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Westerners flee Lebanon as fight continues
Jul 17 2006 11:32PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Westerners fled by land, sea and air Monday as Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon briefly and Hezbollah rockets knocked down a three-story house in northern Israel. However, there were signs of movement on the diplomatic front to end the worst fighting in 24 years.
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Gunmen kill 50 in Iraqi market attack
Jul 17 2006 10:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen sprayed grenades and automatic weapons fire in a market south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 50 people, mostly Shiites. The sectarian attack drew an angry protest from lawmakers who accused Iraqi forces of standing idly by during the rampage.
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Nations sign commercial cooperation deal
Jul 17 2006 6:28PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq and the United States signed a commercial cooperation agreement Monday to move the country toward a market economy after decades of state planning.
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War takes Lebanon back to civil war days
Jul 17 2006 4:52PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A week ago Beirut was humming: Chic restaurants flowed with champagne and caviar, Europeans thronged the beaches and mountain resorts, and famous singers planned to jet in for concerts in ancient ruins.
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World leaders step up Mideast diplomacy
Jul 17 2006 3:48PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The United Nations and Britain urged the deployment of peacekeepers in Lebanon and Russia offered troops for any such force, as the U.N. sent an envoy to Israel on Monday in the first big swirl of diplomatic efforts to stem Middle East violence.
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Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel
Jul 17 2006 3:05PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A new barrage of rockets fired by guerrillas in southern Lebanon hit northern Israel late Monday, Israeli security officials said.
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U.S. choppers fly Americans out of Beirut
Jul 17 2006 3:03PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A handful of military helicopters flew Americans out of Beirut on Monday and U.S. officials said a rented cruise ship would help the evacuation of possibly thousands more citizens.
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Tel Aviv defiant despite risk of missiles
Jul 17 2006 2:17PM (CT)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Sunbathers, swimmers and paddleball players filled Tel Aviv's beaches Monday, many saying they were determined to defy Hezbollah rocket attacks and support Israel's offensive in Lebanon.
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Israel appears to soften its conditions
Jul 17 2006 1:49PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that the fighting in Lebanon would end when two Israeli soldiers were freed, rocket attacks stopped and the Lebanese army deployed along the border. But he appeared to scale back from previous demands for Hezbollah to be dismantled.
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3 American soldiers killed in Iraq
Jul 17 2006 1:38PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three American soldiers were killed Monday in separate attacks, two in the Baghdad area and one in western Iraq, the U.S. military said. A U.S. statement said one soldier was hit by small arms fire early in western Baghdad.
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2 American soldiers killed in Baghdad
Jul 17 2006 1:17PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two American soldiers were killed Monday in separate attacks in the Baghdad area, the U.S. military said. Names and units were not released. A U.S. statement said one soldier was hit by small arms fire early in the day in western Baghdad and died at 12:55 p.m.
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Israel: Long-range missile destroyed
Jul 17 2006 12:01PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on Monday destroyed at least one long-range Iranian missile capable of hitting Tel Aviv, military officials said.
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Olmert vows no mercy for militants
Jul 17 2006 11:22AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday the fighting in Lebanon would end when the two soldiers captured by Hezbollah guerrillas are freed, rocket attacks on Israel have stopped, and the Lebanese army is deployed along the border.
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Israel sets conditions for cease-fire
Jul 17 2006 10:09AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel would agree to a cease-fire in its six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah if the Lebanese guerrillas withdraw from the border area with Israel and release two captured Israeli soldiers, a senior official said Monday.
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U.N. envoy to relay 'concrete ideas'
Jul 17 2006 9:33AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A senior U.N. envoy said Monday he will present Israel with "concrete ideas" to end the latest round of fighting after meeting with Lebanon's prime minister.
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3 wounded in Hezbollah strike on Haifa
Jul 17 2006 9:22AM (CT)
HAIFA, Israel (AP) - Hezbollah guerrillas fired several volleys of rockets at the city of Haifa on Monday, heavily damaging a three-story apartment building and wounding at least three people, Israeli medics said.
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Iranian official suggests prisoner swap
Jul 17 2006 7:41AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iran's foreign minister said Monday a cease-fire and a prisoner swap would be "acceptable and fair" in the Israeli-Lebanese conflict.
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Israel denies aircraft lost near Beirut
Jul 17 2006 7:16AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A Lebanese TV station showed video Monday of an object falling from the sky, but Israel said that reports that it was an Israeli aircraft were false. The video, aired by Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., showed a burning object spiraling down to the ground in the Jamhour district near the Hezbollah stronghold of southern Beirut, which have been under Israeli air attack for several days.
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EU envoy pessimistic about cease-fire
Jul 17 2006 7:08AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A senior European Union official returned Monday from the Middle East and said he is pessimistic about the chance of a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah militants.
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Coalition forces kill 4 al-Qaida suspects
Jul 17 2006 4:57AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Coalition forces killed four al-Qaida suspects and captured three others in southeastern Afghanistan on Monday, while separate attacks killed three Afghan soldiers and three government employees in the south, officials said.
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Iraqis turn to drugs to escape violence
Jul 17 2006 2:30AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Tamam Abdul-Kadhim started taking a sedative about two years ago to calm his nerves after he witnessed a bombing in central Baghdad. Soon he was addicted.
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Israeli raids bring misery for Hezbollah
Jul 17 2006 2:28AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Their homes were little but smoldering ruins, but Mariam Shihabyah managed to find six pillows, and Noura Khaled carried away a bag full of underwear and scarves.
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Fallout threatens Mideast political map
Jul 17 2006 2:27AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israel's assault on Lebanon threatens to weaken Arab moderates throughout the region, bolstering the image of Islamic militants at a time when anger among the Arab public is running high over the war on terror and America's role in Iraq.
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