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Al-Maliki to call for regional meeting
Dec 5 2006 10:12PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's prime minister reversed course Tuesday and said his envoys will talk with Iraq's neighbors about the possibility of a regional conference on quelling the violence here, despite opposition to the plan by some key political allies.
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World powers fail to reach Iran accord
Dec 5 2006 9:04PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Six world powers made "substantive progress" but failed to reach an accord Tuesday on a U.N. resolution to punish Iran for defying demands to halt its nuclear program, the French Foreign Ministry said after talks in Paris.
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Iran to host forum on Holocaust evidence
Dec 5 2006 8:23PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran, whose president has described the Holocaust as a "myth," said Tuesday they will hold a conference to discuss the evidence that the Nazis committed genocide against the Jews in World War II.
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Saddam no longer wants to go to hearings
Dec 5 2006 7:40PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Saddam Hussein wrote the chief judge in his Kurdish genocide trial to tell him that he no longer wants to attend the hearings _ whatever the consequences, according to a letter released Tuesday by former Iraqi leader's lawyers.
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Report: Israel, Iran holding debt talks
Dec 5 2006 7:15PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - While Iran continues to deny that Israel has the right to exist, representatives of the two countries are holding clandestine talks in Europe to settle an old Israeli debt, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Commander: Lebanese unrest may spiral
Dec 5 2006 6:57PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Shiite Muslims on Tuesday buried a man killed in street clashes in a Sunni Muslim neighborhood as Lebanon's army commander warned the military may not be able to contain further protests linked to the country's tense political standoff.
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Think tank: Hezbollah used human shields
Dec 5 2006 6:37PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli think tank with strong links to the military released videos and testimony Tuesday it said proved Hezbollah guerrillas used civilians as human shields during last summer's war in Lebanon.
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Iran blocks access to Web site
Dec 5 2006 4:47PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube.com, and a media rights group warned Tuesday that Internet censorship in the Islamic state is on the rise.
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Helicopter goes into lake in Iraq
Dec 5 2006 4:24PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Air Force said Tuesday that Capt. Kermit Evans, a U.S. Air Force civil engineer explosive ordnance flight commander, was among four American service members killed when their helicopter went down in Iraq.
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Gunman shoots at U.S. Embassy in Yemen
Dec 5 2006 3:52PM (CT)
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - A gunman opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy early Tuesday but was shot and arrested by Yemeni guards before he could breach the first of the compound's three security lines.
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Arabs urged to eject U.S. from bases
Dec 5 2006 12:49PM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's top national security official urged Arabs on Tuesday to eject the U.S. military from bases in the region and instead join Tehran in a regional security alliance.
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U.S. seen giving control to Iraq in 2007
Dec 5 2006 12:21PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military expects all of Iraq to be under the control of Iraqi forces by mid-2007, the top American military spokesman in the country said Tuesday.
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Russia balks at broad Iran sanctions
Dec 5 2006 8:16AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that imposing wide-ranging sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program would be "irresponsible."
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Israeli troops raid Ramallah
Dec 5 2006 7:31AM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Israeli army entered the West Bank city of Ramallah on a raid Tuesday afternoon, despite a decision to scale back operations in the area to bolster a shaky cease-fire, witnesses said.
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Kuwait court overturns Gitmo conviction
Dec 5 2006 7:03AM (CT)
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Kuwait's highest court of appeal overturned the conviction of a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner on Tuesday, acquitting him of terror-related charges, his lawyer said.
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Lebanese come together to honor diva
Dec 5 2006 6:40AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Her voice brought together under one roof both supporters of the beleaguered government and opponents trying to topple it. Yet in this tense country, sharp disputes break out even at a performance by Fairouz, Lebanon's premier diva and the star of a musical about a corrupt government.
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Kuwait court overturns Gitmo conviction
Dec 5 2006 6:30AM (CT)
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Kuwait's highest court of appeal overturned the conviction of a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner on Tuesday, acquitting him of terror-related charges, his lawyer said.
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Iran urges Arabs to eject U.S. military
Dec 5 2006 5:58AM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's top national security official urged his Arab neighbors Tuesday to eject the U.S. military from American bases in the region and instead join Tehran in a regional security alliance.
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Gunman shot outside U.S. Embassy in Yemen
Dec 5 2006 4:45AM (CT)
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - A gunman opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy early Tuesday, but was shot by Yemeni security guards and arrested before anyone else was wounded, an Interior Ministry official said.
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Attack in Baghdad kills 13 Shiites
Dec 5 2006 2:32AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen attacked a vehicle on Tuesday that was carrying employees of a government agency that cares for Shiite mosques in Iraq, killing 13 of them and wounding eight, the organization said.
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U.N.: World failing to protect civilians
Dec 5 2006 1:10AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The global community has failed to live up to a pledge made last year to protect civilians caught in armed conflicts, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Tuesday in his final briefing to the Security Council before leaving his post.
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Israelis kill Palestinian in W. Bank
Dec 5 2006 1:01AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army killed a Palestinian and arrested 17 militants Monday in raids across the West Bank, despite a decision by the military to scale back such operations in order to bolster a shaky truce with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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