| 2,000-Year-Old Christian Community in Iraq Gains a Spiritual First in Baghdad
Iraq?s shrinking Christian population now has a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, the first in Iraq in modern times.
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Israel?s kibbutzim are once again thriving, attracting new members with a mellower version of collective living.
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A 50 percent increase in the number of detainees comes, officials said, because U.S. forces are operating in areas where they had not been present for some time.
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Members of the Hamas Executive Force broke up a demonstration by Fatah in Gaza City, firing into the air and briefly detaining journalists.
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Sectarian violence and new fighting brought by U.S.-led operations are accelerating the partition of the country into sectarian enclaves.
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A Jewish physician from Hawaii personally delivered 15 new surfboards to Palestinian surfing enthusiasts in Gaza.
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Armed groups increasingly control the switching stations that channel electricity around Iraq, an official said.
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Military officials said mechanical failure appeared to have brought down the helicopter, which crashed on Wednesday while traveling on an operation.
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Senator Barack Obama said that even if the military escalation in Iraq was showing signs of progress, American troops should not be entangled in the strife there.
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Officials said the attack was a result of an internal power struggle with rival Shiite militias rather than sectarian violence.
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Israeli human rights groups condemned the deportation of the migrants, many of whom were said to be Sudanese refugees.
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