Police: Rock slide in Egyptian village kills 24
(AP) - Massive boulders crashed down on an Egyptian shantytown Saturday on the outskirts of the capital, killing at least 24 people, authorities said. Rescuers were digging by hand to reach any survivors.
Suicide bomber kills 6 at outdoor market in Iraq
(AP) - A suicide car bomber blasted an outdoor market Saturday in a northern Iraqi city, killing six people and wounding 54, police and hospital authorities said.
The attack in the mainly Turkomen city of Tal Afar took place one day after a suicide car bomber struck a convoy carrying ex-Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi in Baghdad.
In Israel, era of mass immigration ends
(AP) - Melissa Schwab is no Zionist zealot. She's not an Orthodox Jew seeking to be nearer to God. She didn't flee anti-Semitism.
So why move nearly 9,000 miles from her home in Hawaii and settle in life-on-the-edge Israel? Because, she says, she likes a lifestyle that is "secular and normal" while offering something "a bit more meaningful.
Police: Rock slide in Egyptian village kills 18
(AP) - Massive boulders peeled away from a cliff and buried dozens of homes in an Egyptian shantytown Saturday, killing at least 18 people, authorities said. Rescuers were digging by hand to reach any survivors.
Hamas leader to pass letter to captured Israeli
(AP) - A Hamas official says the militant group promises to deliver a letter to captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit from his father.
Hamas' political bureau member Mohammed Nasr told The Associated Press Saturday that the emir of Qatar gave the letter to Khaled Mashaal during four-way Damascus summit with Syria, France and Turkey.
Police: Rockslide in Egyptian village kills 18
(AP) - Massive boulders peeled away from a cliff and buried dozens of homes in an Egyptian shanty town Saturday, killing at least 18 people, authorities said. Rescuers were digging by hand to reach any survivors.
Official: 6 killed in Iraq bomb; Chalabi uninjured
(AP) - Ex-Iraqi deputy prime minister and former Pentagon favorite, Ahmad Chalabi, escaped a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy in Baghdad, an official in his office said Saturday.
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(AP) - Rockslide in Egypt crushes dozens of homes in shanty town outside capital, kills 18 people.
Police: Rockslide in Egyptian village kills 7
(AP) - Egyptian police say seven people are dead and 20 injured after a rockslide buried a shanty town south of the capital Cairo.
Security officials say rocks weighing between 60 to 70 tons fell on the village at the foot of the Muqattam hills Saturday and crushed at least 50 homes.
Iraq govt reacts sharply to US spying allegations
(AP) - The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U. S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true.
Official: 6 killed in Iraq bomb, Chalabi uninjured
(AP) - An official in ex-deputy prime minister Ahmad Chalabi's office says six people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on the former Pentagon favorite's convoy in western Baghdad.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,154
(AP) - As of Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at least 4,154 members of the U. S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Purported bomber warns Denmark of more attacks
(AP) - A new al-Qaida video identifies the Saudi purportedly behind a suicide bombing at the Danish Embassy in Pakistan, and he is shown warning in a taped last testament that more attacks will punish Denmark over newspaper caricatures of Islam's founder.
Official: Baghdad car bomb kills 2
(AP) - An Iraqi police official says a car bomb apparently targeting the convoy of former Pentagon favorite Ahmad Chalabi has exploded in western Baghdad, killing two civilians.
But the official says Chalabi was not in the convoy at the time.
Lingering tensions slow Iraqi withdrawal plans
(AP) - Concern over upcoming elections and widening tensions among Iraq's religious and ethnic groups appear behind the U. S. military's recommendation to put the brakes on withdrawing more American troops from Iraq despite improvements in security.