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U.S. military deaths reach 2,000 in Iraq
Oct 25 2005 11:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The American military death toll in the Iraq war reached 2,000 Tuesday with the announcements of three more deaths, including an Army sergeant who died of wounds at a military hospital in Texas and two Marines killed last week in fighting west of Baghdad.
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Islamic Jihad leader buried amid violence
Oct 25 2005 8:48PM (CT)
TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) - Thousands of Palestinian mourners buried one of Islamic Jihad's top leaders Tuesday, a day after he was killed during a shootout with Israeli troops, sparking a new round of violence.
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Sudan refugees detain Darfur aid workers
Oct 25 2005 8:46PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudanese refugees released 15 aid workers they had detained in a crowded camp in the violent western Darfur region, the United Nations said Tuesday. But five Sudanese nongovernment organization employees are still being held.
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Ga. guard reporter recalls close unit
Oct 25 2005 8:30PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - Years before the citizen-soldiers of Georgia's 48th Infantry Brigade began patrolling the deadly roads of Iraq, they nabbed me as a possible spy.
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Quarter of dead are National Guard troops
Oct 25 2005 8:28PM (CT)
THOMSON, Ga. (AP) - During his 18 years in the Georgia National Guard, James Kinlow settled into a peaceful, small-town life focused more on being a citizen than a soldier.
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Nations threaten Syria with sanctions
Oct 25 2005 7:56PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States, France and Britain on Tuesday demanded that Syria detain government officials suspected of involvement in the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister and ensure their cooperation with a U.N. probe or face possible sanctions.
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Egypt's top Muslim wants tensions eased
Oct 25 2005 5:17PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Decisive action is needed to prevent sectarian tensions from escalating in Egypt, the country's top Islamic leader said Tuesday in the wake of a fatal riot fanned by Muslim protests over a DVD deemed offensive to their faith.
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Iraq's constitution ratified by voters
Oct 25 2005 3:04PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's election commission declared Tuesday that final results from the Oct. 15 referendum show the new constitution was ratified by a huge margin, paving the way for elections. Sunni Arab leaders raised doubts that it would be embraced by those at the heart of the insurgency.
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Grim milestone for U.S. military in Iraq
Oct 25 2005 3:02PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. Army sergeant died of wounds suffered in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The death _ along with two others announced Tuesday _ brought to 2,000 the number of U.S. military members who have died since the start of the Iraq conflict in 2003.
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Many in U.S. look for way out of Iraq
Oct 25 2005 2:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration and the U.S. military are looking for victory against a stubborn insurgency, two and a half years after the first bombs fell on Baghdad. Yet ever more members of Congress and the American public are looking for a way out.
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Israel praises Jordan for peace deal
Oct 25 2005 1:15PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - As Israel and Jordan marked the 11th anniversary of a historic peace accord, the Jewish state hailed its Arab neighbor Tuesday as its "strategic partner" in Mideast peacemaking.
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Pro-Syrian Lebanese president faces heat
Oct 25 2005 12:26PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - President Emile Lahoud is clinging to power in Lebanon as pressure increases for his resignation after a U.N. probe suggested he had possible links to the assassination of a former prime minister.
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Al-Qaida in Iraq says it bombed hotel
Oct 25 2005 10:51AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for the triple suicide bombings of Baghdad hotels that killed as many as 17 people.
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Group: U.S. troops not leaving Iraq soon
Oct 25 2005 8:31AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Continuing violence and instability are likely to force President Bush's successor to keep large numbers of troops in Iraq, despite the recent passage of the Iraqi constitution in a referendum and other political progress, a leading military think thank said Tuesday.
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Draft constitution adopted by Iraq voters
Oct 25 2005 8:28AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's landmark constitution was adopted fairly by a majority of voters during the country's Oct. 15 referendum, as Sunni Arab opponents failed to muster enough support to defeat it, election officials said Tuesday. A prominent Sunni politician called the vote "a farce."
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Rocket attacks near Afghan capital kills 7
Oct 25 2005 5:31AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants attacked security forces on two sides of Kabul, killing seven people in some of the deadliest attacks near the Afghan capital in months, police said Tuesday.
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U.S. military death toll hits 1,999
Oct 25 2005 5:30AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two U.S. Marines were killed by a roadside bomb during fighting with insurgents in western Iraq, the military said Tuesday.
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Arabs silent as U.N. meets on Lebanon
Oct 25 2005 4:21AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Arab countries have remained silent in the days after a U.N. report was released implicating top members of Syrian President Bashar Assad's inner circle in former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination.
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