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Israel approves wider ground offensive
Jul 31 2006 11:26PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister declared Monday there would be no cease-fire with Hezbollah guerrillas, saying "we will not give up on our goal to live a life free of terror." His Security Cabinet approved widening the ground offensive.
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U.N. scraps meeting about Mideast troops
Jul 31 2006 9:37PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations on Monday scrapped a meeting of nations that might contribute troops to help stabilize south Lebanon, a decision that reflected the deep divisions among key nations on how to end the three-week war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Israel approves wider ground offensive
Jul 31 2006 8:54PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister declared Monday there would be no cease-fire with Hezbollah guerrillas, saying "we will not give up on our goal to live a life free of terror." His Security Cabinet approved widening the ground offensive.
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Security Council gives Iran deadline
Jul 31 2006 8:31PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution Monday giving Iran until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of economic and diplomatic sanctions.
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Trapped Lebanese flee town during break
Jul 31 2006 7:34PM (CT)
BINT JBAIL, Lebanon (AP) - The elderly man stumbled over the rubble, his crumpled suit hanging off his shrunken frame, his loose pants held together by a pin after eating only a piece of candy a day.
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Olmert apologizes but vows no cease-fire
Jul 31 2006 7:30PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologized Monday for the dozens of civilians killed in an airstrike on the Lebanese town of Qana, but ruled out a cease-fire in the 20-day-old battle with Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Iraqi gunmen seize 26 in daylight raid
Jul 31 2006 7:28PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen dressed in military fatigues burst into the offices of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and a nearby mobile phone company Monday, seizing 26 people in a daylight raid in a mostly Shiite area of the capital.
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Analysis: Iraqi stance no surprise
Jul 31 2006 7:10PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Many American politicians were surprised by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's criticism of Israel's attacks on Lebanon. They need only look at the stance taken by Iraq's top Shiite spiritual leader to understand why al-Maliki cannot stand with the U.S. in the crisis.
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Kuwait approves gift for every citizen
Jul 31 2006 6:36PM (CT)
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Every Kuwaiti citizen will get a $694 gift from the government after parliament on Monday unanimously backed the one-time payout.
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Israeli Security Cabinet OKs offensive
Jul 31 2006 5:58PM (CT)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's Security Cabinet approved early Tuesday widening the ground offensive in Lebanon and rejected a cease-fire until an international force is in place, a participant in the meeting said.
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Turkey names hard-liner military chief
Jul 31 2006 4:50PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey named a new military chief Monday who favors a tougher line against Kurdish rebels and negotiations on the secular Muslim country joining the European Union.
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Iranian dissident dies in Tehran prison
Jul 31 2006 3:22PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A jailed student activist has died in Tehran's most notorious prison after a nine-day hunger strike to protest a lack of medical care, a human rights group said Monday.
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Israeli artillery kills Palestinian teen
Jul 31 2006 1:56PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli artillery killed a Palestinian teenager in the Gaza Strip on Monday, and militants vowed to step up their attacks against Israel. The army said the attack was conducted against militants who were launching rockets at Israel, including one that hit a town in the south of the country Monday, causing no casualties.
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Ohio prof claims interrogation in Israel
Jul 31 2006 1:49PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Ohio professor who spent 22 days in an Israeli jail said Monday that he was tied to a chair and questioned for 60 hours after being detained on suspicion of spying for Iran and Hezbollah.
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Northern Israelis adapt to life under fire
Jul 31 2006 1:07PM (CT)
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) - Yossi Vaknin says he's got rocket-dodging down to a science since being forced underground by Hezbollah missiles. Sitting outside public shelter 110, in a tank-top and flip-flops, he smokes a cigarette and glances at his watch. It's almost 4 p.m. "This is their time," he says.
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Peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended
Jul 31 2006 11:27AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council extended the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon by one month Monday, a move meant to ensure that the force does not conflict with what could be a larger international deployment.
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Mubarak warns peace process could collapse
Jul 31 2006 8:20AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - President Hosni Mubarak, whose Arab country was the first to sign a peace treaty with Israel, warned Monday that the entire Middle East peace could collapse because of Israel's fighting in Lebanon.
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Iraqi VP accuses Israel of 'massacres'
Jul 31 2006 8:10AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's vice president on Monday accused Israel of carrying out "massacres" in Lebanon, the strongest criticism yet of the Jewish state by a top official of the U.S-backed Iraqi government.
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Marines prop up ailing local gov't in Iraq
Jul 31 2006 7:07AM (CT)
RAMADI, Iraq (AP) - Peering over piles of sandbags, U.S. Marines sometimes see more gunmen on the streets than municipal employees coming to work. The provincial governor regularly arrives at his office _ with armed guards in tow. But young Marines notice few others on his staff trail behind.
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U.N. sends aid to besieged Lebanese towns
Jul 31 2006 6:58AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The United Nations sent relief supplies to the besieged southern Lebanese town of Qana on Monday and to the coastal city of Tyre, officials said. However, U.N. officials added that convoys elsewhere in Lebanon are suspended because of the fragile security situation.
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Rice to seek Mideast cease-fire through UN
Jul 31 2006 6:09AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will seek international consensus for a cease-fire and a "lasting settlement" in the conflict between Lebanon and Israel through a U.N. Security Council resolution this week.
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Troops in Iraq count down days until leave
Jul 31 2006 5:24AM (CT)
CAMP ANACONDA, Iraq (AP) - In 109-degree weather, Sgt. Ronald Delrosario is already dreaming of the mashed potatoes, stuffing and turkey he'll have this Thanksgiving when he takes off for one of the most anticipated parts of any soldier's life in Iraq _ home leave.
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Iraq gunmen in military uniforms kidnap 25
Jul 31 2006 4:33AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen wearing military fatigues on Monday kidnapped 25 employees and customers from a mobile phone store in the main shopping area of the capital, Baghdad, police said.
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Turkish feminist writer Duygu Asena dies
Jul 31 2006 12:09AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Duygu Asena, a best-selling writer and crusader for women's rights in Turkey, has died after a two-year battle with a brain tumor. She was 60.
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