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Annan: Iran intervention would be unwise
Dec 19 2006 11:26PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Tuesday for key parties to seek a negotiated settlement with Iran over its nuclear program and warned that military intervention would be "unwise and disastrous."
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Iraq executes 13 convicted criminals
Dec 19 2006 11:18PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi authorities executed 13 men by hanging Tuesday after they were convicted of murder and kidnapping, lining them up in hoods and green jumpsuits with their hands bound behind their backs.
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Libyan court condemns Bulgarian nurses
Dec 19 2006 9:40PM (CT)
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - A court convicted five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor Tuesday of deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV and sentenced them to death, despite scientific evidence the youngsters had the virus before the medical workers came to Libya.
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Iran seeks condemnation of Israeli nukes
Dec 19 2006 8:50PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iran demanded Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council condemn what it said was Israel's clandestine development of nuclear weapons and "compel" it to place all its nuclear facilities under U.N. inspection.
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Hamas, Fatah agree to remove gunmen
Dec 19 2006 4:21PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A top Palestinian security official said Tuesday that Hamas and Fatah officials had agreed to pull their armed men off the streets of Gaza after more than a week of rampant street violence there.
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Arab League begins mediation in Lebanon
Dec 19 2006 2:39PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa began a new round of talks with rival Lebanese factions on Tuesday to resolve growing political and sectarian tensions that are threatening to tear the country apart.
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Official: Olmert, Abbas prepare to meet
Dec 19 2006 2:26PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Tuesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were making preparations to hold a meeting.
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Saddam trial prosecution shows gas video
Dec 19 2006 12:44PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Prosecutors in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial showed chilling videos of gassed children lying in a field and villagers fleeing clouds of white smoke, arguing Tuesday that the former president and his regime used chemical weapons against the Kurds of northern Iraq in the late 1980s.
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Jordan's king hosts Israeli PM for talks
Dec 19 2006 12:43PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a surprise visit to Jordan Tuesday for talks with King Abdullah II on ways to revive Mideast peacemaking.
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Haniyeh urges end to Palestinian fights
Dec 19 2006 11:15AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday called for an end to Palestinian infighting and urged warring factions to unite in the struggle against Israel.
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Robbers in uniforms hold up Baghdad bank
Dec 19 2006 8:23AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen in military uniforms raided a Baghdad bank Tuesday, stealing the equivalent of $709,000, police said. The attackers drove up to the Zuwiyah Bank in the Karradah neighborhood in four vehicles, jumped out and fired their weapons into the air, police said.
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Turkey acquits writer amid EU criticism
Dec 19 2006 5:46AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted a writer of insulting the country's founder amid calls from the European Union to change repressive laws curbing freedom of expression.
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Hamas policeman killed in Gaza gunbattle
Dec 19 2006 4:33AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas and Fatah forces traded fire Tuesday outside the headquarters of the Palestinian intelligence service and within a hospital compound. At least one person was killed and 11 wounded.
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Israelis kill wanted Palestinian gunmen
Dec 19 2006 3:42AM (CT)
1107 NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - A wanted Palestinian militant was killed and two others were arrested Tuesday by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian officials and the army said.
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Russia: Differences remain on Iran nukes
Dec 19 2006 12:58AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia failed to resolve differences with the United States and key European countries Monday over a U.N. resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment.
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