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Israel attacks Lebanon after troops seized
Jul 12 2006 11:56PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israel widened its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas on Thursday, targeting Beirut's international airport and blasting southern Lebanon for a second day, police and airport officials said. Twenty-two civilians were reported killed in the south, local media said.
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Israeli warplanes attack Beirut airport
Jul 12 2006 11:16PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli warplanes struck the runways of Beirut's international airport in the Lebanese capital's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, forcing the closure of the facility, police and airport officials said.
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Frustrated world powers send Iran to U.N.
Jul 12 2006 10:01PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Frustrated world powers agreed Wednesday to send Iran before the United Nations Security Council for possible punishment, saying the Iranians had given no sign they would bargain in earnest over their disputed nuclear program.
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Qatar circulates revised Israel resolution
Jul 12 2006 9:01PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Acting on behalf of Arab nations, Qatar circulated a revised draft U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday demanding Israel end its offensive in the Gaza Strip and release the Palestinian officials it has arrested.
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Hamas leader badly hurt in Israeli bombing
Jul 12 2006 8:50PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A Hamas militant leader who has topped Israel's most-wanted list for a decade was badly wounded and underwent four hours of spinal surgery Wednesday after being wounded in an Israeli airstrike, security officials said.
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Bomb destroys Palestinian foreign ministry
Jul 12 2006 6:13PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A bomb dropped by an Israeli warplane destroyed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City early Thursday.
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Rumsfeld says unity important to Iraq
Jul 12 2006 6:03PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday that political reconciliation between Sunnis and Shiites is as important as the military effort in establishing security in Iraq, where thousands more U.S. troops have been summoned to Baghdad to quell an upsurge in violence.
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Iraqi PM wants GI immunity reviewed
Jul 12 2006 5:20PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's prime minister called Wednesday for a review of legislation that gives foreign troops immunity from prosecution, expressing concern that U.S. soldiers sometimes act knowing that they are protected from punishment.
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Hezbollah raid boosts group's image
Jul 12 2006 5:10PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah's leader vowed that only a prisoner swap will win the release of two Israeli soldiers after a cross-border attack Wednesday that showed the guerrilla group _ and its backers Iran and Syria _ still have the power to reignite a spiral of violence in the volatile region.
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Saddam, 3 co-defendants on hunger strike
Jul 12 2006 4:42PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein and three of his co-defendants have been on a hunger strike for nearly a week to protest what the defense says is a lack of security for their attorneys, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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Israel hits Lebanon after soldiers grabbed
Jul 12 2006 3:13PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah militants crossed into Israel on Wednesday and captured two Israeli soldiers. Israel responded in southern Lebanon with warplanes, tanks and gunboats, and said eight of its soldiers had been killed in the violence.
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Nations sending Iran to Security Council
Jul 12 2006 2:31PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - World powers agreed Wednesday to send Iran back to the United Nations Security Council for possible punishment, saying the clerical regime has given no sign it means to negotiate seriously over its disputed nuclear program.
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2 dozen Iraqi Shiites abducted, killed
Jul 12 2006 2:26PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen seized two dozen Shiites from a bus station after separating them from the crowd in a predominantly Sunni area Wednesday, killing them and dumping their bodies in a nearby village _ the latest in a series of brazen attacks.
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U.S. blames Syria, Iran for kidnappings
Jul 12 2006 1:02PM (CT)
ROSTOCK, Germany (AP) - The United States blamed Syria and Iran on Wednesday for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants and an eruption of violence along the southern border of Lebanon.
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Iraqi leader warns biased media outlets
Jul 12 2006 12:35PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's prime minister warned television stations Wednesday against broadcasting reports that incite violence, saying he will not hesitate to shut them down.
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Palestinians killed in Gaza attacks
Jul 12 2006 12:22PM (CT)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli troops killed at least 12 Palestinians, including one policemen and two militants, in four separate incidents Wednesday in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said.
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Syrian diplomat blames Israel for violence
Jul 12 2006 11:18AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's vice president blamed Israel for the escalating violence in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories Wednesday and denied that his country had a role in the abductions of Israeli soldiers.
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3 Israeli soldiers die in Hezbollah raid
Jul 12 2006 9:27AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army said Wednesday that three of its soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah raid in which two other soldiers were captured. The army withheld news of the deaths for several hours while the soldiers' families were notified.
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Iraq gunmen seize 24 people, killing 20
Jul 12 2006 7:25AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen attacked a bus station Wednesday in a volatile town northeast of Baghdad, kidnapping two dozen people and killing all but four, authorities said, while a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant in the capital.
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Iraq PM: Insurgents trying to split Baghdad
Jul 12 2006 4:58AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday that insurgents are trying to take control of western Baghdad, but he vowed they won't succeed.
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Israel confirms 2 soldiers captured
Jul 12 2006 4:12AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel confirmed that two of its soldiers were captured by Hezbollah guerrillas during clashes across the Lebanese border on Wednesday, and said it held Lebanon "directly responsible" for their fate and safe return.
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Faiths in Jerusalem united over gay march
Jul 12 2006 3:58AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Christian leaders condemned it. Jewish radicals put a bounty on participants. Muslim clerics threatened to flood the streets with protesters. Jerusalem's conflicting religions have found rare common ground: opposition to an international gay pride parade next month.
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