Olmert to urge Moscow: Don't arm Israel's enemies

ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, traveling to Russia this week on one of his last diplomatic missions, said Sunday he would urge Moscow not to sell sophisticated weapons to Israel's enemies.Israel is also afraid Moscow would sell Syria the same missile defense system.In an overture before the trip, Israel's Cabinet voted Sunday to recognize Russia's claim to property in downtown Jerusalem. Read more

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Turkish planes bomb Kurdish hideout in north Iraq

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish warplanes bombed a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq on Monday - the third airstrike in as many days in retaliation for an attack that killed 15 soldiers. The military said its warplanes bombed the Avasin Basyan... Read more

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War Update

NEW YORK NEWSDAY

Egypt sent its foreign minister to Iraq yesterday for the first time in nearly two decades in a sign of growing Arab acceptance of the country's Shia-led government. Egyptian Foreign Minister... Read more

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11 Die in Attack During Iraq Raid

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

By Jeffrey Fleishman, Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times The Associated Press contributed to this report. Eleven Iraqis, including six women and children, were killed Sunday when a suicide... Read more

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Iraq Stock Exchange Having a Banner Year

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

Iraq's small stock exchange is enjoying a prosperous year, even while markets founder in Australia, Europe, the United States and Asia. Ninety-four companies are listed on the Iraq Stock... Read more

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Turkish warplanes again bomb northern Iraq

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANKARA, Turkey - The Turkish military says its warplanes have bombed a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq. The military says the warplanes bombed Avasin Basyan region of northern Iraq on Monday. It was the second such aerial attack on rebel... Read more

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Suicide Attack During U.S. Raid Kills 11 Iraqis

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Eleven Iraqis, including six women and children, were killed Sunday when a suicide bomber set off explosives during a raid by American forces on a house in Mosul, the U.S. military said. In a... Read more

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Decorated Flying Ace During WWII

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Col. Donald Blakeslee, 90, commander of the first American fighter group to reach Berlin during World War II and one of the war's most decorated pilots, died of heart failure Sept. 3 at his home in... Read more

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Afghan Solution Critical, Elusive

THE BALTIMORE SUN

WASHINGTON - Growing numbers of Americans dying in battle for a deeply corrupt government. Radical Islamic terrorists. A billion-dollar narcotics trade. Custody of nuclear weapons at risk. Osama... Read more

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Bomber Strikes During Raid in Iraq

THE WASHINGTON POST

BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 -- A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vest inside a home in northern Iraq as U.S. forces were trading gunfire with its occupants, according to the American military.... Read more

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Retaliatory Turkish Airstrikes Target Kurdish Rebels in Iraq

THE WASHINGTON POST

ISTANBUL, Oct. 5 -- Turkey staged retaliatory airstrikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Sunday as thousands of Turks attended rain-lashed funerals for 15 soldiers killed by the rebels... Read more

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Almanac

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

On Oct. 6, 1884, the Naval War College was established in Newport, R.I. In 1889 the Moulin Rouge in Paris first opened its doors to the public. In 1891 Charles Stewart Parnell, the "Uncrowned... Read more

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Military: Suicide bomber kills 22 in Sri Lanka

ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew up an opposition party office Monday in a town in northern Sri Lanka killing about 20 people, including a former army officer, the... Read more