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Hezbollah fires new rockets at Israel
Jul 28 2006 11:46PM (CT)
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah launched a new kind of rocket Friday that made the deepest strike into Israel yet, rattling Israelis as their warplanes and artillery targeted guerrillas in attacks on apartment buildings and roads.
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Israeli tanks move back into Gaza Strip
Jul 28 2006 10:48PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli tanks pushed back into the Gaza Strip before dawn Saturday, a day after ending a deadly incursion that killed 30 Palestinians over three days.
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3 Marines killed in Iraq's Anbar province
Jul 28 2006 10:38PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A prominent Shiite politician called Friday for Iraqi forces rather than Americans to play a greater security role and for an end to "interference in their work" _ an apparent reference to U.S. efforts to curb abuses by the Shiite-led Interior Ministry. Also Friday, the U.S. command announced that three more Americans had been killed in action, bringing to 40 the number of U.S. troops who have died in Iraq this month.
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3 Marines killed in Iraqi province
Jul 28 2006 9:59PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three U.S. Marines assigned to the Army's 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division have been killed in action in Anbar province, the U.S. military said Saturday.
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Hezbollah politicians back peace package
Jul 28 2006 9:57PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah politicians, while expressing reservations, have joined their critics in the government in agreeing to a peace package that includes strengthening an international force in south Lebanon and disarming the guerrillas, the government said.
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U.N. pessimistic on Mideast fighting end
Jul 28 2006 9:35PM (CT)
NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) - A top U.N. peacekeeping official on Friday said he feared the war in southern Lebanon would continue until late August and voiced fears Israel would flatten Lebanon's southern villages and Tyre if Hezbollah rockets keep landing in the Jewish state.
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Annan seeks Mideast troop contributions
Jul 28 2006 7:51PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a meeting Monday of countries that could contribute troops to an international force on the Lebanon-Israel border.
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Iraq hospital touted by Laura Bush delayed
Jul 28 2006 7:32PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Construction of a children's hospital supported by first lady Laura Bush has been put on hold after it fell behind schedule and went over budget, one of dozens of halted or delayed U.S. health projects, Iraqi health officials said Friday.
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Security Council reaches accord on Iran
Jul 28 2006 7:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council reached a deal Friday on a resolution that would give Iran until the end of August to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of economic and diplomatic sanctions.
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Israelis on front lines welcome Sabbath
Jul 28 2006 7:28PM (CT)
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) - Israelis in northern Israel welcomed the Sabbath at synagogues and with traditional festive meals on Friday, but the continuing threat of Hezbollah rockets and an uncertain future loomed large.
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Lebanese want protection from Israel
Jul 28 2006 6:19PM (CT)
KFAR ROUMAN, Lebanon (AP) - Blacksmith Mohammed Jouny is embittered by his government's failure to come to the aid of south Lebanon and wants the Lebanese army to deploy along the border with Israel _ not an international force.
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Oil from bombed plant covers Lebanon shore
Jul 28 2006 4:57PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A black coat of oil now covers the Lebanese capital's once-beautiful sandy Mediterranean shore, spilled from a power plant that was knocked down by Israeli warplanes two weeks ago.
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Traumatized Lebanese children may suffer
Jul 28 2006 4:19PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Once again, Lebanon's children are seeing what they shouldn't _ visions of death and destruction that may scar them for life. And those are the survivors.
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Support for Hezbollah growing in Mideast
Jul 28 2006 3:38PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Rising Arab anger over the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah appears to have pushed conservative rulers in the region to refocus their criticism away from the Shiite guerrillas and onto Israel.
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U.N. humanitarian chief asks Mideast truce
Jul 28 2006 2:53PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. humanitarian chief called Friday for a three-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah to evacuate trapped civilians and replenish supplies to areas cut off by the fighting.
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Lebanon war draws in Israeli citizen army
Jul 28 2006 2:13PM (CT)
ALONG THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER (AP) - Nir Tiser is supposed to be hiking in the Swiss Alps. Meni Cohen should be home with his 8-month-old daughter. Instead, here they are in uniform, with jets streaking overhead and machine guns rattling at suspicious shapes at night.
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Rice to return to Mideast to work on truce
Jul 28 2006 1:50PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return to the Middle East this weekend to work with others on trying to bring an end to the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting.
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Journalist hurt when Lebanon convoy hit
Jul 28 2006 1:39PM (CT)
NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli artillery hit a convoy evacuating villagers from southern Lebanon on Friday, slightly wounding a journalist and a driver.
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Red Cross asks for $81 million for Lebanon
Jul 28 2006 10:52AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The international Red Cross appealed Friday for $81 million to help victims of the fighting in Lebanon. Life is becoming "unbearably dangerous" for civilians who have been trapped by the violence, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
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500 Americans leave Beirut on last ship
Jul 28 2006 9:54AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A U.S.-chartered cruise ship left Beirut on Friday for Cyprus in the last officially scheduled departure of Americans fleeing the fighting in Lebanon, a day after the U.S. reactivated its evacuation operation. The vessel left with about 500 people on board, said Christos Matsis, port authority chief for Limassol, Cyprus.
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Hezbollah says it has fired a new rocket
Jul 28 2006 9:36AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah said it fired a new rocket, called Khaibar-1, striking near the Israeli town of Afula, south of Haifa. Israeli authorities reported that five rockets hit fields outside Afula, causing no casualties.
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Israeli police clash with Arab youths
Jul 28 2006 8:21AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police used stun grenades to disperse hundreds of Arab youths who were trying to gain access to the Al Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers, police said. No injuries were reported.
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5 Muslim nations call for end to fighting
Jul 28 2006 6:06AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Five Muslim countries denounced Israel's offensive in Lebanon on Friday, calling for an immediate halt to the hostilities.
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Iran: Hezbollah got no military support
Jul 28 2006 6:00AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's foreign ministry on Friday denied allegations that Tehran has provided military support to Hezbollah in its fight against Israel, a day after President Bush sharply criticized Iran's role in the bloody fighting.
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Iraqis house-swapping to escape violence
Jul 28 2006 5:48AM (CT)
NASSER WA SALAAM, Iraq (AP) - Fearing sectarian death squads, Iraqis are trading homes with trusted friends from the other sect, surrounding themselves with those who share their faith but creating segregated neighborhoods increasingly wary of one other.
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Hezbollah chief's town proud of native son
Jul 28 2006 4:53AM (CT)
BAZOURIYA, Lebanon (AP) - The narrow road that leads to this southern Lebanese town is littered with the hulks of rocketed cars, white flags hanging limply from the windows. An Israeli drone whines overhead.
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Blair to seek U.N. resolution for Mideast
Jul 28 2006 4:07AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair will seek a U.N. Security Council resolution to resolve the fighting in the Mideast when he arrives in the U.S. to meet with President Bush on Friday, his spokesman said.
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