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<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) --  About 10,000 Iraqis rallied outside ruling party headquarters Monday in a demonstration against U.S. military threats, burning effigies of President Bush and American flags.</p> <p>Participants carried banners pledging their support for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, whose overthrow is a U.S. policy goal. Speculation that war is imminent has been strong here in recent months.</p>

Demonstrators Clash in Bush Protest By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) - Hooded youths and pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed with police as President Bush (news - web sites) arrived here Wednesday, marring a peaceful protest by 20,000 people opposed to any widening of the U.S. war on terrorism. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators waving Palestinian flags and wearing the checkered Arab keffiyeh headdress burned American flags at a former Prussian parade ground, where earlier demonstrators had sunbathed in a picnic-like atmosphere. Nearby, youths pelted police in riot gear with bottles and stones. Plainclothes security officials isolated troublemakers, removing individuals from the crowd...

The head of San Francisco State University asked the District Attorney's Office on Monday to prosecute pro-Palestinian demonstrators who crashed a pro-peace, pro-Israel rally on campus last week. University President Robert A. Corrigan's request stems from a May 7 pro-Israel rally disrupted by a handful of screaming counter-demonstrators, who ripped down Israeli flags and cornered a group of organizers against a wall. The tense situation was captured on security cameras. "The only thing stopping violence and chaos was an incredible police presence," said Dikla Tuchman, 20, a member of the Jewish group Hillel, that sponsored the event. "We were stuck...