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Hostage shocker: Colombia tricks rebels into freeing Betancourt, three Americans and 11 more By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Writer BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military cont ...
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Iran: attack would lead to fierce reaction By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press Writer MADRID, Spain (AP) -- An attack on Iran would provoke a fierce response, the country's oil minister warned Wednesday at the World Petroleum Congress in Madrid. Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari, however, said Teh ...
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Driver rams vehicle into Jerusalem bus, killing 3 By STEVEN GUTKIN Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) -- A Palestinian man plowed an enormous construction vehicle into cars, buses and pedestrians on a busy street Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45 before he ...
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Hezbollah said to train Shiite militiamen in Iraq By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writers BAGHDAD (AP) -- Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran -- presumably ...
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Energy experts puzzled over oil prices By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press Writer MADRID, Spain (AP) -- As crude soared to a new record, the head of the International Energy Agency declared that the world was in the grip of an "oil shock," and the president of OPEC acknowledged he could not say w ...
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Pakistan arrests 18 militants in northwest By MUNIR AHMAD Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani security forces destroyed two major militant sites and arrested 18 resisting insurgents as part of an operation in the troubled Khyber tribal region that entered its fifth d ...
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AP IMPACT: Rebels desert as Colombia army advances By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Writer VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AP) -- Not long after two top commanders of Latin America's last major rebel army were killed -- one in a raid, the other by a turncoat bodyguard -- Diego Canizares decided to ca ...
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Hopes fade for deal in Zimbabwe election crisis By ANNA JOHNSON and PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press Writers SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- African efforts to encourage a deal between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his opponents showed no results Tuesday, while Mugabe's spokesman defiantly s ...
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Iraqi foreign minister urges deal with US BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's foreign minister told lawmakers Tuesday the U.S. made major concessions in talks on a new security agreement, urging them to approve the deal to keep U.S. troops here after the U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year. Foreign ...
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Zimbabwe president's spokesman to West: 'Go hang' By ANNA JOHNSON and PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press Writers SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will not step down and Western critics who called the country's recent election a sham can "go hang," the longtime ruler's ...
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Militants kill 7 in attacks in eastern Iraq By HAMID AHMED Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) -- Militants killed seven people in a series of attacks Tuesday in Iraq's eastern Diyala province, and a local official said government crackdowns against Sunni extremists elsewhere in the country ...
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Dalai Lama envoys, China to meet in Beijing By ANITA CHANG Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) -- Secrecy surrounded the start of talks between envoys of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government on Tuesday aimed at easing tensions following anti-government riots in Tibet in March. Chinese ...
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Coalition: 33 militants killed in Afghanistan By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Helicopters and a bomber attacked insurgents massing in eastern Afghanistan under cover of darkness, killing an estimated 33 people, the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday. Reconn ...
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Oil climbs to $142 in Asia By ALEX KENNEDY Associated Press Writer BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Oil prices climbed to $142 a barrel Tuesday amid concerns about tensions between Iran and Israel and a weakening dollar. "You have supply-side concerns, such as the rhetoric on Iran, that will likel ...
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Iraq opens bidding on 8 oil and natural gas fields By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq opened international bidding for eight enormous oil and gas fields Monday, paving the way for investment in a nation with some of the world's largest petroleum reserves. If app ...
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Abu Ghraib inmates sue contractors, claim torture By DAVID DISHNEAU Associated Press Writer HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Three Iraqis and a Jordanian filed federal lawsuits Monday alleging they were tortured by U.S. defense contractors while detained at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003 and 20 ...
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Iraqi guards kill female suicide bomber By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi guards opened fire on a female suicide bomber on Sunday and triggered her explosives belt before she reached their headquarters, foiling the latest of more than 20 suicide missions by wome ...
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe sworn in after discredited vote By ANGUS SHAW Associated Press Writer HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president for a sixth term Sunday after a widely discredited runoff in which he was the only candidate. His main rival dismi ...
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China resists US push for UN to punish Zimbabwe By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) -- A U.S.-led push to punish Zimbabwe ran into resistance Sunday from China, which can veto U.N. penalties sought against its African ally over President Robert Mugabe's claim to re-election. ...
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Giant Saudi field is key to boosting oil output By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Associated Press Writer KHURAIS OIL FIELD, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- This massive oil field surrounded by the desolate sands of Saudi Arabia's vast eastern desert feels like the middle of nowhere. But what happens over the next y ...
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