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Egyptian soccer fans riot against Algeria
2:31PM CT
CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an escalating row between the two countries over a bitter World Cup rivalry.
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Palestinians to set new date for elections
11:23AM CT
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.
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Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis
9:55AM CT
BAGHDAD (AP) - A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January.
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Iran to launch satellite on its own by late 2011
8:40AM CT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit.
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200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
12:28AM CT
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.
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Lebanese diva accused of singing racist song
Nov 19 2009 2:39PM CT
CAIRO (AP) - A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to monkeys.
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Israeli aircraft hit Gaza after rocket attacks
Nov 19 2009 1:50AM CT
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli aircraft struck a weapons-manufacturing facility and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, in response to recent rocket attacks on Israel, the military said.
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Tiny survivor doesn't remember Mumbai attack
Nov 18 2009 4:56PM CT
KFAR CHABAD, Israel (AP) - Moshe Holtzberg celebrated his third birthday on Wednesday the way many Jewish children do — he got his first haircut. He appeared not to recall the tragic events of a year ago, when his parents were killed in a terror attack in Mumbai, India.
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