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Al-Zarqawi successor's video shown again
Sep 23 2006 10:18AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The man purported to be the new leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq appeared in previously released video showing him execute a Turkish hostage, the terror group says in a statement posted on the Internet along with a repeat of the recording.
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U.S. contractor killed by rocket in Iraq
Sep 23 2006 6:52AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An American contractor working for the State Department was killed in a rocket attack in Basra, the U.S. Embassy said Saturday.
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Lasting quiet returns to south Lebanon
Sep 23 2006 4:23AM (CT)
MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah fighters have vanished in south Lebanon, melting back into the population. Whether peace holds will depend on how they put up with the newest players in their longtime stronghold: the Lebanese army and a beefed-up U.N. peacekeeping force.
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Leader of terror group arrested in Iraq
Sep 23 2006 3:14AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have captured a leader of Ansar al-Sunnah, the group behind the 2004 attack on a U.S. military mess hall that killed 22 people, the prime minister's office said Saturday.
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Explosion kills at least 32 in Baghdad
Sep 23 2006 3:12AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb blew up a kerosene tanker truck in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood on Saturday, killing at least 32 people, police said.
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More death squad victims found in Iraq
Sep 23 2006 1:29AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The bodies of five apparent victims of death squads were turned in Saturday to the morgue in Kut, 100 miles southeast of Baghdad.
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