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Kremlin wins Chechen election\nGROZNY, Russia -- Chechnya's Kremlin-appointed leader was officially declared the winner Monday in a presidential election, a widely expected outcome after his main challengers withdrew or were removed from balloting condemned by critics as a sham but promoted by Moscow as a step toward peace.\nWith more than 77 percent of the votes counted, acting President Akhmad Kadyrov had 81.1 percent, regional election commission chairman Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov told reporters in Grozny, the regional capital. He said 85 percent of the 561,000 eligible voters cast ballots.\nUNITED NATIONS -- Syria accused the United States Monday of condoning Israeli attacks as Damascus pressed the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel's airstrike against a purported terrorist training camp near Damascus.\nPresident Bush insisted Israel had the right to defend itself after a suicide bombing Saturday that killed 19 people in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. The United States has made clear it opposes Syria's attempt to win U.N. condemnation.\nAt an emergency meeting called at Syria's request Sunday, most council diplomats spoke out against both the airstrike earlier that day against a camp 14 miles outside Damascus and the suicide bombing that prompted the retaliation.\nU.S. Ambassador John Negroponte, however, only condemned the Haifa attack, while blaming Syria for harboring terrorists.

Bush condones Israeli attack on Syria\nANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's Cabinet agreed Monday to send troops to Iraq to help stabilize the country -- a decision that could relieve U.S. operations in Iraq and help Turkey mend frayed relations with the United States.\nBut Parliament must first approve, and many lawmakers oppose deployment. If they approve deployment in a vote expected this week, Turkey would become the first predominantly Muslim nation to contribute troops to Iraq.\nThere was no information on how many soldiers the government would send, but government officials say the United States requested about 10,000.\nThe United States has been seeking soldiers from Turkey as well as India, Pakistan and South Korea to bolster 130,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he has given up hope of getting Indian soldiers to help coalition forces secure Iraq, while Pakistan has said it would send troops only under a U.N. mandate.

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