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Ex-vice president of Iraq captured, turned over to U.S.
Associated PressBAGHDAD, Iraq - Taha Yassin Ramadan, a former Iraqi vice president known as "Saddam's knuckles" for his ruthlessness against regime enemies, was captured by Kurdish fighters Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and turned over to U.S. forces....Tags: Civil Unrest, Death, George W. Bush, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Associated Press
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Builder apologizes after Sharon loses seat
Chicago Tribune staff reporterThe man who made Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chair in parliament apologized Thursday for the chair's collapse, skirting the issue of whether Sharon's heft had anything to do with the mishap by suggesting the chair might have needed some routine...Tags: Government, Chicago Tribune, Israel, Ariel Sharon
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Israel approves barrier, pullout
Los Angeles TimesJERUSALEM - In decisions apparently aimed at shaping future Israeli-Palestinian borders, Israel's Cabinet approved yesterday the removal of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank and decided that the separation barrier should...Tags: Government, Finance, Diplomacy, Civil Unrest, Gaza Crisis (2008)
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Deep rifts remain on basics of 'road map'
Sun Foreign StaffAQABA, Jordan - The day before Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet here with President Bush to launch an ambitious peace initiative called the road map, the two sides remain deeply divided over fundamental issues. State Department representatives have...Tags: Government, Armed Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Death, Gaza Crisis (2008)
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Accusations, violence escalate after slaying
Tribune foreign correspondentAs Israel buried slain ultranationalist Rehavam Zeevi on Thursday, at least six Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in a resurgence of violence that threatened hopes for a Mideast truce. In Bethlehem, a Palestinian militant and two suspected...Tags: Government, Armed Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Death, Defense
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Sharon feels heat from Israel's right
Tribune foreign correspondentAs Israel began removing road blockades and trying to ease life for Palestinians, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government suffered its first fracture Monday under the weight of U.S. pressure to forge a Mideast cease-fire. Citing Sharon's...Tags: Government, Armed Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Death, Defense
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Slaying shocks Israelis
Tribune foreign correspondentThe assassination of Israel's most right-wing nationalist leader by Palestinian gunmen brought the Mideast crisis to a new peak of violence Wednesday that threatened to sabotage renewed truce efforts crucial to the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism....Tags: Government, Armed Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Assault, Gaza Crisis (2008)
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