| 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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A convoy opened fire on a sedan carrying four people in Baghdad, witnesses and police officials said.
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Israel?s prime minister, Ehud Olmert, was questioned for five hours by police on Tuesday, as part of a criminal investigation into actions when he was acting finance minister in 2005.
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More than 100 pro-democracy students clashed with supporters of the president Monday at Tehran University.
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The Iraqi prime minister?s office said Sunday that an inquiry found that Blackwater guards who shot Iraqi civilians three weeks ago were unprovoked.
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As Israel?s Jews start a new year, the country finds itself in the middle of a fierce dispute over a religious mandate that requires land to be left fallow every seven years.
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About 145,000 young Jews from 52 countries have traveled to Israel as part of a program meant to strengthen meaningful religious connections.
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Participants in a Baghdad security operation this month say that at least one guard continued firing on civilians while colleagues called for a cease-fire.
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Blackwater USA has been involved in a far higher rate of shootings in Iraq than other security firms providing similar services, officials say.
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Seven car bombs were detonated throughout the country on Wednesday alone, adding to a rise in attacks that began Monday.
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Up to nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes in Gaza on Wednesday, according to Palestinian witnesses and medical officials. Six of them were described as militants.
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