In what may be the first major battle in a final push toward Baghdad, U.S. forces reportedly engaged Iraqi Republican Guard units in a "massive" battle near the central Iraqi city of Karbala.

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President Bush announced Friday that he would unveil his long-awaited "road map" for Middle East peace once a new Palestinian prime minister with real governing authority takes office.

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The Palestinian parliament approved the creation of a new prime minister post Monday, a day after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat announced his choice for the position, moderate Mahmoud Abbas.

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A suicide bomber blew himself up aboard a crowded bus in the northern port city of Haifa on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more in the first suicide bombing in Israel in two months…

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Israeli troops killed eight Palestinians Monday during a raid in the Gaza Strip that captured a founder of the Islamic militant group Hamas.

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Two suicide bombers detonated themselves barely two minutes apart in a commercial area in Tel Aviv, killing at least 22 and wounding more than 100.

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Israeli military forces clashed with Palestinian gunmen during a raid in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, while troops also swept through the West Bank looking for suspected militants.

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A day after a deadly suicide bombing aboard a Jerusalem bus killed 11, Israeli forces occupied the city of Bethlehem, the home of Thursday's attacker.

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A Palestinian militant detonated a bomb on a bus packed with high school students and soldiers in Jerusalem Thursday, killing at least four children and seven adults and injuring 48 others, Israeli police said.

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Palestinian militants opened fire on Jewish settlers walking to a disputed shrine Friday, killing at least 12 and wounding 15 others, according to Israeli officials.

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