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Rice willing to return to Middle East
Jul 27 2006 11:59PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Amid an intensifying clamor for an end to Israeli-Hezbollah fighting, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she was "willing and ready" to return to the Mideast to work on a cease-fire.
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Israel won't expand offensive in Lebanon
Jul 27 2006 10:50PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's government decided Thursday not to expand its battle with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon for now, but authorized the army to call up 30,000 reserve soldiers in case the fighting intensifies. Lebanese officials estimated a civilian death toll as high as 600.
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Iraq aims to beef up border security
Jul 27 2006 9:54PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that efforts to improve security in his country include plans to disband all militias and stop the flow of militants across the border.
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Israel nixes major U.N. role in Lebanon
Jul 27 2006 9:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Israel's U.N. ambassador on Thursday ruled out major U.N. involvement in any potential international force in Lebanon, saying more professional and better-trained troops were needed for such a volatile situation.
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Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader threatens attacks
Jul 27 2006 9:49PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader called Thursday for Muslims to unite in a holy war against Israel and to join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."
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Attack in Shiite neighborhood kills 31
Jul 27 2006 9:36PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Rockets and mortars rained down Thursday on an upscale, mostly Shiite area of Baghdad, collapsing an apartment house, shattering shops and killing at least 31 people _ part of the rising sectarian violence President Bush has vowed to stop.
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Israeli sweep in Gaza kills 5 Palestinians
Jul 27 2006 6:31PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli army killed five Palestinians on Thursday, including a 75-year-old woman and a child, one day after the Gaza Strip suffered its deadliest violence since Israel launched its offensive last month.
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People struggling in southern Lebanon
Jul 27 2006 5:06PM (CT)
KFAR TIBNIT, Lebanon (AP) - Dr. Ali Ajram had no more milk to give his baby girl, so he sent her away with his wife and three other children. Now he's running out of drugs for his patients.
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Security Council expresses shock at bombing
Jul 27 2006 4:46PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council approved a weak statement Thursday expressing shock and distress at Israel's bombing of a U.N. post in Lebanon that killed four unarmed military observers, but avoiding any condemnation.
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Lebanon official says 600 civilians killed
Jul 27 2006 4:35PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Up to 600 civilians are believed to have been killed in the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, with 382 confirmed dead and the rest either known to be buried under the rubble of buildings or missing, the health minister told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Saddam trial adjourns 'til October verdict
Jul 27 2006 3:37PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - After nine months of testimony, the troubled trial of Saddam Hussein adjourned Thursday until mid-October, when the five judges are expected to render a verdict that could send the ousted president to the gallows.
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Iran negotiator reportedly in Syria talks
Jul 27 2006 3:15PM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A top Iranian negotiator reportedly visited Damascus on Thursday for talks on the Lebanese crisis with the Syrian and Hezbollah leaders, highlighting the three-way alliance arrayed against Israel.
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Lebanese president: Offensive may backfire
Jul 27 2006 1:54PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's president, a strong ally of Hezbollah, warned Thursday that an intensified Israeli offensive to crush the guerrillas could backfire and drive them to more violence.
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Plumbers come to rescue in Israeli shelter
Jul 27 2006 1:33PM (CT)
NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) - Few people are as important in this rocket-pummeled northern Israeli town as two plumbers. The first line of defense against the rockets are the cramped public bomb shelters. But with the stench of sewage in the shelters driving some people outside, the government has called in Yossi Ben-Naim and Gregory Dimitruk as reinforcements.
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U.N. economic panel censures Israel
Jul 27 2006 1:16PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. body condemned Israel on Thursday for imposing "severe restrictions" on Palestinians and demanded that Israel transfer tax revenues owed to Palestinian authorities.
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Abbas remarks on Israeli soldier clarified
Jul 27 2006 11:49AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that intense negotiations were under way to free an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas-linked militants. However, a Palestinian lawmaker and a spokesman for the Hamas military denied that the soldier's release could be imminent.
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Iranian envoy, Hezbollah leader meet
Jul 27 2006 10:16AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A top Iranian envoy was in Syria on Thursday for talks on the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, in a gathering of the Lebanese guerrilla group's two key sponsors, according to news reports.
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Rocket slams into Israeli detergent plant
Jul 27 2006 9:32AM (CT)
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) - A Hezbollah rocket slammed into a laundry detergent plant in Kiryat Shemona on Thursday, setting a warehouse on fire, Israeli security officials said. Farej Fares, a local police commander in the northern town, said no one was in the building when it was hit, and that there was no threat of toxic materials being released into the air.
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Iraq struggles to keep up flow of oil
Jul 27 2006 7:27AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Pipelines carrying crude oil through Iraq's unguarded desert suddenly collapse after weeks without disruption _ a single bullet puncturing a line, halting Iraq's main source of revenue.
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Israel mulls broadening Lebanon offensive
Jul 27 2006 6:17AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel must unleash massive airstrikes against villages in southern Lebanon to clear out Hezbollah gunmen, the justice minister said Thursday, as the Israeli government weighed whether to broaden the military offensive against the Lebanese guerrillas.
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15 Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes
Jul 27 2006 6:09AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli air force fired missiles at a target in eastern Gaza City on Thursday, wounding 15 people, at least one of them critically, Palestinian hospital officials said.
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Lebanese refugees in Israel fear for Kin
Jul 27 2006 5:34AM (CT)
NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) - Afraid of Hezbollah's rockets, Fuad and Diana Elias have rarely left their apartment in this Israeli border town. But they worry just as much that their relatives in Lebanon will get hit by Israeli air strikes.
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No consensus in Lebanon cease-fire talks
Jul 27 2006 1:54AM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Top U.S. and European officials agreed Wednesday on the need for urgent action to halt the fighting in Lebanon and on the creation of a multinational force to keep the peace.
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