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Web site: Bin Laden to release Israel message
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5.15.2008 : 9:42 pm
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NEW YORK -- Osama bin Laden, who has threatened to extend al-Qaida's terror to Israel, will release a new Internet message dealing with Israelis and Palestinians, a terrorism monitoring group said Thursday.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,078
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5.15.2008 : 8:02 pm
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As of Thursday, May 15, 2008, at least 4,078 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Feuding Lebanese factions agree to begin dialogue
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5.15.2008 : 7:01 pm
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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government reached a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war, now that the Cabinet has reversed measures aimed at reining in the Iranian-backed militants.
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Iraqi forces mount al-Qaida hunt in Mosul
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5.15.2008 : 5:54 pm
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BAGHDAD -- U.S. and Iraqi troops moved against al-Qaida on two separate fronts Thursday, with house-to-house searches in Mosul and an operation in the desert to stanch the flow of insurgents and weapons to that northern city.
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Bush leaves it to Olmert to push Mideast peace
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5.15.2008 : 5:49 pm
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JERUSALEM -- President Bush gently urged Mideast leaders to "make the hard choices necessary for peace," leaving it to embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand before a divided parliament Thursday and forcefully declare that this war-weary nation is ready for a historic agreement with Palestinians.
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Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid
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5.15.2008 : 4:26 pm
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YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods.
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Iran calls UN sanctions illegal, offers a proposal for talks
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5.15.2008 : 4:23 pm
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VIENNA, Austria -- Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls for Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, according to a copy of the offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
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US billionaire: Olmert allegations insulting
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5.15.2008 : 3:32 pm
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JERUSALEM -- A Jewish-American billionaire questioned by police as part of a corruption investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday he has never given money to the Israeli leader and called suggestions of any wrongdoing "insulting."
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Hezbollah shows might in Lebanon, but faces limits
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5.15.2008 : 3:03 pm
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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Hezbollah has proven it can force Lebanon's U.S.-backed government to cave in on key issues. But the Shiite militant group's power is not absolute -- the government is still in place and Hezbollah has lost support among the people by turning its guns on them.
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Palestinians mark 1948 uprooting with rallies
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5.15.2008 : 10:52 am
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their uprooting with rallies, sirens and black balloons Thursday -- an annual ritual made even darker this year by crippling internal divisions and diminishing independence hopes.
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Report: 2 killed in explosion at Turkish factory
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5.15.2008 : 6:37 am
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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- An explosion Thursday at a factory near the capital, Ankara, killed at least two people and wounded five others, reports said.
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Court: American to testify in Olmert investigation
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5.14.2008 : 9:16 pm
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JERUSALEM -- An American businessman will give evidence in court this month as part of an investigation into allegations that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accepted illegal donations, according to court records released Wednesday.
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Queen Elizabeth II visits mosque, listens to Quran recital
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5.14.2008 : 4:15 pm
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BURSA, Turkey -- Queen Elizabeth II listened to a recital of the Quran at an Ottoman-era mosque Wednesday, the second day of a state visit to Turkey.
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Suicide bomber kills 22 in attack west of Baghdad
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5.14.2008 : 2:18 pm
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police say a suicide bomber killed 22 people and wounded at least 35 at the funeral of a Sunni school principal west of Baghdad.
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`Angry' Iran sharpens tone with Baghdad's leaders
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5.14.2008 : 1:38 pm
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BAGHDAD -- When a group of Iraqi envoys headed to Iran recently, they were fully prepared for some tense moments. But they also hoped to come away with something to show for it: pledges of cooperation on weakening Shiite militias in Iraq.
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Ahmadinejad says Israel doomed
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5.14.2008 : 1:25 pm
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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Israel is dying and that its 60th anniversary celebrations are an attempt to prevent its "annihilation."
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Jordan convicts 3 of plotting to kill Bush
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5.14.2008 : 11:07 am
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordan's military court convicted three militants Wednesday of plotting to assassinate President Bush during a 2006 visit to the kingdom and sentenced them to 15 years in jail.
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Official: Israel to expand West Bank settlements
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5.14.2008 : 3:00 am
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JERUSALEM -- An Israeli official says the Housing and Construction minister is planning to approve the construction of hundreds of homes in West Bank settlements.
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Sudan: 200 died in Darfur rebel raid near Khartoum
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5.13.2008 : 9:06 pm
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- More that 200 people were killed in fighting around Sudan's capital over the weekend, the defense minister announced Tuesday in the first official comment on casualties during the assault by Darfur rebels.
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Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display
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5.13.2008 : 7:57 pm
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JERUSALEM -- One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week -- more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment.
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Emir who briefly ruled Kuwait dies at age 78
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5.13.2008 : 6:43 pm
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KUWAIT CITY -- Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, who ruled this small oil-rich ally of Washington for just nine days before being removed for ill health, died Tuesday. He was 78.
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Israeli leader in trouble with law as Bush arrives
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5.13.2008 : 3:38 pm
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JERUSALEM -- As President Bush arrives in Israel to help celebrate the Jewish state's 60th birthday, he will find his host, Ehud Olmert, in deep trouble.
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Saudi Arabia criticizes Iran's Hezbollah support
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5.13.2008 : 11:36 am
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia accused Iran of backing what it called a coup by Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon -- the clearest sign yet of rising regional tensions over the conflict.
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Palestinian PM ties better security to more jobs
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5.13.2008 : 4:15 am
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JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank -- The Palestinian prime minister ventured on foot into this famously unruly militant stronghold to demonstrate that his law-and-order campaign is working and to persuade skeptical residents that better security will bring jobs and even help end Israeli occupation.
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Jordan charges man in honor killing of sister
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5.12.2008 : 2:00 pm
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AMMAN, Jordan -- A man who is suspected of drowning his 22-year-old sister for having an extramarital affair was charged Monday with premeditated murder, a judicial official said.
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Iran hard-liners come out against Iraqi-US deal
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5.12.2008 : 11:09 am
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TEHRAN, Iran -- Two hard-line newspapers seen as speaking for Iran's clerical establishment called Monday for Iraqis to oppose a strategic framework deal with the United States, Tehran's first public condemnation of the arrangement.
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Iraqi officials: Turkey hits Kurdish bases in Iraq
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5.12.2008 : 3:51 am
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish jets struck suspected Kurdish rebel targets close to the border in northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Monday. There was no immediate confirmation of the airstrikes from the Turkish military, but if confirmed it would be the third straight night of air attacks on the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
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