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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip would deal a blow to a US peace push founded on the premise Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would be capable of reining in fighters and Israel would embrace him as a partner.
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15 June
Shrine bombing offers Sadr chance to show political pedigree
BAGHDAD — The second bombing at the Samarra shrine will test Moqtada Sadr’s political skills and clarify what control he has over his feared Mehdi Army militia.
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15 June
UN Mideast line swayed by US, Israel — ex-envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — A former UN Middle East envoy quit his job last month making bitter allegations that UN policy in the region had failed because it was subservient to US and Israeli interests, according to a leaked document.
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15 June
Iran threatens to reduce nuclear cooperation
VIENNA (AFP) — Iran threatened Thursday to further reduce cooperation with the UN atomic agency if new sanctions are ordered and insisted its uranium enrichment programme had gone too far to turn back.
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15 June
Sunni mosques, Green Zone attacked
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Three Sunni mosques were torched and mortar bombs hit Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday, police said, despite curfews imposed after suspected Al Qaeda gunmen hit a revered Shiite shrine.
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15 June
Mourners vent anger as Beirut holds funeral for slain legislator
BEIRUT (AP) — Angry mourners blamed Syria and vented anger at its ally Hizbollah Thursday as the crowd laid to rest Lebanese legislator Walid Eido, the latest victim of a wave of assassinations of anti-Syrian figures.
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15 June
King urges dialogue to end bloodshed, state of chaos
AMMAN (Petra) — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday called for taking all possible measures to stop inter-Palestinian fighting and bring to an end bloodshed and the state of chaos prevailing in the Gaza Strip.
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15 June
Hamas routs Fateh in Gaza, Abbas sacks gov’t
GAZA CITY (AFP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a state of emergency and sacked the government on Thursday as Hamas appeared set to seize full control of the Gaza Strip after days of ferocious gunbattles.
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15 June
Hamas hails ‘liberation’ of Gaza
Hamas militants have hailed a series of military victories over rivals Fatah in the Gaza Strip as a new “liberation” of the territory.
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15 June
Hamas Consolidates Hold on Gaza Strip
Hamas militants overran the main security headquarters of the Fatah organization in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and targeted remaining key facilities under Fatah control.
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