Jimmy Carter embraces Hamas official
Apr 15 2008 9:57AM CT
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter embraced a leading Hamas figure Tuesday, according to participants in a meeting that infuriated Israeli officials already upset by Carter's freelance Mideast peace mission.
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25 Egypt opposition members sentenced
Apr 15 2008 9:47AM CT
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian military court on Tuesday convicted 25 key members of Egypt's largest opposition group and sentenced them to up to 10 years in jail, a security official said.
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Car bombs kill nearly 60 in Iraq
Apr 15 2008 9:18AM CT
BAGHDAD (AP) - Car bombs ripped through crowded areas in Baghdad and former insurgent strongholds to the north and west of the capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people and breaking a recent lull in violence in the predominantly Sunni areas.
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Settlers: Israel agrees to construction
Apr 15 2008 5:00AM CT
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has agreed to let Jewish settlers build new houses in existing West Bank settlements if they remove unauthorized settlement outposts.
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Carter offers to be Hamas go-between
Apr 15 2008 1:55AM CT
AIRPORT CITY, Israel (AP) - Heading into talks with Palestinian leaders, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter offered to ferry messages from the militant Islamic Hamas group to the United States and even to Israel.
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Olympic torch in Oman
Apr 15 2008 12:36AM CT
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) - Thousands cheered and some danced with traditional daggers along the Olympic torch's path through Oman's capital Monday, a festive greeting that contrasted with disrupting protests elsewhere on the flame's global journey.
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Israeli FM: Israel, Arabs in `same camp'
Apr 14 2008 6:42PM CT
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - In her first visit to a Gulf nation, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni sought Arab support against Iran and militant groups, warning Monday that extremists like Hezbollah and Hamas are trying to sabotage regional peace efforts.
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Israeli strike in Gaza kills militant
Apr 14 2008 5:26PM CT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in northern Gaza late Monday, fatally wounding a senior Palestinian militant, witnesses and officials said.
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US military deaths in Iraq at 4,034
Apr 14 2008 5:25PM CT
(AP) - As of Monday, April 14, 2008, at least 4,034 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,289 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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