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Loud explosions rock Beirut suburbs
Jul 16 2006 11:58PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli missiles hit the Lebanese capital shortly after sunrise Monday, as three loud explosions rocked the southern suburbs while another strike sparked a large fire in Beirut's port, witnesses said.
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Israel answers attack with lethal blows
Jul 16 2006 10:58PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah and Israel traded fierce barrages for a sixth day Monday, as the latest eruption of warfare in the Middle East showed no sign of easing. Rockets struck deep inside Israel, killing eight people in Haifa and bringing waves of retaliatory airstrikes from Lebanon's north to south and in the eastern Bekaa Valley near Syria.
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Iraq oil official seized; 26 die in cafe
Jul 16 2006 10:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated explosives Sunday inside a cafe packed with Shiites in northern Iraq, killing 26 people and injuring 22, an Iraqi general said. Gunmen seized a top Oil Ministry official, the second major kidnapping in as many days.
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U.S. military fears outcome of rape trial
Jul 16 2006 9:39PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. military officials fear that religious hurdles in exhuming the body of a teenager could complicate the prosecution of American soldiers accused of raping and murdering the girl _ and create a political nightmare for the U.S. mission here.
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Iranian: War not helping democracy push
Jul 16 2006 9:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iran's most prominent dissident said Sunday that the war in Iraq has hurt his country's reform movement by giving its regime an excuse to stifle dissent.
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Israel bombs Palestinian Foreign Ministry
Jul 16 2006 9:11PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel bombed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City early Monday, pushing ahead with its three-week offensive in Gaza as troops clashed with militants in the northern part of the territory.
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Hezbollah rockets leave Haifa on edge
Jul 16 2006 9:06PM (CT)
HAIFA, Israel (AP) - It was just an hour into the new work week. Maintenance workers at the train depot were back on the job when air raid sirens began to wail.
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Turkey may step up fight against rebels
Jul 16 2006 7:38PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey said Sunday that it was weighing an escalation of its fight against Kurdish rebels after the guerillas killed seven Turkish soldiers and a village guard.
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Hundreds evacuate from Lebanon, Syria
Jul 16 2006 6:37PM (CT)
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Hundreds of exhausted evacuees flew into Cyprus Sunday as Western countries moved their citizens from the Middle East amid continued Israeli bombardment of Lebanon.
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Korea resolution will help U.N. face Iran
Jul 16 2006 6:33PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A unanimous U.N. Security Council vote to condemn North Korea's missile launches has set an important precedent and strengthened the powerful U.N. body as it turns to its next challenge: confronting Iran's suspect nuclear program, diplomats said.
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Diplomatic efforts underway in Middle East
Jul 16 2006 6:07PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The United Nations, the European Union and Italy pushed ahead with separate efforts Sunday to try to end the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah.
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Analysis: Iran the lurking Mideast issue
Jul 16 2006 5:25PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The past five days' shocking flare-up of Mideast violence may really be, beneath it all, a fight about Iran and its place in the region. While Israel, the United States and some Arab countries hope the Islamic regime suffers a blow, Tehran may count on emerging from the crisis with its power intact and its influence raised even higher.
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Lebanese report wave of Israeli airstrikes
Jul 16 2006 5:15PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A wave of Israeli airstrikes on Monday hit the Lebanese city of Tripoli and Hezbollah strongholds in eastern town of Baalbek, witnesses said.
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8 Canadians killed in Israeli airstrike
Jul 16 2006 4:54PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Eight members of a Canadian family vacationing in Lebanon were killed Sunday in an Israeli air raid that hit a Lebanese town on the border with Israel, Canadian and Lebanese officials said.
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Rockets hit Upper Nazareth, Israelis say
Jul 16 2006 3:59PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Rockets fired from Lebanon exploded in the Israeli town of Afula and Upper Nazareth late Sunday, the military said, showing a range farther south than previous barrages.
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4 Israeli missiles hit Beirut airport
Jul 16 2006 3:06PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - An Israeli warship off the Lebanese coast hit Beirut's airport with four missiles Sunday, setting a fuel tank ablaze, Lebanese security officials said.
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Israeli strike in south Lebanon kills 9
Jul 16 2006 12:58PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli warplanes fired missiles Sunday at a Lebanese civil defense building in the southern port city of Tyre, killing at least nine civilians and wounding 42, security officials said.
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Iran calls Western incentives acceptable
Jul 16 2006 12:48PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said Sunday that Western incentives to halt its nuclear program were an "acceptable basis" for talks, and it is ready for detailed negotiations.
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Leader: Hezbollah has 'complete strength'
Jul 16 2006 11:02AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah urged Arabs and Muslims worldwide to support his guerrillas, saying Sunday that his group is fighting Israel on their behalf and that the battle has just begun.
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