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.
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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.
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