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Saudi says swine flu shots advised for pilgrims
7:25AM CT
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year.
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Iran: 109 detained at opposition rally
6:24AM CT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian police have detained 109 people for "disturbing public order" during an opposition rally this week, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
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Rival Lebanon factions agree on unity government
6:00AM CT
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's Syrian-backed factions finally agreed on a unity government proposed by their pro-Western rivals on Saturday, ending a four-month deadlock in the deeply divided country.
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Uncle: Fort Hood suspect loved US
5:20AM CT
EL-BIREH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian uncle of Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan says his nephew loved America and wanted to serve his country.
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Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad
5:18AM CT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.
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Abbas' move reflects deep Palestinian despair
Nov 6 2009 10:52PM CT
JERUSALEM (AP) - By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence.
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Egypt stops opposition leader from traveling to US
Nov 6 2009 4:49PM CT
CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to the U.S., saying Friday that the conditions of his early release from prison do not permit him to travel abroad.
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Rights group: Iran covered up rape of detainees
Nov 6 2009 3:50PM CT
CAIRO (AP) - An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an official report but not investigated further.
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Cousin: US shooting suspect felt anti-Muslim bias
Nov 6 2009 2:22PM CT
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A cousin of the man suspected of shooting fellow soldiers at a Texas military base says he had little contact with his Palestinian relatives in the West Bank but had told family there that he suffered discrimination in the U.S. Army because he is a Muslim.
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Saudi: Airstrikes near Yemen targeted infiltrators
Nov 6 2009 12:11PM CT
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia said Friday it carried out airstrikes against "infiltrators" from Yemen that were limited to areas inside Saudi territory, and vowed to press on with the military action until the border with its restive neighbor was secure.
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