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Israel massing troops on Lebanese border
Jul 21 2006 11:15PM (CT)
ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER (AP) - Israel massed tanks and troops on the border Friday hours after calling up reserves, as the army announced plans for a ground operation to destroy Hezbollah's tunnels, hideouts and weapons stashes.
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Americans fleeing Lebanon express regret
Jul 21 2006 10:25PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Anxious Americans hauled bulging suitcases down a rocky Lebanese beach and into the waiting hold of a U.S. Navy landing craft Friday as the accelerating U.S. evacuation moved thousands away from unrelenting Israeli airstrikes.
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18 killed as Sunnis battle Iraqi forces
Jul 21 2006 7:37PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi forces backed by a U.S. helicopter battled Sunni gunmen south of Baghdad on Friday, and at least 11 combatants died. U.S. troops killed five Iraqis _ including two women and a child _ in a separate exchange of fire.
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Pope calls for prayers for Mideast peace
Jul 21 2006 5:41PM (CT)
LES COMBES, Italy (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said Friday that he does not plan to intervene diplomatically in the Middle East fighting, but called on people of all religions to join Sunday's worldwide day of prayers for peace.
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Humanitarian aid begins arriving in Lebanon
Jul 21 2006 5:40PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France mobilized Friday to send urgent aid to Lebanon, the Red Cross managed to get relief supplies to the south _ and Israel agreed to allow a safe corridor crucial to ensuring that food and medicine reaches those in need.
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Lebanon victims buried in mass grave
Jul 21 2006 4:08PM (CT)
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - Soldiers laid 72 coffins in two trenches, a mass grave for victims of the Israeli bombardment. Elsewhere, mounds of rubble sat undisturbed; rescue workers were too fearful of missiles to search for bodies.
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Hundreds of refugees flee Lebanon violence
Jul 21 2006 4:05PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Mariam Othman came into the world just three months ago. Already she's a refugee, living with more than 250 others in Beirut's parched Sanayeh Gardens.
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More rockets strike Israeli city of Haifa
Jul 21 2006 2:36PM (CT)
HAIFA, Israel (AP) - Normally, Haifa's streets would have been crowded Friday with people shopping for the Sabbath. But when another barrage of Hezbollah missiles struck this port city in the afternoon, most streets were empty, and as a result only six people were wounded.
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Saddam pins war on Bush, pro-Israel lobby
Jul 21 2006 12:23PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein said in a letter released Friday that President Bush and pro-Israel groups lied to Americans to justify the Iraq war, and he added that Iran "and its agents" helped facilitate the aggression.
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Muslims use day of prayer to protest
Jul 21 2006 12:13PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Thousands across the Muslim world used Friday's Islamic day of prayer to protest Israel's attacks on Hezbollah, urging Sunni-Shiite unity to defeat the Jewish state.
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Arab world deeply split over Hezbollah
Jul 21 2006 12:11PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah exposed divisions across the Arab world, not only between Shiites and Sunnis but also between Arab governments and their citizens.
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Arab world deeply split over fighting
Jul 21 2006 11:24AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah exposed divisions across the Arab world, not only between Shiites and Sunnis but also between Arab governments and their citizens.
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Germany: Iranian letter attacks Israel
Jul 21 2006 10:46AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - A letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the German chancellor made statements about Israel and the Holocaust that are "not acceptable," the government said Friday.
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Hezbollah rockets wound 5 in Haifa
Jul 21 2006 9:22AM (CT)
HAIFA, Israel (AP) - Hezbollah guerrillas fired two volleys of rockets at this port city Friday, wounding five people and damaging shops and office buildings.
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4 Palestinians killed in Gaza explosion
Jul 21 2006 8:14AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A Hamas activist and three relatives were killed Friday in an explosion at his home in Gaza City, hospital officials said. Palestinians said the house was hit by an Israeli tank shell.
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Muslims in Asia protest Israeli attacks
Jul 21 2006 7:12AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Thousands of Muslims in Asia held angry protests Friday against Israel's bombardment of Lebanon, denouncing the Jewish state and demanding the United Nations take action to halt the violence.
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Iraqi dies in U.S. operation near Baqouba
Jul 21 2006 6:49AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. soldiers killed at least one person Friday when they fired on a group of Iraqis moving on rooftops, a U.S. statement said. Iraqi police said at least six people were killed.
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Iraq's reconciliation committee to meet
Jul 21 2006 6:19AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A government committee formed to try to unite the country's sectarian and political groups will hold its first meeting Saturday, a parliament member said.
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Israeli army calls up more reserve troops
Jul 21 2006 5:59AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army said Friday that it has called up more reserve troops to augment its current forces in northern Israel, widening speculation that a major ground offensive against Lebanon has moved beyond the planning stage.
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Hezbollah rockets hit UN observation post
Jul 21 2006 5:05AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A U.N.-run observation post just inside Israel was struck during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants on Friday. The Israeli army blamed Hezbollah rockets but a U.N. officer said it was an artillery shell fired by the Israeli Defense Force.
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