Four Killed in Car Bombing in Iraq
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ A car bomb exploded at the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf during Friday prayers, killing at least four people, including one of Iraq's most important Shiite clerics, a relative said. An Arab TV network said the death toll was much higher. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim died in the bombing, his nephew told The Associated Press.
Korea Nuke Summit Delegates to Meet Again
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BEIJING (AP) _ With days of delicate diplomacy shaken by North Korea's threat to test an atomic bomb, a six-country summit ended Friday with the only success anyone expected _ a commitment for more talks to resolve the ominous dispute over Pyongyang's nuclear program. Tension persisted between the United States and North Korea as the three-day conference ended. Pyongyang brought out the brinkmanship and bluster that has characterized its diplomacy in recent years, but also, more obliquely, signaled it wouldn't be averse to a compromise. And China said all six countries had agreed not to "escalate the situation" as long as dialogue continued.
Israeli Army Battles Gunmen in West Bank
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NABLUS, West Bank (AP) _ Palestinian gunmen fired on Israeli soldiers manning a lookout in a four-story office building, setting off an intense urban gunbattle in the West Bank town of Jenin on Friday, residents said. Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli troops broke through walls of homes in a hunt for militants, while a Jewish settler was killed and his pregnant wife wounded in a Palestinian shooting attack.
9-11 Transcripts Reveal Haunting Images
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NEW YORK (AP) _ On the 78th floor of the World Trade Center, Anthony Savas waited vainly for help in a stranded elevator. Fifty-six stories below, a woman used wet tissues to keep out the smoke as Gene Raggio climbed to her aid. And outside the doomed twin towers, Ed Strauss waited for two co-workers. These final glimpses of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack, along with the first frightening peek behind the scenes of the nation's worst terrorist attack, emerged Thursday from 2,000 pages of transcripts released by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the trade center's owner. Savas, Raggio and Strauss were three of the 47 civilian Port Authority employees killed in the attack that collapsed the twin towers.
Arrest Coming Today in Internet Attack
WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. cyber investigators have identified a teenager as one author of a damaging virus-like infection unleashed weeks ago on the Internet, a U.S. official confirmed. Authorities expected to arrest the 18-year-old, accused of writing a version of the "Blaster" computer infection, on Friday, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Extradition Request for Argentines Denied
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MADRID, Spain (AP) _ The government Friday rejected a Spanish judge's request that it seek the extradition of 40 men from Argentina indicted here for human rights abuses during the so-called "dirty war" of that country's military rule. Deputy Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the government turned down the request because Argentina's Congress this month voted to repeal two laws that had shielded hundreds of military officers from prosecution for abuses during the 1976-83 dictatorship.
Madonna Upstages Everyone at MTV Awards
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NEW YORK (AP) _ Twenty years after the first MTV Video Music Awards, not much has changed _ Madonna still makes jaws drop and cheeks blush. Just like her first time, the superstar upstaged everyone at the 20th annual MTV Video Music Awards, only she had help Thursday night from the latest generation of video divas, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Proving they've come a long way from their Mouseketeer days, the young pop tarts gave a gyrating, writhing tribute to Madonna to open the show. Dressed in the same kind of white bustier wedding dress Madonna wore while performing "Like a Virgin" during MTV's inaugural awards broadcast in 1984, Spears and Aguilera sang a cover of the not-so-innocent tune.
Consumer Spending Up 0.8 Percent in July
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Consumers shopped with gusto in July, boosting their spending by 0.8 percent as President Bush's third tax cut left people with some extra cash in their wallets and pockets. The increase in spending in July was the largest since March and followed a sizable 0.6 percent advance posted in June, the Commerce Department reported Friday. July's spending figure matched economists' expectations.
Stocks Expected to Open Mixed to Higher
NEW YORK (AP) _ U.S. stocks are set to open mixed to slightly higher Friday, with little volume expected ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend and end of summer. Dow Jones futures fell 3 points recently to 9,368. Nasdaq futures fell half a point, and S&P futures were up less than half a point.
Cards Beat Cubs, Tie for NL Central Lead
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Jose Reyes and Eric Gagne put themselves in the record book. Kerry Robinson put the St. Louis Cardinals back into a tie for the NL Central lead. On a day that also saw Milwaukee win its 10th straight game, Robinson delivered the biggest hit. He connected for his first home run of the season, a leadoff shot in the bottom of the ninth inning that sent the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago Cubs 3-2 Thursday night. Robinson sent a drive off Mike Remlinger (5-5) into the Cardinals' bullpen, where reliever Jason Simontacchi caught the ball with his cap. Robinson said it was his first game-ending homer.
Image Caption: U.S. soldiers of the 101st Airborne search a home during a night raid late Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003, on the outskirts of Mosul, 248 miles, 400 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq. Local Iraqis tipped off the coalition troops, targeting the local Baath Party members in the area. (AP Photo/Alissa Everett)
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