Israel to free 250 prisoners before Muslim holiday
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NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel will free 250 prisoners as a goodwill gesture before an upcoming Muslim holiday.
Iraq's parliament resumes debate on US pact
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's parliament has resumed debate on a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact that would keep American troops in the country for up to three more years.
Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heads to Washington this week for his final meeting with President George W. Bush, two lame-duck leaders looking to leave a blueprint for fulfilling their ambitious — but unrealized — Mideast agendas.
Iraq's prime minister, president in public quarrel
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's presidential council has taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the Shiite prime minister after he berated them for their opposition to councils of loyal tribesmen in several Iraqi provinces.
Man charged with spying for Israel hanged in Iran
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian judiciary spokesman says a man convicted of spying for Israel has been hanged.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,202
AP - 11 hours ago
(AP) - As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at least 4,202 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
AP Interview: Libya wants to invest in US
AP - 11 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Libya wants to open a new chapter in relations with the United States by tapping into a major government fund to invest in U.S. companies and sending thousands of students to study in America, the son of Libya's leader said Friday.
Rocket hits Israeli city, Gaza still sealed
AP - 19 hours ago
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians fired a rocket at an Israeli city near the Gaza Strip on Friday but caused no casualties, police said, as the Israeli military continued its closure of all crossings into the coastal territory because of ongoing rocket fire.
Lebanese soldiers clash with gunmen, killing 1
AP - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese soldiers clashed with gunmen in a northern port city on Friday, killing one and wounding others, the army said.