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Letter criticized al-Qaida head in Iraq
Oct 2 2006 10:45PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A top al-Qaida official warned Abu Musab al-Zarqawi six months before he was killed by a U.S. airstrike that he would be removed as the terror group's head in Iraq if he did not consult with the group's leadership on major issues.
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Arab nations to meet with Rice for talks
Oct 2 2006 8:50PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Eight U.S.-allied Arab countries are banding together to meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her trip here, in hopes of reviving the deadlocked Arab-Israeli peace process and making headway on other regional issues.
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Iraq PM announces plan to unite parties
Oct 2 2006 8:19PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's prime minister announced a new plan Monday aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shiite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months.
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2 killed, 14 injured in Gaza gunbattles
Oct 2 2006 7:56PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gunbattles erupted Monday night between Fatah gunmen and Hamas militiamen in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, killing two people and wounding 14 a day after a deadly explosion of internal violence paralyzed the Gaza Strip.
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Al-Bandar ejection exposes Bahrain split
Oct 2 2006 4:18PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - When a former consultant to Bahrain's government accused the island's Sunni rulers of plotting to rig a vote, he was expelled from the country _ but also became something of a cause celebre in the Shiite-Sunni divide.
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Blasts at Turkey cafe wounds at least 7
Oct 2 2006 3:49PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A hand grenade exploded at a cafe Monday in the Aegean port city of Izmir, wounding at least seven people in what appeared to be a vendetta attack, police and news reports said.
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EU official pushes Iran on nuclear plans
Oct 2 2006 2:28PM (CT)
LEVI, Finland (AP) - The EU foreign policy chief said he was resuming talks with Iran's top nuclear negotiator and warned Monday that the time for continuing negotiations on Tehran's atomic program was limited.
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Iran island defies nation's conservatism
Oct 2 2006 2:23PM (CT)
KISH, Iran (AP) - This coral-rimmed vacation island could pass for Iran's Key West _ a place where the sexes mix and the music flows, and where women let slip their head scarves and frolic with their husbands on the gleaming sands.
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Turkish military in new power play
Oct 2 2006 2:04PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's top general on Monday accused the Islamic-rooted ruling party of nurturing fundamentalism, in harsh comments that may indicate a renewed resolve by the military to force its way into the center of the country's political life.
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Lebanese troops extend reach into south
Oct 2 2006 8:02AM (CT)
LABBOUNEH, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's army commander raised his country's flag Monday on a ridge overlooking the border with Israel, reclaiming the area after Israel's pullout from nearly all of south Lebanon.
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2 Iraqi policemen killed in ambush
Oct 2 2006 3:13AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A police patrol was ambushed in southern Iraq early Monday by gunmen who killed two officers and injured three, part of scattered violence around the country.
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