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Anglican leader criticizes Israeli wall
Dec 22 2006 10:44PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said Friday during a pilgrimage to Bethlehem, that the Israeli-built wall around the traditional site of Jesus' birth symbolized what was "deeply wrong in the human heart," a British news agency reported.
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Europeans circulate final Iran draft
Dec 22 2006 9:36PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - European nations late Friday circulated a new version of a U.N. resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program _ a final effort to win Russian support before the Security Council votes Saturday.
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5 soldiers killed by Iraqi insurgents
Dec 22 2006 9:30PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgent attacks killed five more American troops west of the Iraqi capital, the military said Friday, making December the second deadliest month for U.S. servicemen in 2006.
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Militia offers U.S. truce for withdrawal
Dec 22 2006 7:28PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The purported leader of an al-Qaida-linked militant group offered U.S. troops a one-month truce for withdrawing from Iraq without being attacked, according to a speech posted on an Islamic Web site Friday.
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Hamas, Fatah militants clash in Gaza
Dec 22 2006 3:25PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Fierce fighting between Hamas and Fatah militants in Gaza and the West Bank marred a shaky truce Friday, and moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blocked dozens of Hamas government appointments in an intensifying power struggle.
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Santa statue welcomes visitors in Turkey
Dec 22 2006 1:31PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - What's a huge plastic Santa Claus doing among palm trees in a seaside town in Turkey? The mayor's answer is simple: He's back home. Suleyman Topcu put up the statue in the Mediterranean town of Demre to honor its favorite son _ St. Nicholas, the inspiration for the Santa legend.
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Gates plans report to Bush on Iraq
Dec 22 2006 1:11PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates rushed back to Washington Friday to give President Bush his advice on transforming U.S. policy in Iraq after holding three days of talks in the war zone with military and political leaders.
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U.S.: No U.S. help in minister's escape
Dec 22 2006 12:37PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. Embassy said no one affiliated with the American government helped in the escape of Iraq's former electricity minister, a dual U.S.-Iraqi citizen who was jailed for corruption.
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Iran's president says Bush 'most hated'
Dec 22 2006 8:34AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called President Bush "the most hated person" in the world on Thursday, keeping up his tirades against the West despite elections that showed Iranians want him to focus on the country's domestic problems.
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