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Israel opens first horse racetrack
Oct 11 2006 7:38PM (CT)
GILBOA REGION, Israel (AP) - Outraged animal-rights activists, a disapproving rabbi and even a ban on betting the ponies failed to halt the inauguration of Israel's first horse racetrack on Wednesday.
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Palestinians free American in West Bank
Oct 11 2006 7:23PM (CT)
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - An American volunteer teaching in West Bank refugee camps was freed late Wednesday in Nablus after being held for a day by Palestinians. He appeared to be unharmed.
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U.N. disagrees on sanctions against Iran
Oct 11 2006 7:01PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council agreed Wednesday to start working on U.N. sanctions against Iran next week, but failed to bridge differences on how harsh the penalties should be, diplomats and officials said.
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2,660 Iraq civilians killed in September
Oct 11 2006 6:11PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - More than 2,660 Iraqi civilians were killed in Baghdad in September, according to new Health Ministry figures _ 400 more than the month before despite an intensified U.S.-Iraqi sweep aimed at reining in violence.
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Iraq death toll study has mixed reaction
Oct 11 2006 6:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - President Bush says he doesn't believe it. Some experts have a problem with it. But several others say it seems sound. Such was the varied reception for a controversial new study that estimated the Iraq war has led to the deaths of nearly 655,000 Iraqis as of July.
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Sadat nephew goes on trial in Egypt
Oct 11 2006 3:49PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The nephew of President Anwar Sadat went on trial Wednesday for describing his uncle's assassination as an international conspiracy in which Egyptian generals were involved.
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U.N. notes increase in Israel roadblocks
Oct 11 2006 3:20PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's network of military checkpoints and road barriers in the West Bank has grown by 40 percent in the past year, part of an increasingly sophisticated system of controls that disrupts all aspects of Palestinian life, a U.N. agency said Wednesday.
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Sharansky to retire from Israel politics
Oct 11 2006 2:13PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet dissident and a favorite of President Bush, will retire from Israeli politics, an aide said Wednesday.
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Egeland urges nations on forces in Sudan
Oct 11 2006 2:11PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. humanitarian chief called Wednesday for Arab countries as well as China, India, Pakistan and Malaysia to pressure Sudan to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur, saying a global effort was needed to end what he branded the "nightmare" there.
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2,660 Iraqi civilians killed in Sept.
Oct 11 2006 11:39AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - More than 2,660 Iraqi civilians were killed in the capital in September amid a wave of sectarian killings and insurgent attacks, an increase of 400 over the month before, according to figures from the Iraqi Health Ministry.
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Iraqi parliament passes federalism bill
Oct 11 2006 10:47AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Shiite-dominated parliament Wednesday passed a law allowing the formation of federal regions in Iraq, despite opposition from Sunni lawmakers and some Shiites who say it will dismember the country and fuel sectarian violence.
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Saddam Hussein criticizes judge
Oct 11 2006 7:43AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein rebuked the chief judge of his genocide trial on Wednesday, accusing the court of preventing him from defending himself.
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Insurgents attack U.S. ammo dump in Iraq
Oct 11 2006 6:09AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A massive fire at an ammunition dump at a U.S. base in southern Baghdad was sparked by a mortar round fired by insurgents, which set off a series of explosions from detonating tank and artillery shells that shook buildings miles away, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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5 killed in violence around Iraq
Oct 11 2006 3:53AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Violence around Iraq claimed at least five lives on Wednesday, including a bomb in a parked car that exploded next to a police patrol in southeastern Baghdad, killing two passers-by.
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