Palestinians plan for pullout clash and security bid
Jerusalem sees a push to recruit thousands of Gaza police to guard Jewish settlers and soldiers during Israel’s summer pullout amid a Jerusalem Day clash as Palestinian and technical teams meet. In Nepal a bus bombing kills 38, injures 71, rebels blame the attack on a bid to end the monarchy. In Pakistan Abu Farraj al Libbi handed to US. in Lebanon Hezbollah wins in the south drawing US and Israeli concern.
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Earthquake in Turkey injures dozens and damages homes
A 5.7 magnitude quake struck near Karkova in Bingol province, injuring at least 54 people and demolishing homes. Officials dispatched tents and blankets as 63 homes were damaged in nearby villages, many already weakened by a previous March quake.
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Al Sadr pauses in politics over U S occupation in Iraq
In a rare AP interview Muqtada al Sadr says he will not interfere while U S troops remain and condemns the Iraqi government for legitimizing the occupation. He defends his growing influence from Na j af while facing an arrest warrant over a past murder allegation.
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U.S
Ayatollah
Ali al-Sistani
Cleveland couple among volunteers in Aruba search
About 700 volunteers joined police, soldiers and FBI agents on Aruba to search scrubland and beaches for Natalee Holloway, 18, of Mountain Brook Alabama who vanished during a high school graduation trip. Two men were arrested and charged. investigators pursue kidnapping, voluntary disappearance, or harm theories.
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Natalee Hottoway
Alabama
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Oranjestad
FBI
Natalee Holloway
Mountain Brook
Ala
Colorado
San Nicolas
Judy Hassell
Bill
Sarah Wise
Cleveland
Bill Wise
Holloway
Edwin Comemencia
Pope condemns same sex unions as pseudo-matrimony
Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the church’s opposition to abortion and called marriage a union of man and woman in a Rome address. He criticized civil forms of marriage and warned that “pseudo-matrimonies” reflect anarchy rather than true freedom.
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Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Saddam Hussein to face trial on wide range of crimes
The Iraqi special tribunal lists charges against Saddam Hussein and 11 others, including gassing Kurds, executions, deportations, the Halabja attack, Kuwait occupation, and the 1991 Shiite suppression, with 14 key cases targeted for conviction. The case aims to curb the insurgency as violence continues.
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Normandy honors fallen soldiers on D-Day anniversary
On rain battered Utah Beach and surrounding Normandy graveyards, veterans and officials honored the 61st anniversary of the June 6 1944 invasion. Easy Company of the 101st Airborne led a wreath laying as crowds remembered the 156000 Allied soldiers who stormed five beaches.
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Stuart
Fla
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Colleville-sur-Mer
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